ST MICHAELS, MD – The new Maryland Dove currently under construction by shipwrights at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum will have a bit more of CBMM’s hometown in it thanks to a generous donation of wood from an Osage orange tree by St. Michaels, Md., resident Tracy Wagner. “I am happy and pleased that the […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum and its President, Kristen Greenaway, were honored to welcome Commodore David Gibbs of the Royal New Zealand Navy, New Zealand’s current Defence Attaché to the U.S., and his wife, Paula, for a visit to campus on July 23, 2020. As part of their visit, the Gibbs […]
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 – After a temporary delay because of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new exhibition in the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s Waterfowling building, Adze to Whittling Knife: Chesapeake Boatbuilders as Decoy Carvers, will open to the public on Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. Chesapeake Bay-area craftsmen produced boats—and decoys—that were regionally distinctive. Boatbuilding was often […]
Continue ReadingEaston – The Talbot County Arts Council is awarding full tuition-paid summer arts scholarships to six Talbot County students who have just completed grades 9 through 12. This program provides grants for advanced art studies during summer 2020 to students with outstanding artistic promise. It is named in honor of the late Willard A. Lockwood, […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – On Wednesday, June 17, 2020, join Chesapeake photographer Jay Fleming to explore the stories behind the images featured in the new virtual exhibition presented by the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Island Life: Changing Culture, Changing Shorelines. Through frequent visits to the islands and shorelines along the Bay, Fleming has documented how […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – On Thursday, June 11,2020 the Members-Only Marina will reopen at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. The marina has been closed to the public since March 14, 2020 to support actions taken against COVID-19. The opening of CBMM’s Members-Only Marina is the third in a series of steps […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – In the midst of its COVID-19 closure, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., has rolled out a brand-new virtual feature—online access for visitors to thousands of items in its collection of Chesapeake Bay-related objects and images, all available at collections.cbmm.org. “After three years of research, planning, and conversion […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – On Friday, June 5—just in time for Father’s Day—the Museum Store will reopen at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. The Museum Store has been closed to the public since March 14, 2020 when CBMM closed to support actions taken against COVID-19. The Museum Store is CBMM’s first […]
Continue ReadingWhile the Talbot County Free Library buildings remain closed for the time being, a gradual restarting of services has begun. Beginning Monday, June 1, 2020 the book drops at both the Easton and St. Michaels branches will be open around the clock for the return of books and DVDs only. At this time, the library […]
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