This small museum gives insight into the history of the region's inhabitants, beginning 10,000 years ago. Exhibits explore the life of local watermen – oystering and crabbing have long been important industries in the town – as well as the ecology of the bay. You'll also find decoys made by the Ward brothers, Crisfield natives whose craftsmanship is more fully on display at the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art in Salisbury.
J Millard Tawes Historical Museum
Eastern Shore
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This island in the middle of the Chesapeake is a veritable trip into the past. Its inhabitants, watermen whose families have lived here for centuries,…
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History buffs will enjoy this multi-building living-history museum that marks the old location of a 19th-century iron-smelting town.
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The western shore of Maryland – that is, the western peninsula created by Chesapeake Bay – terminates here, in a preserved space of lagoons, pine woods…
6. Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge
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This lush preserve has hiking trails where you can look for wild horses. There's also beachfront and a lighthouse. The 3¼-mile Wildlife Loop is open to…
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28.78 MILES
This research center on the campus of Salisbury University contains what is likely the world's most comprehensive archive of artifacts related to the…