Museum is open and FREE to the public with docents available in every gallery. A variety of indoor activities are planned and the Museum Store will be open. However, due to inclement weather, the United States Navy Band Country Current will not be performing. Additionally, the Drum Point Lighthouse will not be open and cruises on the Wm. B. Tennison have been cancelled for the evening.

This program is designed to invite adults and children to discover the museum together through music, stories, and special activities. Free drop-in program for children 18 months to three years and their caregivers. For the safety and enjoyment of everyone, older children and siblings may not attend – with the exception of infants.

This program is designed to invite adults and children to discover the museum together through music, stories, and special activities. Free drop-in program for children 18 months to three years and their caregivers. For the safety and enjoyment of everyone, older children and siblings may not attend – with the exception of infants.

From 10 AM to 11 AM, Museum members are invited to join us in the Museum Store for Coffee & Doughnuts. Early shoppers will love the FREE Swedish Dish Cloth with a purchase of $50 or more – one per membership, please. Museum members enjoy a 20% discount on the 20th of the month, all day!

Lighthouse lovers are invited to take the challenge and visit ten lighthouses in two days during the Maryland Lighthouse Challenge on September 21 & 22. Visit Maryland’s historic lighthouses and see Concord Point, Seven Foot Knoll, Lightship Chesapeake, Hooper Strait, Choptank River Replica, Drum Point, Cove Point, Piney Point, Point Lookout and Fort Washington Lighthouses. Challengers receive a complimentary souvenir at each location. Visit all ten lighthouses and receive a “special” souvenir. To access Cove Point, we request visitors take a shuttle from CMM’s main campus to reduce traffic in the Cove Point community. Buses start at 8 a.m. with the last bus leaving CMM at 5:15 p.m. SATURDAY ONLY, Drum Point Lighthouse will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. At 5 p.m., the museum and Museum Store will close and guests can view the lighthouse and take pictures from the area next to the Patuxent Small Craft Center. A table for participants will be on the PNC Waterside Pavilion stage.

Lighthouse lovers are invited to take the challenge and visit ten lighthouses in two days during the Maryland Lighthouse Challenge from 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. on September 21 & 22. Visit Maryland’s historic lighthouses at some of the most beautiful spots in the state and see Concord Point, Seven Foot Knoll, Lightship Chesapeake, Hooper Strait, Choptank River Replica, Drum Point, Cove Point, Piney Point, Point Lookout and Fort Washington Lighthouses. Challengers receive a complimentary souvenir at each location. Visit all ten lighthouses and proclaim “I’ve seen the lights!” and receive a “special” souvenir. To access Cove Point, we request visitors take a shuttle bus from CMM’s main campus to Cove Point to reduce traffic in the Cove Point community. Buses will start at 8 a.m. with the last bus leaving CMM at 5:15 p.m. and returning to the museum at 6 p.m.

For preschoolers ages 3 – 5, with an adult. This program focuses on one of the museum's three themes and usually includes a story and craft activity.

Bumper Jacksons paint America’s story from the streets of New Orleans to Appalachian hollers. Unafraid to scrap together new sounds from forgotten 78s, Bumper Jacksons elegantly balance paying homage to the traditions while fashioning their own unique, playful style. The group began as a duo, and in five short years, grew to a brassy six-piece band with horns and pedal steel. They’ve been honored multiple times as the Mid-Atlantic’s “Artist of the Year” and “Best Traditional Band” at the Washington Area Music Awards. Bumper Jacksons bring you into the center of a party where everyone’s invited and the dance floor never sleeps. This performance is supported by the Maryland Arts Council Touring Program.

The museum offers 2-hour public sails aboard the historic vessel Dee of St. Mary’s. This is a great way to experience the Patuxent River aboard an iconic Chesapeake Bay Skipjack. Learn about watermen, workboats, and what they caught. Help raise and lower the sail. Sails depart from the Calvert Marine Museum. Advance reservations are required by noon the Friday prior to the sail.