Children 18 months to 3 years, with an adult, are invited to discover the museum together through music, stories, and special activities. Join us for story time and a take away craft, available while supplies last. Sessions are 25 - 40 minutes. Capacity is limited; Sign up at the Admissions Desk when you arrive.

Children 18 months to 3 years, with an adult, are invited to discover the museum together through music, stories, and special activities. Join us for story time and a take away craft, available while supplies last. Sessions are 25 - 40 minutes. Capacity is limited; Sign up at the Admissions Desk when you arrive.

The museum is open and free to the public from 6 - 9 p.m. Enjoy musical entertainment, Santa, the Otter mascot, holiday crafts, and shopping in the Museum Store. Santa's Coffee House will be open with complimentary hot cocoa, coffee, hot tea, and holiday cookies. Museum Members save 20% in the Museum Store during the walk and all weekend!

Children 18 months to 3 years, with an adult, are invited to discover the museum together through music, stories, and special activities. Join us for story time and a take away craft, available while supplies last. Sessions are 25 - 40 minutes. Capacity is limited; Sign up at the Admissions Desk when you arrive.

CMM members enjoy a 20% discount in the Museum Store today and on the 20th of every month. Purchases can be shipped via USPS, Priority Mail, or held at the store for curbside pickup.

For preschoolers ages 3 – 5, with an adult. This program focuses on one of the museum's three themes. Join us for story time and a take away craft, available while supplies last. Sessions are 25-40 minutes. Capacity is limited. Sign up at the Admissions Desk when you arrive.

The Calvert Marine Museum and Museum Store will close at 2 p.m.

The Calvert Marine Museum and Museum Store are closed on Christmas Day. We will reopen at 10 a.m. on Monday, December 26.

While winter air temperatures throughout the Chesapeake region are relatively mild, the water temperatures are downright icy! Discover how different species cope with the arrival of winter at the museum. Activities appropriate for ages 4-10. Program included with museum admission.

Called living fossils by some, horseshoe crabs are a truly ancient species that we are fortunate to have as part of today’s Chesapeake ecosystem. Identify the amazing adaptions that have helped horseshoe crabs to survive for millennia and see live Atlantic horseshoe crabs in the museum’s animal collection. Activities appropriate for ages 4-10. Program included with museum admission.

Today is all about the top predator of the Miocene seas – Megalodon! Discover how this massive shark evolved and how it ultimately met its extinction during the Pliocene Epoch. Activities appropriate for ages 4-10. Program included with museum admission.

CMM Members are invited to join us for our Noon Year’s Eve Party! Make a party mask, confetti popper, and join the dance party with Bubbles the otter. Toast in the new year with sparkling ginger ale, fishy snacks, and a giant confetti blast at high noon. FREE for CMM members of all ages!