The
Museum's Boat Shop
The Museum's Boat Yard creates anew the tradition of a working waterfront.
From the restoration of the commercial skipjacks, to the preservation
and maintenance of the Museum's own floating fleet of Bay boats,
to the presence and preservation of visiting traditional wooden
vessels, the Museum's shipwrights and apprentices are a tangible
connection to the Chesapeake's rich story of boat building.
Boat Yard staff interact with our visitors, explaining their work
and the boats for which the Bay is known. You will also find shipwrights
and apprentices demonstrating maritime skills like ship's caulking
at our festivals and special events. And you can even try your hand
at building a wooden skiff under the guidance of a Museum shipwright
through public programs like Apprentice for a Day.
Beyond
restoration and public programming, the Museum's Boat Yard is working
to pass fading maritime skills on to a new generation of wooden
boat builders. Our Shipwright Apprentice Program provides one year
apprenticeships to graduates of boat building schools, so that they
can get on-the-job training and experience under the tutelage of
master shipwrights.
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