News from the Shores of the Chesapeake Bay
ST. MICHAELS, MD: Jenn Kuhn’s own introduction to the skills she teaches in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Women’s Woodworking Workshops came in her first days at boat-building school. Talk about a crash course. Kuhn, now the Shipyard Education Programs Manager, first offered the class at CBMM in 2012 while an apprentice in the Shipyard, […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – Beginning Friday, July 31, 2020 Shipwrights and Apprentices at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., will be hosting weekly demonstrations of a variety of woodworking and boatbuilding skills on its 18-acre waterfront campus. Topics for demonstrations, scheduled for Fridays through October, include, but are not limited to, line […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is inviting experienced and novice woodworkers to its Open Boatshop program on Thursdays, September 12, October 17, November 14, and December 12, 2019. The program runs from 5:30-8:30pm, with participation limited and advanced registration needed. The program invites members of the public to CBMM’s Shipyard to […]
Continue ReadingOn Tuesday, February 19 and continuing Thursday, February 21, 2019 the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is offering a Krenov-style plane-making workshop that runs from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. each evening, with each participant going home at the end of the workshop with a working hand plane they built. Participants will join Shipyard Manager Michael […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will be hosting programs introducing participants to basic woodworking and rope splicing this spring. Both workshops will be held in CBMM’s Shipyard, and advanced registration is required. Intro to Woodworking will be held from 9am–4:30pm on Saturday & Sunday, March 2–3, 2019. Seip Family Foundation Shipwright […]
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