Museums
Bayside History Museum
4025 4th St., P.O. Box 348, North Beach, MD 20714
Phone: 410-610-5970 Email Bayside History Museum
Cultural history museum featuring exhibitions like Day at the Beach, Amusement Park at Chesapeake Beach, Camp Roosevelt (Maryland’s first permanent Boy Scout camp) and The Cottage. Visitors will also find information about Captain John Smith, Twin Beaches history and numerous seasonal exhibits.
Bayside History Museum Website
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Calvert County Historical Society
70 Church St., P.O. Box 358, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Phone: 410-535-2452 Email Calvert County Historical Society
Located in historic Linden (c.1868), the society offers a research library, family papers describing first-person accounts of historical events, wills, family Bibles, original manuscripts, photographs, published histories, maps and recorded interviews.
Calvert County Historical Society Facebook Page
Calvert Marine Museum
14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, MD 20688
Phone: 410-326-2042
Rich maritime history, local fossils and aquariums of life in the Chesapeake Bay come alive in the only museum on the East Coast that is home to two lighthouses. See skates and rays, hand-crafted model boats, marine engines, wood carvings, aquariums, fossils and Chesapeake work boats. Outdoor exhibits include a boat basin, river otter habitat and a salt marsh.
Calvert Marine Museum Website
Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum
4155 Mears Avenue, Chesapeake Beach, MD 20732
Phone: 410-257-3892 Email Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum
The museum, the only surviving train depot building from the Chesapeake Beach Railway, shares the story of the Chesapeake Beach Railway and Amusement Park in the early 20th century. The railway was a direct route from Washington, D.C. to Chesapeake Beach and included steamship arrivals from Baltimore establishing the area as the new "Monte Carlo" of the east. Free admission.
Read about the history of the Twin Beaches area and the Chesapeake Beach Railway here http://www.cbrm.org/
Chesapeake Beach Railway Museum Website
Cove Point Lighthouse
3500 Lighthouse Blvd., Lusby, MD 20657
Experience history at Maryland's oldest continuously working lighthouse. Grounds include the lighthouse tower built in 1828, a 1901 fog signal building and visitor center. The six-bedroom keeper’s home is available as a high-end vacation rental and special events venue. The grounds are open during specific hours and are free to tour. A museum interpreter is on site. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Limited wheelchair access.
Cove Point Lighthouse Website
Drum Point Lighthouse
14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, MD 20688
Phone: 410-326-2042
Constructed in 1883 at Drum Point to mark the entrance to the Patuxent River, this screwpile cottage-type light is one of only three remaining from 45 that once served the Chesapeake Bay at the beginning of the 20th century. Decommissioned in 1962, the lighthouse has been beautifully restored, complete with furnishings of the early 20th century. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Included in admission to the Calvert Marine Museum
Drum Point Lighthouse Website
J.C. Lore & Sons Oyster House
14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, MD 20688
Visit this restored 1934 seafood packing house to learn about the boom and decline of the region’s commercial seafood industries. The exhibits explore all aspects of oyster processing, from receiving oysters at the dock to storing, shucking, washing, packing and shipping the product to markets across the region. The oyster house is a National Historic Landmark and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Open free, May through September. Check museum website for schedule.
J.C. Lore & Sons Oyster House Website
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
10515 Mackall Road, St. Leonard, MD 20685
Phone: 410-586-8538 Email Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum
Nearly 70 archaeological sites on the property reflect more than 8,000 years of human occupation. Included are a visitor center, exhibit barn, gift shop, hiking trails, a re-created Indian Village and canoe/kayak launch. Also on the grounds is the Maryland Archaeological Conservation Laboratory. Call about scheduling a tour of the facility.
Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum Website
Old Wallville School
1450 Dares Beach Road, Prince Frederick, MD 20678
Phone: 410-474-3868 appears to be an empty link with target http://www.oldwallvilleschool.org/
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The facility is the oldest standing one-room schoolhouse for African American students in Calvert County and offered education for grades one through seven in the Wallville community. Faced with a student body averaging between 35 and 45 students, the teacher often placed three small children at each desk and assigned others to sit in the aisles. The schoolhouse was built by the early 1880s (with some evidence suggesting an early date of 1869) and remained in use until 1934.
Old Wallville School Website
One-Room Schoolhouse
3080 Broomes Island Road, Port Republic, MD 20676
Port Republic School No. 7 has been in this shady grove for more than 100 years and is filled with authentic memorabilia. Open by appointment only.
One-Room Schoolhouse Website
St. Leonard Museum at Buehler's Marketplace
4905 St. Leonard Road, St. Leonard, MD 20685
The cozy local historic museum brings St. Leonard’s past to life through personal artifacts, vintage photos and one-of-a-kind displays. The museum celebrates the stories and charm of Southern Maryland. The museum and market are open daily from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
St. Leonard Museum at Buehler's Marketplace Website