Maritime Patuxent: A River and
Its People
This permanent exhibit tells the story
of human activity along the Patuxent River from the colonial
period to present. It is a story of people and change that
explores a wide range of topics such as river transportation,
trade, shipping, boatbuilding, commercial fishing, military
engagements, biological research, community life, and recreation.
Over five hundred artifacts and documents are featured in the main
maritime history gallery, including a Native American dugout
canoe, a twenty-eight-foot three-log sailing canoe, a press used
to pack tobacco for shipment, a steam engine, an underwater mine
and torpedo from World War II era testing in the river, and a 1956
Cruis-Along power boat built at the M. M. Davis & Son shipyard in
Solomons. Also on display are tools used in the shipbuilding
trades, scale models of steam and sail vessels, gear for
harvesting and processing seafood, outboard and inboard marine
engines, marine carvings, and many documents, maps, photographs,
and paintings.
Curator of Maritime History: Richard Dodds
410/326-2042 ext. 31
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