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{{Short description|Maritime museum in Maryland, US}}
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| name = Calvert Marine Museum
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| image = Drum Point Lighthouse.JPG
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| caption = Drum Point Light in October 2012
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| coordinates = {{Coord|38|19|52|N|76|27|48|W|region:US-MD_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
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| established = {{Start date|1970|10|18|df=y}}
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| location = P.O. Box 9714200, Solomons Island Road, [[Solomons, Maryland|Solomons]], MD 20688, USA
| type = regional maritime museum
| accreditation = Calvert County Historical Society
| key_holdings = [[Drum Point Light]], [[William B. Tennison (Chesapeake Bay Bugeye)|''Wm. B. Tennison'' historic boat]], [[J. C. Lore Oyster House]], aquarium and the [[North American river otter]] habitat
| collections = regional paleontology, estuarine life of the [[Patuxent River]] and [[Chesapeake Bay]], maritime history
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| visitors = 87589 (2018)<ref name=REP>{{Cite web|url=https://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/DocumentCenter/View/3294/CMM_AnnualReport_FY2017-2018|title=CALVERT MARINE MUSEUM 2017-2018 ANNUAL REPORT|date=2018|publisher=CALVERT MARINE MUSEUM}}</ref>
| founder = Daniel Barrett Jr., William Dovel, Alton Kersey, Joseph C. Lore Jr., LeRoy Langley
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| director = Jeffrey Murray
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| curator = Carey Crane (exhibits), Mark Wilkins (maritime history), Stephen Godfrey (paleontology), Perry Hampton (estuarine biology)
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| website = {{URL|http://calvertmarinemuseum.org}}
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The '''Calvert Marine Museum''' is a [[maritime museum]] located in [[Solomons, Maryland]].

The museum has three main themes:<ref name=REP/>
* [[Paleontology in Maryland|regional paleontology]],
* estuarine life of the [[Patuxent River]] and [[Chesapeake Bay]],
* [[maritime history]].

[[File:William B. Tennison historic boat 2003.jpg|thumb|left|300px|''William B. Tennison'' historic boat before overhaul (2003)]]
Among its exhibits are the [[Drum Point Light]], the [[bugeye]] ''[[William B. Tennison (Chesapeake Bay Bugeye)|Wm. B. Tennison]]'', and the [[J. C. Lore Oyster House]]; the latter two are [[National Historic Landmark]]s. It also houses artifacts from the old [[Cedar Point Light (Maryland)|Cedar Point Light]], and maintains the [[Drum Point Light]] and grounds.

The museum also features several aquatic exhibits including an outdoor habitat for their [[North American river otter]]s, and indoor [[aquarium]] exhibits for the [[sting ray]], [[skate (fish)|skates]], the non-native [[Pterois|lionfish]], and numerous other species native to the [[Chesapeake Bay]] and its tributaries.

==See also==
*[[List of maritime museums in the United States]]
*[[List of museum ships]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{Official website|http://calvertmarinemuseum.org}}
* {{HAER |survey=MD-188 |id=md2052 |title=Hungerford Creek Ark, Calvert Marine Museum, 14200 Solomons Island Road, Solomons, Calvert County, MD |photos=7 |color=3 |dwgs=6 |data=7 |cap=1 |link=no}}

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[[Category:Museums established in 1970]]
[[Category:Maritime museums in Maryland]]
[[Category:Museums in Calvert County, Maryland]]
[[Category:Aquaria in Maryland]]
[[Category:Historic American Engineering Record in Maryland]]
[[Category:Lighthouse museums in Maryland]]
[[Category:Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in Solomons, Maryland]]
[[Category:1970 establishments in Maryland]]


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