For Amtrak and MARC passengers, a five-level
parking garage is being built.

New carriers added in 1994 include Air Ontario/
Air Canada, El Al Israel Airlines, British Airways,
Air Aruba, and Ladeco Chilean Airlines. BWI's hub
carrier, USAir began flights to St. Thomas, St.
Maarten, and Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Martin State Airport is one of the largest general
aviation facilities on the East Coast. Located in
southeastern Baltimore County, Martin handles
primarily private and corporate aircraft. Yet, it is the
main base for Maryland's two Air National Guard
squadrons, the Aviation Division (MED-EVAC) of
the Department of State Police, the Baltimore City
Police Helicopter Unit, and the Baltimore County
Marine Division. Martin State also has flight
schools, and aircraft repair and avionics facilities
on-site.

AQUACULTURE

Aquaculture, or farming the water, produces a va-
riety of finfish and shellfish, including hybrid
striped bass, tilapia, catfish, crawfish, trout, oysters,
and soft crabs. Aquaculture also supplies ornamen
tal aquatic plants and fish, game fish, bait, and some
specimens for laboratory research. The wholesale
value of aquafarm-raised products in the State to-
taled nearly $17 million in 1994.

Since 1988, when Maryland's first aquaculture leg-
islation was passed, most aquafarmed products have
been grown in ponds. Now, however, a new inten-
sive aquaculture uses recirculating tanks. This tech-
nology makes farm-raised fish available year-round.
Aquaculturally produced fish are exempt from laws
and regulations that pertain to wild harvested spe-
cies, including endangered species provisions.

ARCHIVES

Dating from 1634 to the 1990s, records of Mary-
land State and local government are housed at the
State Archives in the new Hall of Records building,
Annapolis. The State Archives also holds special
collections of maps, newspapers, photographs, gov-
ernment publications and reports, business records,
records of religious denominations, and private
papers. On the World Wide Web, electronic access
to information about Maryland government is
available via the State Archives' Home Page—
http://www.mdarchives.state.md.us. Researchers
also may use Maryland's Sailor network at local
public libraries to reach the Archives' Home Page.
Major collections of manuscript and published ma-
terials relating to Maryland also are held by the
Maryland Historical Society and the Maryland Di
vision of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Baltimore,
and the libraries of Maryland's colleges and univer-
sities. Many federal government records are at the

National Archives at College Park. The facility,
known as Archives II, opened in May 1994.

AREA

Land 9,774.7 sq miles
Inland Water 906.2 sq miles
Chesapeake Bay 1,726.0 sq miles
Total 12,406.9 sq miles

ARTS

The arts reflect Maryland's geographic and cultural
diversity from traditional Appalachian fiddle music
in Western Maryland and African-American quilt
ing on the lower Eastern Shore to experimental
performance and media arts in metropolitan Balti-
more and areas surrounding Washington, DC.
Maryland has arts institutions of national promi-
nence, regional interdisciplinary arts institutions
offering professional and amateur productions, and
over 30 schools and academies devoted to training
young artists. Some, like Baltimore's School for the
Arts (a public high school) and the Peabody Insti-
tute of The Johns Hopkins University, offer public
performances. Maryland colleges and universities
host touring art exhibits, dance and theater
troupes, and soloists, chamber music groups, and
orchestras. Among these are the Handel Festival
and the International Piano Competition, Univer
sity of Maryland College Park, and the Distin
guished Artist Series, U.S. Naval Academy, and the
Elizabeth Myers Mitchell Gallery, St John's Col
lege, at Annapolis.

In Baltimore
Arena Players (African American
theater) (410) 728-6500
Baltimore Museum of Art (410) 396-7100
Baltimore Symphony 1-800-442-1198
Center Stage (classic &
contemporary drama) (410)332-0033
Lyric Opera House (Baltimore Opera,
ballet, Broadway musicals) (410) 685-5086
Peabody Institute (410) 659-8124
Peale Museum (410) 396-3523
Meyerhoff Symphony Hall (410) 783-8000
Morris A. Mechanic Theatre
(Broadway shows) (410) 625-4230
Walters Art Gallery (410) 547-9000

Around the State
Frostburg State University's
Performing Arts Center
Frostburg (301) 687-7460
Music Dept (301) 687-4109
Theater Dept (301) 687-4145
Lane Center (cultural events) (301) 687-4151
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
Annapolis (410) 263-5544
(410) 269-1087
(301) 261-1553