Take a trip to the Chesapeake Bay’s Eastern Shore, located on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. During the summer and fall, this area of the state is a favorite of ours. Although it’s only a short drive from Washington, D.C., it feels like a planet away.
The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is a particular favorite of ours in the state of Maryland. What makes the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum so unique? Why should you go? What should you know before you go? That’s what we asked Bethany Ziegler, Content Marketing Manager at the museum.
What Should Someone Bring With Them And What Items Are Not Allowed In The Museum?
Bring your own reusable water bottle (the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum has installed a bottle filling station on campus as part of its commitment to sustainability). Let’s have a picnic on campus, if you’d like!
CBMM’s campus is dog-friendly, although dogs are not permitted during special events or festivals, unless they are registered assistance animals. They’re also not allowed on museum boats or within any display structures. a supply of trash bags and drinking water is readily available
What Should Parents Of Young Children Know Before Visiting The Museum?
In all of its permanent exhibitions, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum provides a fascinating, hands-on experience for visitors of all ages, making it a great destination to revisit.
Tonging for oysters, playing on a replica workboat, and following the crab’s journey from the Bay to the table are just some of the activities available to children.
Students in grades 6-9 can also take advantage of CBMM’s free after-school programmer, Rising Tide, which teaches fundamental boatbuilding and woodworking skills in a welcoming, informal setting.
What’s The Coolest Item For Sale In The Gift Shop?
The Museum Store at CBMM is your one-stop shop for all things marine. You’ll find everything from Chesapeake Bay-themed clothing, literature, home décor, and jewelry to toys and souvenirs at the Museum Store.
What Should Teachers Planning A Field Trip Know Before Reaching Out To You?
Our museum, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, is dedicated to educating students about the history and culture of the region’s people and environment. If you want your kids to learn about the Chesapeake’s distinctive people and sites in a hands-on way, CBMM’s hands-on events and curriculum units are for you.
Groups must make reservations in advance. All guided programmed require at least two weeks’ notice in order to go ahead. Museum admission is included in the ticket price.
All types of kids, including those in public, private, and home schools, as well as youth organizations, are welcome to participate in the museum’s year-round programmer and tours. Contact the Program Administrative Assistant Laurel Seeman at 410-745-4947 or lseeman@cbmm.org if you have any questions about this programmer.
What Else Should A Visitor Know Before Visiting?
At the Chesapeake Bay Museum of History (CBMM), visitors get a firsthand look at the history of the Chesapeake Bay through the eyes of the people who lived it, the labor they did, the art they saw, and the vessels they used to navigate it.
If you’re looking for something new to do each day, you can explore a waterman’s shanty or talk to the crew of a shipwright. The best view of St. Michaels’ harbor and the Miles River in the historic Town of St. Michaels, MD, is from the top of the Hooper Strait Lighthouse, built in 1879.
Is There An Admission Fee?
General admission is good for two days:
- $16 – Adults (ages 18-64)
- $13 – Seniors (65+)
- $13 – Students (age 17+ with college ID)
- $12 – Retired Military (with ID)
- $ 6 – Children (ages 6-17)
- FREE – Active Military
- FREE – Children (ages 5 and under)
- FREE – CBMM Members
General entry for active-duty military personnel is free all year long. For the duration of Armed Forces Day (May 18) through Labor Day, CBMM offers free general admission to active-duty military personnel, National Guard members, and Reserve members and their spouses or partners and up to three children (Sept. 2). All prices are subject to change at any time.
If you have an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card and a valid photo ID, you can pay just $3 per person to visit CBMM, which is a participating museum in Museums for All.
