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Weekly Demonstrations to be Held at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

July 26, 2020July 25, 2020Across Our Desk

ST 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 […]

Hilgartner joins Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

September 5, 2018Across Our Desk

ST MICHAELS, MD – Sam Hilgartner of Baltimore, Md., has joined the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum as a shipwright apprentice. Hilgartner comes to CBMM from the Arques School of Traditional Boatbuilding in Sausalito, Calif., where he was both an apprentice and an instructor. His work experience includes four years with the National Park Service at […]