Youth groups can now reserve fall dates for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Lighthouse Overnight Adventures program. Dates include select Fridays and Saturdays, Aug. 31 through Oct. 27, 2018 with advanced reservations needed. Under the guidance of a museum educator, adventure participants can travel back in time to explore the life of a late-19th-century lighthouse […]
Continue ReadingOn Saturday, June 2, 2018 from 10am–noon, join Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum President Kristen Greenaway for a morning paddle on the Miles River and a demonstration of how to use a Greenland paddle. Born and raised in New Zealand, Greenaway spent part of her youth with her parents and two siblings living aboard a 32-foot […]
Continue ReadingFor the 8th consecutive year, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. is participating in the national Blue Star Museums program to offer free, general admission to all active-duty military personnel and their immediate families from Memorial Day weekend, May 26, 2018 through Labor Day, September 3, 2018. Blue Star Museums represents a […]
Continue ReadingThe schooner Sultana will be at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. beginning on Sunday, May 13, and continuing through Wednesday, May 23, 2018. Sultana returns to CBMM on Friday, June 29, and continues through Sunday, July 1. While docking at CBMM, Sultana will be hosting students in an under-sail environmental science […]
Continue ReadingThe St. Michaels Art League will showcase original artwork created exclusively by League members during the month of May at the St. Michaels Library. The show will be judged by Laura Era, co-owner of the well-known Troika Gallery of Easton, Maryland. Laura is best known for her commissioned portraits and her work hangs in collections […]
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This Father’s Day weekend, more than 60 juried maritime artists and craftspeople from around the country will be showing and selling their beautiful works of art along the Miles River and the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. The June 15-17 Arts at Navy Point is part of the 31st Annual Antique & […]
Continue ReadingThe thrill of log canoe racing—four to 18 people in choreographed motion, balancing the strain on the rig, calling out puffs and lifts, eyeing the competition, sailing low on the water with enough horsepower to exceed theoretical hull speed in optimum conditions—is an experience seldom equaled, and one that is explored in a new book, […]
Continue ReadingAre you an artist or an art lover, but are not actively involved in an art organization that holds meetings during the day because you work full-time? Have you always wanted to try your hand at art, but not sure where to start? The St. Michaels Art League (SMAL) is offering an opportunity for you […]
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The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., is offering two more sessions of its Family Boatshop program, on Saturdays, May 12, and August 4, 2018. Participation is limited, with advanced registration needed. Held from 10am–4pm, participants are invited to join Jenn Kuhn, CBMM’s shipyard programs manager, in the Boatshop for a family experience […]
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Miles River cruises aboard the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Winnie Estelle will begin running for the 2018 season on Friday, May 18, 2018. Guests can enjoy a 45-minute scenic cruise aboard the authentic 1920 Chesapeake buyboat May through October on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays, departing from CBMM on the hour from noon to 3:00 […]
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