Baltimore Cultural Organizations Celebrate World Environment Day with Visitor Incentives

Discounts offered in exchange for protecting the environment

BALTIMORE, MD (June 2, 2025)—The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), B&O Railroad Museum, Everyman Theatre, Maryland Zoo, and The Walters Art Museum today announced a new initiative to encourage individuals to adopt sustainable practices on World Environment Day. By taking the actions listed below on Thursday, June 5, participants will help Baltimore become cleaner and greener and also receive free or discounted admission, a gift card, or other discount as a reward for their efforts. Whether you recycle, take public transportation, participate in neighborhood clean ups, or reduce energy consumption, every effort can help make a difference now and in the future.

• Baltimore Museum of Art – bring three clean plastic bottles of any size and receive free admission to the Black Earth Rising exhibition on June 5
• B&O Railroad Museum – participate in the trash clean up beginning at 10 a.m. and enjoy free admission on June 5
• Everyman Theatre – bring craft supplies (crayons, markers, pencils, pipe cleaners, craft foam, etc.); fabric supplies (remnants, unused ribbon, Velcro, yarn, zippers, buttons, etc.); artist tools (brushes, glue guns, stencils, rulers, canvas, easels, etc.); costume jewelry; or beads to receive a $10 gift card
• Maryland Zoo – bring small, used electronic devices for recycling and receive $20 admission on June 5
• The Walters Art Museum – show a recently used CharmPass and receive a 10% discount on purchases at the Walters Cafe and a 20% discount on purchases of $50 or more at the Museum Store on June 5

This initiative began in summer 2024 when the BMA organized an Eco-Challenge coalition of civic and cultural organizations committed to improving their environmental impact. Each one committed to making at least one operational change to reduce their carbon footprint and offering one program to build awareness of climate change in 2025. The National Aquarium and Maryland Zoo shared their expertise with implementing sustainable practices and BGE and the City of Baltimore and BGE and the City of Baltimore provided information on their resources. Examples of the coalition’s actions range from reducing art shipments and reusing materials to installing LED lighting, saving water, and converting animal waste into renewable energy. Visit Baltimore named 2025 the Year of Sustainability.

Participants include the American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore Green Space, Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore Museum of Industry, B&O Railroad Museum, BmoreArt, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company, The Crow’s Nest, Everyman Theatre, Hippodrome Foundation, Justice Thurgood Marshall Amenity Center, Living Classrooms Foundation, Maryland Center for History and Culture, Maryland Science Center, The Maryland Zoo, National Aquarium, Port Discovery Children’s Museum, Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African-American History and Culture, Visit Baltimore, Waterfront Partnership of Baltimore, and The Walters Art Museum.

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About the Baltimore Museum of Art

Founded in 1914, the Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) inspires people of all ages and backgrounds through exhibitions, programs, and collections that tell an expansive story of art—challenging long-held narratives and embracing new voices. Our outstanding collection of more than 97,000 objects spans many eras and cultures and includes the world’s largest public holding of works by Henri Matisse; one of the nation’s finest collections of prints, drawings, and photographs; and a rapidly growing number of works by contemporary artists of diverse backgrounds. The museum is also distinguished by a neoclassical building designed by American architect John Russell Pope and two beautifully landscaped gardens featuring an array of modern and contemporary sculpture. The BMA is located three miles north of the Inner Harbor, adjacent to the main campus of Johns Hopkins University, and has a community branch at Lexington Market. General admission is free so that everyone can enjoy the power of art.