Fabulous museums -- casual and fancy -- put you smack dab in the life of a Chesapeake waterman, decoy carver, sea captain, American Indian, or a wildlife scientist. Here are a few suggestions:
Annapolis Maritime Museum -- Annapolis, MD
Captain Avery Museum -- Shady Side, MD
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum -- St. Michaels, MD
Calvert Marine Museum -- Solomons, MD
Delmarva Discovery Center -- Pocomoke, MD
Deltaville Maritime Museum -- Deltaville, VA
Havre de Grace Decoy Museum -- Havre de Grace, MD
Havre de Grace Maritime Museum -- Havre de Grace, MD
J.Millard Tawes Museum and Ward Brothers Workshop -- Crisfield, MD
Mariners' Museum -- Newport News, VA
National Aquarium - Baltimore, MD
Nauticus, the National Marine Maritime Center --Norfolk, VA
Reedville Fishermen's Museum -- Reedville, VA
Richardson Maritime Museum -- Cambridge, MD
Seaford Museum & Gov. Ross Mansion & Plantation -- Seaford, DE
Steamboat Era Museum -- Irvington,VA
Virginia Living Museum -- Newport News, VA
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art -- Salisbury, MD
Watermen's Museum -- Yorktown, VA