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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

About Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum

The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is located in St.

Michaels, Maryland, United States and is home to a collection of Chesapeake Bay artifacts, exhibitions, and vessels. This 18-acre (73,000 m2) interactive museum was founded in 1965 on Navy Point, once a site of seafood packing houses, docks, and work boats. Today, the museum houses the world's largest collection of Chesapeake Bay boats and provides interactive exhibits in and around the 35 buildings which dot the campus. The museum also offers year-round educational seminars and workshops.

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Maritime museum
Founded
1965

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  1. Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Saint Michaels01Saint MichaelsDough4872 · Public domain
  2. Log canoe Edmee S02Log canoe Edmee SAcroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0
  3. Log Canoe Edmee S and Point Lookout Tower03Log Canoe Edmee S and Point Lookout TowerAcroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. Log canoe at Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum04Log canoe at Chesapeake Bay Maritime MuseumAcroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0
  5. Edna E. Lockwood high05Edna E. Lockwood highAcroterion · CC BY-SA 4.0
  6. Hooper Strait Light, St. Michaels, Maryland06Hooper Strait Light, St. Michaels, MarylandFletcher6 · CC BY 3.0

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