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    Bromo Seltzer Tower

    4.6 (24 reviews)
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    Alonzo A.

    This is a must visit. It's the best $6 you'll spend. Took the elevator up and then climbed some steep stairs to get up to the clock tower. Super cool seeing the mechanics and inner workings. Support this spot, awesome and informative to see.

    Christin M.

    Visiting the Emerson Bromo Seltzer Tower is a fun, Baltimore bucket list experience. For $8 you're granted access to the clock tower room and the Bromo Seltzer museum residing on the 15th floor. The tour is now self-guided so the recommendation is to take the elevator up to 15 to start at the top and then work your way down. Once you get to 15, you climb a steep but short staircase to the clock tower room which is hot and noisy but impressive. The 15th floor is the museum with vintage bottles, advertisements, newspaper clippings and model replicas. It's very cool and worth reading all of the descriptions to get the full history of the building and details about Emerson Bromo and the company's manufacturing/production. Then, you can walk down each flight of the building and on every level there are artist studios. Unfortunately few were open when we visited but the walls are lined with work on exhibit as you walk down.

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    Tina G.

    This is an underrated Baltimore classic! For $8 you can go up 15 floors (there is an elevator) and go INSIDE of the clock! It's so cool! The stairs going from the 15th floor into the clock are quite steep and narrow so not accessible to everyone but for those who can go up, I would recommend it! You are allowed to walk around inside the clock and there is a docent who gives you some history of the clock tower and explains how it works. You can then go back downstairs and go to the museum which is about Bromo Seltzer and the glass company. It was a neat piece of Baltimore history. You can then walk down the 15 flights and go to whatever artist studios are open. Unfortunately there were only 2-3 open on the Saturday that I went, but there was artwork on the walls all the way down. We got to chat with one of the artist for awhile and met another one in the elevator. They were all really nice. I've been in Baltimore for over 5 years and only just went for the first time, but I would definitely put this on my list of things to do for when people are visiting!

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    Maggi R.

    We were so excited for our tour of the Bromo Seltzer Tower with Baltimore Heritage. Our tour guide was Betsy and her enthusiasm and knowledge of the tower made it come alive for us. She gave a 45 minute presentation. This most unusual tower was built in 1911 by Captain Isaac Emerson, the inventor of the headache remedy Bromo Seltzer and was the tallest building in Baltimore at the time. If you have traveled to Florence, Italy, then you know that this tower is modeled after the Palazzo Vecchio. When it was built, it featured the largest four dial, gravity driven clock in the world. We were able to climb very steep steps (ships steps) and stand inside the clock. It was fascinating to see the inner workings of the clock. Take a close look up at the tower and notice that Captain Emerson was a master at marketing. He used the letters of Bromo Seltzer in addition to, and larger than, the Roman numerals. This enormous clock was made by Seth Thomas. In the tower, there is also the Emerson/Maryland Glass Museum. We were delighted to have the opportunity to meet Ernie Dimler. He collected the cobalt blue Bromo Seltzer bottles and about 800 of them are on display. It was a real walk down memory lane. After extensive renovations, the tower is now called the Bromo Seltzer Arts Tower with 15 floors of artist studios, gallery spaces, the history museum and, of course, the clock. The tower is open from 11 to 4 on Saturday - admission is free. If you would like a guided tour, the cost is $8.00 and the tours are also on Saturday at 11:30 - 12:30 - 1:30 - 2:30. The clock room itself is not handicap accessible.

    Deborah N.

    Yeah! Such a cool place. Great historic building that now contains artists studios. The first Saturday of every month they hold an open house where the general public can visit the artists studios. The best is that you can also visit the clock tower on top of the building. Just like Hugo (best movie ever!). Such a fun activity for kids and adults!! Note: to get to the clock tower you do have to climb a flight of stairs and then a ship's ladder (kind of a cross between stairs and a genuine ladder). The studios are all accessible by elevator. You should go! It's FREE!

    Holly S.

    This little hidden jewel is AMAZING! I have walked past this tower SO MANY times, and never stopped in. A few Saturdays ago, my wife and I had a "date day" and decided to check out the Bromo Seltzer Tower, and we were not disappointed. We live within walking distance, and it was a gorgeous fall day to enjoy the city. Each floor of this tower is a space that can be rented out as an art studio! We saw so many different varieties of creative expression as we took the stairs up each floor. (Yes there is an elevator!).Many things are for sale, and many are VERY reasonably priced On Saturdays, at certain times, there is a tour behind the clock tower face, as well as the history of the tower, and BROMO SELTZER. I LOVE history, so this was amazing to me and the guide had ...personality! lol. To see the extremely detailed workings of the time piece of the tower is breathtaking. The guide also shows the "old way" they would wind the clock, and the new way. (much easier!). If you are visiting our beautiful city please take a few hours to visit this historic landmark.....you will not be disappointed!!

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    Justin W.

    Arguably the best known building in Baltimore, the Bromo Seltzer Tower has stood since 1911. Today the tower contains art studios that are open to the public every Saturday. A lot of the art is for sale. The work also lines the walls on the staircase. An old fashioned elevator runs all the way to the 15th floor. Walking the tower itself is self guiding and free, the clock room tour is not. It costs $8 and leaves at specific times with a tour guide. The guide gives a history of the building before escorting the group to the clock room and explains how the clock works. It's 100% worth it. The only issue is that the 2:30 tour started at 2:11 while I was still exploring the tower.

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    Loved visiting this landmark. So glad it has been saved! Loved the tour with the history of the blue glass and the clock!!

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    Wonderful and beautiful historic site with a fascinating and very human history. Very cool to go on a Saturday and see artists at work

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