The public is invited to attend Easter Sunrise Service on the Miles River at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. Coordinated and led by Bay Hundred Covenant Churches, the service is scheduled to begin at 6:45 a.m. on Sunday, April 1, 2018 at the historic Tolchester Beach Bandstand, as shown here. Officiating […]
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The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s small craft rental program launches for the 2018 season on June 2, 2018 and will continue on select weekends through October. Sailing vessels, kayaks, and rowboats will be launched from CBMM’s floating docks along Fogg’s Cove and the Miles River. Participation is limited by the number of boats available, with […]
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Richard Scofield of Royal Oak, Md., has retired from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum after more than 30 years of service. Working on boats since he was 12 in his hometown of Stamford, Conn., Scofield has been connected to the Chesapeake region his entire life. Spending summers on the family farm in St. Michaels, he […]
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Pete Lesher, the chief curator for the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will be the Lunch & Learn speaker for the St. Michaels branch of the Talbot County Free Library on Monday, March 5, 2018 at noon. Lesher will give an illustrated talk on the stunning black-and-white work of Dutch-born photographer Robert de Gast. His photography […]
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Editor’s Note: This year’s May 12 Elf Classic Yacht Race from the Eastport Yacht Club to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is being postponed. The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum says that the Classic Yacht Restoration Guild, the race’s organizers, the event will be restructured and rescheduled to a later date in the year. ##### (Contributed) […]
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On the evenings of July 9-11, 2018 the annual Chautauqua Summer Series brings three live, waterfront performances to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. This year’s Maryland Humanities’ series theme is Seeking Justice, with all living history performances taking place from 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. on CBMM’s Fogg’s Landing and the Miles […]
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The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Model Guild is offering a beginner’s model boatbuilding workshop from 9am-5pm on March 3 and 4, 2018 with limited participation and advanced registration needed. The weekend workshop includes instruction on carving a solid half-hull model of the historic Chesapeake Bay tugboat Delaware. This model is band-sawed from a two-tone wood […]
Continue ReadingThe Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. is thanking the regional community by hosting its free, annual Community Day on Sunday, May 20, 2018, with all festivities taking place along CBMM’s Miles River waterfront. The event includes free admission for everyone, plus live music, regional foods and drinks, family activities, free boat rides, […]
Continue ReadingEach weekend this February, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., is offering guided highlight tours of its exhibitions, with the tours offered free for CBMM members or with general admission. CBMM is also offering free weekday admission—including President’s Day—throughout the month of February. Guided by an interpreter and offered at 1pm every […]
Continue Reading(Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum) Kent’s Carvers and Clubs: Guides, Gunners and Co-Ops is a new waterfowling exhibition opening Saturday, April 14, 2018 at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. The exhibition shares the stories of Maryland’s Kent County carvers and hunting clubs through a collection of decoys, oral histories, historic photographs, and […]
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