St Michaels, MD – We are excited to announce that the will be holding the first Cars & Coffee of the season starting this Saturday May 30th from 9:00 am – 11:00 am. While the Museum will be closed, the campus outside area will be open for the Cars & Coffee event. We are taking […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – Starting May 26, 2020 the public is invited to put their knowledge to the test with the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in a series of free virtual trivia nights. At 8pm each Tuesday through June 23, CBMM’s education staff will host this casual competition for approximately one hour. No registration is […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – As part of its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., has begun offering virtual sessions of its free Rising Tide After-School Program. At 3:30pm every Thursday, students in grades six to nine are invited to log on and work with CBMM educators to […]
Continue ReadingBeginning Thursday, April 16, 2020 and continuing every Thursday at 10:00 a.m. thereafter, the Talbot County Free Library will offer a live Story Time on Facebook for preschoolers (birth – 5 years of age). Library Associate Amy Wise will read stories, lead group sing-alongs, and generally have a good time making sure our community’s little […]
Continue ReadingSt Michaels – 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 Saturday, April 18, 2020. Chesapeake Bay-area craftsmen produced boats—and decoys—that were regionally distinctive. Boatbuilding was often a full-time occupation, and decoy carving was more typically a sideline. […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – Chesapeake photographer Jay Fleming’s work will be featured in a new special exhibition at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., starting April 3, 2020. Island Life: Changing Culture, Changing Shorelines will be on display in CBMM’s Van Lennep Auditorium through August 30, 2020. Fleming’s photographs reveal how the […]
Continue ReadingEaston Library Great Dames Film Series to Conclude at Library with “Maiden” On Monday, March 9, 2020 at 6:00 p.m., the Easton branch of the Talbot County Free Library will show the award-winning documentary “Maiden” on its large, professional screen. This film, rated PG, tells the triumphant true story of the first ever all-female crew […]
Continue ReadingThe Board and staff of the Talbot County Free Library extend a warm invitation to area residents to attend an open house on Thursday, March 12, 2020 at 6:00 p.m., in the library’s St. Michael branch at 106 Fremont Street. Dana Newman, director of the Talbot County Free Library, said of the event, “This will […]
Continue ReadingSt Michaels – On Saturday, April 4, and Sunday, April 5, 2020 the Eastern Shore Sea Glass and Coastal Arts Festival will return for the second time to the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md. The festival, now in its ninth year, takes place on CBMM’s waterfront campus from 10am–5 pm Saturday and […]
Continue ReadingST MICHAELS, MD – Shipwrights from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., have gone international in their efforts to ensure the construction of a historically accurate and truly authentic new Maryland Dove. In October 2019, CBMM’s Lead Shipwright Joe Connor and Rigger Sam Hilgartner traveled overseas to learn from professional boatbuilders at […]
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