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Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park, Annapolis, MD

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Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park

A maritime museum and 12-acre waterfront park in Annapolis that covers local seafaring history and Chesapeake Bay ecology, with historic skipjack cruises.

723 Second Street, Annapolis, MD 21403 · Annapolis, MD

About Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park

The museum's main campus on Second Street holds exhibits that pair technology with real artifacts to explore the Bay's ecology and the area's seafaring past. A separate Park Campus on Edgewood Road offers trails, historic structures, a boardwalk, a pier, and an education center. Visitors can also book public cruises aboard the historic skipjack Wilma Lee during the sailing season, including heritage tours, sunset sails, and Wednesday night race watch parties. The organization runs school programs, summer camps, and community events, and it rents its waterfront spaces for private gatherings.

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