The Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Md., is offering three sessions of its Family Boatshop program this fall. Participation is limited, with advanced registration needed.
Held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, September 23, October 21, and November 18, CBMM invites families to join shipwrights in the boatshop for a woodworking project. Projects vary from steam bending wood to making cutting boards or helping to build a wooden boat.
The program is limited to children 10 years of age and older, who must be accompanied by an adult. The cost to participate is $45 per participant, per session for CBMM members, and $55 per participant, per session for non-members, with registration at bit.ly/CBMM_FamilyBoatshop. Scholarships are available for participants in the Talbot Mentors program.
Established in 1965, the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum is a world-class maritime museum dedicated to preserving and exploring the history, environment, and people of the entire Chesapeake Bay, with the values of relevancy, authenticity, and stewardship guiding its mission. Serving nearly 70,000 guests each year, CBMM’s campus includes a floating fleet of historic boats and 12 exhibition buildings, situated in a park-like, waterfront setting along the Miles River and St Michaels harbor.
From now through 2018, museum guests can see the log-hull restoration of the 1889 log-hull bugeye, Edna E. Lockwood, with more information at ednalockwood.org. For more information about CBMM, visit cbmm.org
