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[[Image:drum_point_lighthouse.jpg|right|250px]]The rich maritime history and diversity of life found in the [[Chesapeake Bay]] come alive in this unusual museum in [[Solomons, Maryland]]. Here you'll find boats, models, paintings, wood carvings, aquariums and fossils. Outdoor exhibits include a boat basin, River Otter habitat, and a recreated salt marsh and the [[Drum Point Lighthouse]]. Enjoy a leisurely one-hour cruise around Solomons Harbor and the [[Patuxent River]] aboard the "[[Wm. B. Tennison]]", the oldest Coast Guard licensed passenger carrying vessel on the Chesapeake. Built in 1899, this nine-log chunk built bugeye was later converted from sail to power and served as an [[oyster]] buyboat until 1978.

The museum also owns the nearby [[J.C. Lore Oyster House]] and the operational [[Cove Point Lighthouse]]. The oyster house is within a half mile of the museum. It offers a first-hand view of the tools used by local [[Southern Maryland Watermen|watermen]] to harvest fish, clams, eels, [[crabs]] and [[oysters]]. The Cove Point Lighthouse is located at [[Cove Point, Maryland]] on the [[Chesapeake Bay]], just north of Solomons Island in [[Calvert County, Maryland]]. It is currently a functioning navigation aid and it is maintained by the [[U.S. Coast Guard]]. However, it is owned by the Calvert Marine Museum. Tours and access to the lighthouse are only available through the Museum.

== External Links == *[http://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/Official website for the Calvert Marine Museum] [[Category:Museums]][[Category:Calvert County, Maryland]]