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The Museum campus features interactive exhibits, VR headsets, and a living shoreline. Highlighting the collection is the historic skipjack Wilma Lee, offering a unique sailing experience connecting visitors with Annapolis waters and the Chesapeake.

In Maryland’s many museums, you’ll find enlightening exhibits for all ages and interests, from fine art and science to history and maritime culture. Family Fun at Inner Harbor Museums At the family favorite National Aquarium in Baltimore, get up close and personal with sharks and 17,000 other fish, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals in habitats that include replicas of a coral reef and tropical rain forest. Across the harbor, bring the kids (or the kids-at-heart)[...]

Access to Carr’s Beach is across the street from the Annapolis Maritime Museum - Park Campus at 7300 Edgewood Road, Annapolis. Park at the museum and look for the crosswalk at Edgewood and Bembe Beach Road. Cross the street and walk the path towards the gate. When at the gate, veer right to read the interpretive signs that lead you to the beach.

Campus features a state-of-the-art 2,500 sq. ft. permanent exhibition space features an art gallery, public docks, a small Bay-side beach park, and outdoor wooden boat exhibits.

Exploring Two Capital Cities At the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, D.C., you’ll find exhibitions that explore the complex story of slavery and freedom. Visitors see how the actions of ordinary men and women demanded freedom and transformed the country. Elsewhere in Washington, D.C. you’ll find one end of the nearly 200-mile long C&O canal towpath. The path—which runs all the way to Cumberland, Maryland—was used by freedom seekers like[...]

What’s New, What’s Next & What May Come in Maryland 2026 & Beyond MARCH 2026 | Subject to Change SIGNIFICANT ANNIVERSARIES/ EVENTS 2026 Maryland Fleet Week & Air Show Baltimore / America’s 250th Anniversary Celebration – Celebrating the sesquicentennial of the founding of the U.S., which will occur July 4, 2026. Baltimore will be celebrating with Tall Ships, Military Fleet, Air Show & Fireworks in the harbor, June 25-July 1, 2026. The Maryland event will[...]

Ethnic Festivals All manner of ethnic festivals dot Maryland's landscape, from Polish to African, Greek to Korean, and Hispanic/Latinex to Ukrainian. The CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL and Parade in Baltimore's Druid Hill Park draws visitors from across Central Maryland and the District of Columbia as does the AFRAM FESTIVAL. The annual KUNTA KINTE HERITAGE FESTIVAL is held at the Annapolis City Dock. Several festivals across Maryland pay tribute to Hispanic and Latino cultures, with music, crafts, children's[...]

Born on a farm on the banks of the Tuckahoe Creek... Frederick Douglass’s life would forever be interwoven with his home state of Maryland. That same beautiful place that he loved so deeply, was the place where he was stripped of liberty, ripped from his family, and bound by the literal chains of slavery. In Fells Point in Baltimore, Douglass cunningly watched other children read and taught himself to do the same, absorbing knowledge to[...]

Western Maryland Western Maryland is a great place for outdoor adventures. You can climb Maryland's highest mountain, swim in numerous lakes, hike the Appalachian Trail, brave white-water rapids or enjoy all kinds of winter sports from skiing to ice fishing. The three counties of Western Maryland, where fall foliage arrives first and winter usually stays the longest, were Maryland's last frontier. One of the most important events in Western Maryland in the early 1800s was[...]