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Ellicott City, Maryland: Bagpipe Museum (Gone)

Directions:
US 29 exit 24A (just south of I-70) onto US 40 east. Quickly turn right onto Rogers Ave. Take this until it ends, then turn left onto Frederick Rd/Hwy 144. Drive around a mile, cross train tracks, then quickly turn left onto Oella Ave. The Mill complex will be a half mile north, on the left.
Hours:
2009 - reported gone.
Status:
Gone

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Bagpipe Museum

Oella Mill in the old industrial town of Oella just outside of Baltimore, across the river from Ellicott City. The mill, which once made sails for clipper ships, is now the home of several antique shops, artist studios and other small businesses. While several, including the Bagpipe Museum, are worth a look, the star of the place is Dorfman's Museum Figures. Here is where so many of the waxworks you love are made. You can see them in all stages of production and hear from both live and waxen figures on the trade. And find out about another American dynasty like the Wyeths and the Peales, the Dorfmans.

[Phred, 11/09/1998]

June 2009: The bagpipe museum has reportedly closed. Dorfman's has moved to Baltimore and no longer gives tours.

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America's only Bagpipe Museum has its grand opening at 1 PM Sunday, September 7, according to roadsideamerica.com fan "Griffin" (aka the Poconos Cow Guy).

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