18 Father's Day Cruise
Father's Day Cruise2023-06-18T16:30:00Celebrate Dad during an evening cruise onboard the historic Wm. B. Tennison and enjoy the sights and sounds of the Solomons Harbor and Patuxent River. Heavy hors d'oeuvres, a Father's Day cake, water, tea, and drinks will be served. You are also welcome to bring food or drinks of your choice in small, hand-held coolers.
Wm. B. Tennison Calvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 |
19 Summer Camp: Dig, Plant, Grow
Summer Camp: Dig, Plant, Grow2023-06-19T09:00:00Dig in and explore the gardens of Calvert Marine Museum. Learn about the parts of a plant while we plant seeds and design our own gardens. Grow your knowledge of pollination while participating in a pollinator race. Observe “breathing” leaves, soil composition, and insect friends that visit our gardens. Record your findings in your nature notebook complete with your own botanical illustrations. Throughout camp, collaborate with fellow future scientists in community projects like painting a rain barrel and assisting a master gardener in the CMM children’s garden. (For 1st and 2nd Graders)
Event LocationCalvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 |
20 Summer Camp: Dig, Plant, Grow
Summer Camp: Dig, Plant, Grow2023-06-20T09:00:00Dig in and explore the gardens of Calvert Marine Museum. Learn about the parts of a plant while we plant seeds and design our own gardens. Grow your knowledge of pollination while participating in a pollinator race. Observe “breathing” leaves, soil composition, and insect friends that visit our gardens. Record your findings in your nature notebook complete with your own botanical illustrations. Throughout camp, collaborate with fellow future scientists in community projects like painting a rain barrel and assisting a master gardener in the CMM children’s garden. (For 1st and 2nd Graders)
Event LocationCalvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 Mornings at the Museum: Otters AND Opossums?!
Mornings at the Museum: Otters AND Opossums?!2023-06-20T10:00:00Meet our mammals! Get to know the mammals at the Calvert Marine Museum that are found within the Chesapeake Bay estuary. Observe and learn about Calvert and Chessie Grace - our North American river otters, as well as our newest addition, Poppie the Virginia opossum. Through hands-on activities, fun games, and crafts, we will explore their habitat, behavior, and biology.
Event LocationCalvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 CMM Members Save 20% in the Museum Store!
CMM Members Save 20% in the Museum Store!2023-06-20T10:15:00CMM 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.
Event LocationMuseum Store - Calvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 |
21 Summer Camp: Dig, Plant, Grow
Summer Camp: Dig, Plant, Grow2023-06-21T09:00:00Dig in and explore the gardens of Calvert Marine Museum. Learn about the parts of a plant while we plant seeds and design our own gardens. Grow your knowledge of pollination while participating in a pollinator race. Observe “breathing” leaves, soil composition, and insect friends that visit our gardens. Record your findings in your nature notebook complete with your own botanical illustrations. Throughout camp, collaborate with fellow future scientists in community projects like painting a rain barrel and assisting a master gardener in the CMM children’s garden. (For 1st and 2nd Graders)
Event LocationCalvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 Mornings at the Museum: Fossil Adventures
Mornings at the Museum: Fossil Adventures2023-06-21T10:00:00At 10 AM, participants are dropped off at Cove Point Lighthouse, where they meet CMM educators. The program leader teaches a short lesson on local Miocene fossils and what to look for. From 10 AM to about 11:30 AM, you explore the beach to search for fossilized shells, bones, and shark teeth. After fossil collecting, you work with the museum educators to identify any fossils you have found. The program ends at 12 PM.
Event LocationCove Point LighthouseLusbyMD20657 |
22 Little Minnows: Plants
Little Minnows: Plants2023-06-22T00:00:00For 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 craft, available while supplies last. Sessions are 25-40 minutes. Sign up at the Admissions Desk when you arrive.
Harms Gallery Calvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 Summer Camp: Dig, Plant, Grow
Summer Camp: Dig, Plant, Grow2023-06-22T09:00:00Dig in and explore the gardens of Calvert Marine Museum. Learn about the parts of a plant while we plant seeds and design our own gardens. Grow your knowledge of pollination while participating in a pollinator race. Observe “breathing” leaves, soil composition, and insect friends that visit our gardens. Record your findings in your nature notebook complete with your own botanical illustrations. Throughout camp, collaborate with fellow future scientists in community projects like painting a rain barrel and assisting a master gardener in the CMM children’s garden. (For 1st and 2nd Graders)
Event LocationCalvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 |
23 Mornings at the Museum: Summertime Blues
Mornings at the Museum: Summertime Blues2023-06-23T09:45:00Join an educator on the historic William B. Tennison for a hands-on blue crab educational experience. This youth field program uses live blue crabs to illustrate their life cycle and how to identify male and female crabs. Discover the history of the blue crab fishery on the Patuxent River, and learn the ins and outs of our annual blue crab harvest.
Event LocationCalvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 |
24 Museum Closes at 3 PM for Concert Preparation
Museum Closes at 3 PM for Concert Preparation2023-06-24T15:00:00The Calvert Marine Museum and Museum Store will close at 3 p.m. on Saturday, June 24, for concert preparation.
Event LocationCalvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 ZIGGY MARLEY Performs at CMM’s Motto Mortgage Preferred and RE/MAX One Waterside Pavilion!
ZIGGY MARLEY Performs at CMM’s Motto Mortgage Preferred and RE/MAX One Waterside Pavilion!2023-06-24T17:00:00Eight-time Grammy winner, ZIGGY MARLEY will take the stage for CMM’s second concert on Saturday, June 24, 2023. Ziggy Marley is an Emmy winner, musician, producer, activist and humanitarian who has cultivated a legendary career for close to 40 years. The eldest son of Bob and Rita Marley, Ziggy has hewed his own path as a musical pioneer, infusing the reggae genre with funk, blues, rock and other elements through mindful songcraft. Equal parts master storyteller and motivational guide, he deftly explores issues from environmental awareness to self-empowerment, social injustice to political inequity, while returning again and again to the transformative power of love.
CMM's Motto Mortgage Preferred and RE/MAX One Waterside Pavilion Calvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 |
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26 Junior Paleontologist Camp
Junior Paleontologist Camp2023-06-26T09:00:00Become a junior paleontologist and hunt on local beaches for fossil shark teeth, whale bones, and the shells of ancient snails and clams. Work with our professional paleontologists to uncover the mysteries of these ancient animals and the environments in which they lived. Learn collecting techniques and how to properly preserve your specimens. Keep a field journal, complete with your own drawings and observations. Get a special behind-the-scenes look at the amazing fossil collection at the Calvert Marine Museum and then excavate a section of fossil matrix using the tools and skills of a paleontologist!
Event LocationCalvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 |
27 Junior Paleontologist Camp
Junior Paleontologist Camp2023-06-27T09:00:00Become a junior paleontologist and hunt on local beaches for fossil shark teeth, whale bones, and the shells of ancient snails and clams. Work with our professional paleontologists to uncover the mysteries of these ancient animals and the environments in which they lived. Learn collecting techniques and how to properly preserve your specimens. Keep a field journal, complete with your own drawings and observations. Get a special behind-the-scenes look at the amazing fossil collection at the Calvert Marine Museum and then excavate a section of fossil matrix using the tools and skills of a paleontologist!
Event LocationCalvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 |
28 Junior Paleontologist Camp
Junior Paleontologist Camp2023-06-28T09:00:00Become a junior paleontologist and hunt on local beaches for fossil shark teeth, whale bones, and the shells of ancient snails and clams. Work with our professional paleontologists to uncover the mysteries of these ancient animals and the environments in which they lived. Learn collecting techniques and how to properly preserve your specimens. Keep a field journal, complete with your own drawings and observations. Get a special behind-the-scenes look at the amazing fossil collection at the Calvert Marine Museum and then excavate a section of fossil matrix using the tools and skills of a paleontologist!
Event LocationCalvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 |
29 Little Minnows: Plants
Little Minnows: Plants2023-06-29T00:00:00For 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 craft, available while supplies last. Sessions are 25-40 minutes. Sign up at the Admissions Desk when you arrive.
Harms Gallery Calvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 Junior Paleontologist Camp
Junior Paleontologist Camp2023-06-29T09:00:00Become a junior paleontologist and hunt on local beaches for fossil shark teeth, whale bones, and the shells of ancient snails and clams. Work with our professional paleontologists to uncover the mysteries of these ancient animals and the environments in which they lived. Learn collecting techniques and how to properly preserve your specimens. Keep a field journal, complete with your own drawings and observations. Get a special behind-the-scenes look at the amazing fossil collection at the Calvert Marine Museum and then excavate a section of fossil matrix using the tools and skills of a paleontologist!
Event LocationCalvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 |
30 Maritime Art & Artifacts Show
Maritime Art & Artifacts Show2023-06-30T10:00:00The Arts Council of Calvert County and the Calvert Marine Museum will sponsor a Maritime Art & Artifacts art show to celebrate the treasures of the Chesapeake Bay region. Explore first-hand the maritime culture and natural history of the Chesapeake Bay through artistic interpretations and specific examples of marine life. Weather permitting, local artists may choose to set up an easel to paint or draw on-site and visitors will have the opportunity to purchase select pieces of art.
Event LocationCalvert Marine MuseumSolomonsMD20688 Museum Store CLOSED for Inventory
Museum Store CLOSED for Inventory2023-06-30T10:00:00The Museum Store will be closed all day on June 30 for annual inventory processing and will reopen on July 1 at 10:15 a.m. We hope to see you then!
Event LocationCalvert Marine Museum - Museum StoreSolomonsMD20688 |
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