213 N Talbot St
Saint Michaels, MD

Learn about making a livelihood on the Chesapeake Bay from traditional craftsmen at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, a certified Chesapeake Bay storyteller. Explore the 1879 Hooper Strait Lighthouse and a working shipyard, take part in hands-on activities, and see exhibitions detailing the Bay's role throughout history.

213 N Talbot St
Saint Michaels, MD

The CBMM Store offers the most comprehensive selection of Chesapeake Bay publications and unique nautical gifts. You’ll find a great selection of specialized Museum merchandise featuring the 1879 Hooper Strait Lighthouse, the legendary skipjack Rosie Parks, and more—including handcrafted jewelry, ornaments, clothing, ceramics, model boat kits, and regional books.

213 N Talbot St
Saint Michaels, MD

CBMM’s working Shipyard preserves traditional Chesapeake Bay wooden boatbuilding skills and techniques through living traditions, experiential archaeology, and education from youth to adults.

213 N Talbot St
Saint Michaels, MD

CBMM’s campus offers point of interests throughout, including several interpretive gardens, a living shoreline, historic structures and buildings, and objects from cannons to bells.

213 N Talbot St
Saint Michaels, MD

Step onboard an oyster harvesting skipjack, the E.C. Collier, and enter the world of the working watermen on the Chesapeake Bay.

213 N Talbot St
Saint Michaels, MD

The museum has many options for exploring the area, including the waterways, by self-guided and guided walking tours, scenic river cruises aboard the historic 1920 buyboat Winnie Estelle, small craft rentals, and more.

213 N Talbot St
Saint Michaels, MD

The Hooper Strait Lighthouse, now standing on Navy Point, was originally built in 1879 to light the way for boats passing through the shallow, dangerous shoals of Hooper Strait, a thoroughfare for boats bound from the Chesapeake Bay across Tangier Sound to Deal Island or places along the Nanticoke and Wicomico Rivers.

21551 Chesapeake Acc Dr
Tilghman Island, MD

Equal parts relaxation and adventure, Wylder Hotel is an all-season waterfront getaway with luxury accommodations. The propery is a rebirth of an 1898 original boarding house located on a 3-mile island on the Chesapeake Bay.