News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
ST MICHAELS, MD – Edna E. Lockwood, the last historic sailing bugeye in the world and queen of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s floating fleet, will embark this May on a National Park Service partly-funded heritage tour around the Chesapeake Bay. Edna Lockwood recently underwent a two-year restoration of her nine-log hull at CBMM. She […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – Following a historic two-year restoration project, 1889 bugeye Edna Lockwood was relaunched into the Miles River during the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s annual OysterFest on Saturday, October 27, 2018. Edna, queen of CBMM’s floating fleet, has spent the past several years having her nine-log hull completely replaced by CBMM shipwrights and […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – A work by artist George Hamilton of St. Michaels, Md., has been named the official painting of the 1889 bugeye Edna E. Lockwood, after being chosen as the winner in a contest organized by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and St. Michaels Art League. The project began in early spring, with […]
Continue ReadingThe Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. recently received a grant from the National Maritime Heritage Program to support a Bay-wide heritage tour of Edna E. Lockwood in 2019. The National Park Service collaborated with the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Maritime Administration to fund more than 34 Maritime Heritage education and preservation projects, […]
Continue ReadingOnline public voting will determine winning painting The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has partnered with the St. Michaels Art League to sponsor a contest that will name the official painting of the 1889 bugeye Edna E. Lockwood, currently under restoration through her October 27, 2018 re-launch at CBMM’s OysterFest. The project began in early spring, […]
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