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Wintertime Maritime Lecture Series: Jan. 19 - March 22 - Buy Tickets for Entire the Series
Thursday, February 2 - Wintertime Maritime Lecture Series: Dave Gendell, Schooner America
7 - 8:30 p.m., Bay Room
Annapolis writer Dave Gendell reveals the history and mystery of the world’s most famous schooner, from her launch in 1851 to her tragic demise in Eastport in 1942.
Museum members $10, non-members, $15. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104
Thursday, February 9 - Wintertime Maritime Lecture Series: Jane Cox, Findings at Pig Point
Archaeologist Jane Cox reviews Anne Arundel County’s Lost Towns Archaeology Project exciting discoveries at the prehistoric site known as Pig Point on the Patuxent River’s Jug Bay.
Museum members $10, non-members, $15. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104
Thursday, February 16 - Wintertime Maritime Lecture Series: Peyton Robertson, NOAA‟s Chesapeake Bay Restoration Efforts
7 - 8:30 p.m., Bay Room
Peyton Robertson, Director of the NOAA Chesapeake Bay Office, reviews the federal government’s collaborative efforts to restore the Bay through environmental education, habitat and fisheries restoration, and data collection.
Museum members $10, non-members, $15. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104
Thursday, February 23 - Wintertime Maritime Lecture Series: Cece Donovan, Poplar Island: Vanishing Island Restored
7 - 8:30 p.m., Bay Room
Cece Donovan of the Maryland Environmental Service talks about the Poplar Island project, which is using dredged material to restore an island that nearly disappeared due to erosion. Museum members $10, non-members, $15. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104
Thursday, March 1 - Wintertime Maritime Lecture Series: George Daughan, 1812: The Navy‟s War
7 - 8:30 p.m., Bay Room
Award-winning naval historian George C. Daughan tells the astounding story of the War of 1812, when a tiny, battle-tested team of American commanders, seamen, and privateers took on the haughty skippers of the mighty royal Navy, defeated them time and again, and played a key role in winning the conflict that cemented America's newly won independence. Museum members $10, non-members, $15. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104
Saturday, March 3 - College 4-A Day -- Chesapeake Oysters: History, Heritage
and Legacy
10 a.m. - 3 p.m., Bay Room
Anne Arundel Community College course. Join Annapolis Maritime Museum Director of Education Charlotte Rich, along with other speakers, for an intensive daylong learning, experience studying the Eastern oyster, often called the Pearl of the Chesapeake.
Information & to Register
Thursday, March 8 - Wintertime Maritime Lecture Series: Capt. John P. Hamill, Maryland Pilots Association
7 - 8:30 p.m., Bay Room
Capt. John P. Hamill, Maryland Pilots Association
Maryland pilots have been guiding ships up and down the Bay since the 1640s. Capt. Hamill tells the stories of ships, shipwrecks, and the vessels at anchor in Annapolis Roads. Museum members $10, non-members, $15. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104
Thursday, March 14 - Wintertime Maritime Lecture Series: Lt. Greg Bartles, The Oyster Wars
7 - 8:30 p.m., Bay Room
The Area 8 Commander of the Maryland Natural Resources Police tells the fascinating history of the NRP, which began in 1868 as the State Oyster Police Force, and reveals the story behind the visiting exhibit featuring a relic of the Oyster Wars: an 1868 cannon that battled “piratical Virginia oyster crews.” Museum members $10, non-members, $15. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104
Thursday, March 22 - Wintertime Maritime Lecture Series: Barbara Tagger & Orna Garnett, Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad
7 - 8:30 p.m., Bay Room
Orna Garnett gives a stirring living history interpretation of the “Moses” of runaway slaves, while Barbara Tagger discusses the new Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park Initiative on the Eastern Shore. This program is a partnership with the Chesapeake Children’s Museum and the Four Rivers Heritage Area. As part of the Four Rivers’ Maryland day celebration, admission to this program is only $1 per person. To enroll, call the Museum at 410-295-0104
Saturday, March 24 - 2nd Annual Oyster Roast - Buy Tickets
noon - 4 p.m., Museum Campus
Celebrate spring with a family-friendly feast of the Chesapeake’s most cherished bivalve. The festivities include the burning of the socks – a spring tradition at the Museum – plus live music, oyster shucking and cooking demonstrations, and family activities and exhibits that highlight the importance of the oyster to the health of the Chesapeake Bay as well as this area’s unique maritime heritage. Of course, there will be plenty of oysters – raw, steamed, fried and roasted – and, for a modest additional fee, BBQ, hotdogs and hamburgers, plus beer, wine and soft drinks.
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PO Box 3088 |
Annapolis, MD 21403
410 295-0104
office@amaritime.org
