Baltimore, especially in the Summer, offers a world of great attractions. Many are located just steps away from the Convention Center.

National Aquarium at Inner Harbor: This nationally renown aquarium features more than 16,500 different animals. Current exhibits include: Jellies Invasion: Oceans Out of Balance, Our Ocean Planet: The New Dolphin Show, the new 4-D Immersion theater (daily shows), and Animal Planet Australia: Wild Extremes. Order tickets in advance online at http://www.aqua.org/

Inner Harbor: The Inner Harbor is a historic seaport, tourist attraction, and iconic landmark of the City of Baltimore. The harbor itself is actually the end of the Northwest Branch of the Patapsco River and includes any water west of a line drawn between the National Aquarium in Baltimore and the Rusty Scupper restaurant. The term "Inner Harbor" is used not just for the water but for the surrounding area of the city, with approximate street boundaries of President Street to the east, Lombard Street to the north, Greene Street to the west, and both Camden Street and Conway Street to the south. Now is a great time to take one of the Harbor's famous water taxis! They connect the Inner Harbor to Fells Point, Canton, and Fort McHenry.

ESPN Zone: For sports lovers of all types and ages ESPN Zone is an all encompassing sports dining and entertainment mecca where guests are immersed in an ESPN experience. ESPN Zone offers the ultimate viewing experience on more than 150 monitors, including a high- definition big screen. In addition to expertly-prepared American grill food and over-the-top service, guests at each ESPN Zone location can enjoy more than 10,000 square feet of interactive games and attractions. Located near the Inner Harbor.

Maryland Science Center This award-winning science museum includes three floors of exhibits and demonstrations, the Davis Planetarium, IMAX Theater and the Crosby Ramsey Memorial Observatory. Planetarium shows include: One World: One Sky; Dark Matters; The Sky Live; and Live from the Sun. Current Science Center exhibits include: Dinosaur Mysteries, Follow the Blue Crab, Terra Link, Newton’s Alley, Cells: The Universe Inside Us, Energy Efficient Car, Space Link IMAX shows include: Ring Of Fire, Shrek Forever After 3D, Van Gogh-Brush With Genius, The Twilight Saga: Eclipse.

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum (FREE COUPON available) The oldest, most comprehensive American railroad collection in the world. Located among Baltimore City's historic southwest neighborhoods, at the original site of the historic Mt. Clare Shops, the B&O Railroad Museum is recognized universally as the birthplace of American railroading. The Museum’s locomotive and rolling stock collection contains many unique examples of historically significant pieces from the B&O and other Maryland railroads and includes the finest collection of 19th century steam locomotives. The Museum’s roster of locomotives and rolling stock represent the first, last, best or only of their kind in existence today. See the Whitman Newsletter for coupon information.

The Alex. Brown & Sons Foundation Exhibition Gallery Discover the evolution of railroad technology with the Smithsonian’s Railroad Model Collection. Imagine what it was like to dine in style in our Railroad China & Silver exhibit or learn how the railroad industry influenced the creation of standard time in our Clocks, Pocket Watches and Railroad Time exhibit. Visitors to the Museum can ride the rails of history along the first commercial railroad track in America. Hands-on exhibits include viewing exciting railroad flicks in a theatre car, climbing into the cab of a steam locomotive and aboard a wooden train play set and watching toy trains make their way thro