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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum Add yourself to our email list here:
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Unlike most museums which must depend upon tour guides or costumed re-enactors to bring life to the history they celebrate, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum offers you the real thing: Chesapeake People who actually live the story we tell. Some days, depending on the season and the weather, you could find a master decoy carver on the porch at the Waterfowling exhibit. On others, a retired crab picker might be sitting at one of the picnic tables sharing her memories of a picker's life on Navy Point. In the Museum's working Boat Yard, you can watch the restoration of the Bay's traditional vessels and talk with a shipwright, apprentice, or visiting captain. Educational programs about these topics and more are also offered every day. The Museum’s special exhibitions change throughout the year featuring unique collections, maritime artists, and world-class photographers. |
The Museum’s interpretive exhibitions and public
programs highlight Chesapeake Bay maritime history and culture.
Learn about Native American life, seventeenth- and eighteenth-century trans-Atlantic
trade, naval history, the Bay's unique watercraft and boat
building traditions, navigation, waterfowling, boating, seafood harvesting,
and recreation.