On the east side of the Inner Harbor, between Scarlett Place and the Public Works Museum, Baltimore honors the memory of the discoverer of America with a statue that is seen annually by thousands of tourists.

This monument to Columbus is carved in Italian Carrara marble. The monument was dedicated on October 8, 1984 by former Mayor of Baltimore William Donald Schaefer and President Ronald Reagan. It depicts the discoverer facing east along Eastern Avenue into the rising sun - the direction from which the explorer's vessels arrived over four hundred years ago.

Set in a plaza that has been designated "Columbus Piazza," the statue provides a bold and imaginative representation of the man. Baltimore's latest statue to Columbus captures the power and majesty--some might say obstinacy, even arrogance--of the discoverer of the New World.