Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Under $25Climb an 1879 screw-pile lighthouse and watch shipwrights restore wooden Bay boats on a St. Michaels waterfront campus.
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An art museum and education complex in Easton, Maryland, offering exhibitions, classes, and community programs.
106 South Street, Easton, Maryland 21601 · Easton, MD
The Academy Art Museum is an art education and exhibition complex on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Its exhibitions rotate, and it runs drop-in studios, artist-led workshops in drawing, painting, photography, pottery, and sculpture, lectures, and youth camps. Its stated aim is to make art accessible to everyone and to strengthen cultural life in the region. Its website also lists member-only programs, a volunteer program, and a free admission day each Thursday.
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