Calvert Marine Museum Events
2009 State of the River Summit:
Local Challenges of Sea Level Rise and Climate Change Click Here to view the speaker biographies and presentations
Calvert Marine Museum Annual Events Guide
5th Annual Solomons Maritime Festival
May 1 & 2, 2010 
Taking place annually in early May, the Calvert Marine Museum celebrates Southern Maryland traditions with the Solomons Maritime Festival. Building on the successful Chesapeake Antique Boat and Marine Engine Show, the festival will takes place on the museum’s scenic waterfront campus. The Antique Boat and Marine Engine Show features exhibits from over 60 collectors of antique and classic boats, and vintage marine outboard and inboard engines. The Solomons Maritime Festival comes alive with the sights, sounds, and smells of Southern Maryland traditions. Taste traditional foods, learn how to pick crabs and shuck oysters like the pros, enjoy local gospel and old time music, hear world class water fowl calling, see Chesapeake Bay retriever trials in action, watch model boats skim the waters of the boat basin, talk with traditional crafts people as they demonstrate their skills. For the kids, there will be traditional games, races, ice cream making, toy boat building and more. Exhibitor Information:
Welcome Letter | Display Card Info | AES Registration | Display Panel Directions | Official Flyer Please return by email to phelpsjg@co.cal.md.us  
_________________________________________________________ Taking place in early July, the Calvert Marine Museum focuses on Sharks - both living and fossilized, during its annual Sharkfest!  Touch the rough hide of a shark in the shark touch tank.
Have your picture taken in the jaws of a Giant Megalodon shark skeleton.
Learn the amazing facts about shark habits and habitats.
Find a 20-million-year-old shark’s tooth in the Discovery Room.
The day will include fish face painting, marine games, shark crafts, displays by the Fossil Club, and shark mural painting. All activities free with museum admission.  
_________________________________________________________ Patuxent River Appreciation Days
Columbus Day Weekend October 9 & 10, 2010 - 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Patuxent River Appreciation Days (PRAD) is an annual festival, which creates awareness, recognition, and promotion of the economic, social, recreational, cultural and historical impact of the tributaries and environs of the Patuxent River and the basin through which it flows. The festival is held annually on Columbus Day Weekend. The festival brings together, and reflects the continuing commitment of, the community, county and state government agencies, the Calvert Marine Museum, the Patuxent River Naval Air Station, and other historical and environmental groups, which share a desire to preserve the Patuxent River and to celebrate its positive influence on the area’s quality of life, in the past, present, and future. Solomons Christmas Walk
December 3 & 4, 2010  The Calvert Marine Museum invites you to enjoy the beauty of Solomons Island during the annual Solomons Christmas Walk, an annual event that takes place in early December. Activities are planned for all ages to help you celebrate the season in maritime style. The museum will be open and free during the evening hours.
For more information on the Solomons Christmas Walk, please contact Sherry Reid at 410-326-2042 x19, or email
Visit the Solomons Business Association website http://sba.solomons.md.us/solomons-christmas-walk.html  
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