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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Date: 8/16/09
Time: 10:30AM
Location: St. Michael's
Situated on the waterfront in historic St. Michaels, the Chesapeake Bay Museum tells the stories of the Bay and the people who have lived, worked, and played here.
On permanent display is the nation's most complete collection of Chesapeake Bay artifacts, visual arts, and indigenous water craft. Interpretive exhibitions and public programs cover the range of Chesapeake Bay maritime history and culture-including 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.
Unlike most museums which must depend upon tour guides or costumed re-enacters to bring life to the history they celebrate, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum offers you the real thing: people who actually live the story we tell. Some days, depending on the season and the weather, you could find a master decoy carver sitting on the porch of the Waterfowling building, carving decoys and telling stories of his life in Dorchester County. On others, a retired crab picker might be sitting at one of the picnic tables sharing historic photographs, talking with visitors about working on Navy Point; pointing out where different buildings stood, and sharing her memories of a picker's life. In the Museum's working Boat Yard, you can watch the restoration of the Bay's traditional vessels and go talk with the shipwrights, apprentices, or a visiting captain or boat builder.
Admissions
• $13.00 Adults; $10.00 Seniors over 62; $6.00 Kids 6-17; Kids under 6 are free!
• Members are always admitted free.
• Discounts are available for AAA, active duty military, and students with IDs.
Please let your den leader or Miss Debbie know if you are interested in attending.
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum website
Debbie Huprich
(419) 969-7414
E-Mail: grandmahup@yahoo.com |
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