Your Museum, Your Community Day

In celebration of our 60th anniversary, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is excited to invite everyone across our community to experience all that we have to offer on our waterfront campus at Your Museum, Your Community Day on Friday, Aug. 22, from 10am-2pm.

We’re going to party like it’s 1965! Join us for throwback pricing, live music, food, hands-on programming, and more fun for all ages.

All non-member adult guests receive $2 general admission that day in homage to pricing when we opened our doors on May 22, 1965. CBMM members, as always, receive free general admission. All children 17-and-under are also free that day. Get your tickets now to join in the celebration!

The festivities highlight CBMM’s educational offerings, campus, collection, and history across six decades as well partners across the community. There will be live music from local musician Gage Rhodes, food vendors including Kona Ice and Grateful Glizzys, face painting and bubble stations, free boat rides, and hands-on activities and demos with CBMM’s staff and volunteers.

The fun includes a 60th anniversary scavenger hunt, Hooper Strait Lighthouse tours sponsored by Choptank Fiber, gardening activities, catch-and-release fishing along the waterfront, a rain gutter regatta, Miles River critter meet-and-greets, a Shipyard forging demo, films from Maryland Public Television, and more.

At noon, there will be a community bell-ringing ceremony utilizing the bronze fog bell outside of the Welcome Center to commemorate the festivities. Guests will be invited to take a turn ringing the bell, which dates to 1886 and was recently gifted to CBMM’s collection by the Naval History and Heritage Command.

In addition, Patriot Cruises is offering $10 off all adults and senior tickets for Narrated Historical Cruises at 12:30pm and 2:30pm that day. This offer is available now by using coupon code COMMUNITY at online checkout and also applies to in-person sales.

All guests will enjoy a 10% discount in the Museum Store. (This offer is not to be combined with any other discounts and does include work from artists on consignment.)

Everyone who purchases a new CBMM membership that day, in-person or online, will receive one month free in celebration of Your Museum, Your Community Day.

Don’t miss this celebration of 60 years of sharing our mission through exhibitions, events, and programming with our community.

Your Museum, Your Community Day
Date/Time: Friday, Aug. 22, 10am-2pm
Location: CBMM’s Campus
Cost: $2 for all non-member guests; Free for CBMM members

CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS

Celebrating 60 Years of Community

As part of our 60th anniversary celebration, we are sharing the journey across six decades through a series of mission-focused videos throughout 2025.

The latest installment explores CBMM’s community impact through events, programming, and partnerships across generations for residents of St. Michaels, Talbot County, the Eastern Shore, and beyond. There’s a spotlight on Caden Lewis, a St. Michaels resident who grew his passion for boatbuilding through CBMM’s Rising Tide after-school program and a high school internship before starting an apprenticeship in the Shipyard earlier this year.