ST MICHAELS, MD – Rescheduled for Sunday, August 26, 2018 after a weather postponement, the public is again invited to join the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum for an afternoon of music, lawn games, and friendly competition. No registration is required, and admission is free. Bring your friends from 1–5pm to enjoy giant Jenga, cornhole, or […]
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 ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – Local band Bird Dog and the Road Kings will return as the featured performer on Sunday, August 12, 2018 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. Beginning at noon, the live performance is part of the festivities at the ninth annual Watermen’s Appreciation Day—a fundraiser organized by CBMM […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has announced its latest shipyard project—the building of a new log hull canoe. Construction will begin this fall, with the project set to be finished next summer. This Tilghman Island style, five-log canoe will be built from the excess loblolly pine logs used in the historic […]
Continue ReadingSt Michaels – Get ready to sip, slurp, and savor at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s OysterFest, taking place on Saturday, October 27, 2018 in St. Michaels, Md. Special to this year’s festival will be the re-launch of the 1889 bugeye Edna E. Lockwood, whose nine-log hull has been restored by CBMM shipwrights and apprentices […]
Continue ReadingSt Michaels – The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. recently welcomed William Delano of Washington D.C., Laiken Harrigan of Townsend, Del., Katy Trice of Easton Md., and Nathan Samoriski of Victor, N.Y. as its 2018 summer interns. Delano is working in the Shipyard, Harrigan in Communications and Special Events, Trice in Education, […]
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 ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – The public is invited to join the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum from 1–5pm Sunday, July 22, for an afternoon of music, lawn games, and friendly competition. No registration is required, and admission is free. Bring your friends to enjoy giant Jenga, cornhole, or KanJam; test your balance on the slackline; and […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., recently hosted Bosnian students from the University of Sarajevo. The students are participants in the Saving What Matters international exchange program, an effort facilitated by former CBMM shipwright Mike Vlahovich and funded through the nonprofit World Learning’s Communities Connecting Heritage Program. Through […]
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