Calvert Marine Museum
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". The Calvert Marine Museum is a maritime museum located in Solomons, Maryland.
The museum has three main themes:[1]
- regional paleontology,
- estuarine life of the Patuxent River and Chesapeake Bay,
- maritime history.
Among its exhibits are the Drum Point Light, the bugeye Wm. B. Tennison, and the J. C. Lore Oyster House; the latter two are National Historic Landmarks. It also houses artifacts from the old 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 otters, and indoor aquarium exhibits for the sting ray, skates, the non-native lionfish, and numerous other species native to the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
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- Museums established in 1970
- Maritime museums in Maryland
- Museums in Calvert County, Maryland
- Aquaria in Maryland
- Historic American Engineering Record in Maryland
- Lighthouse museums in Maryland
- Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums
- Buildings and structures in Solomons, Maryland
- 1970 establishments in Maryland