Calvert Marine Museum
The Calvert Marine Museum is a museum located in Solomons, Maryland. The museum has three main themes: Among its exhibits are the Drum Point Light, the bugeye Wm.Photo: Sampsonsimpson20, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: public museum in Maryland, USA
- Also known as: “calvertmarinemuseum.com” and “CMM”
- Address: 14200 South Solomons Island Road South, Solomons, MD 20688
- Wheelchair access: yes
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Drum Point Light and J. C. Lore Oyster House.
Drum Point Light
Museum
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
Drum Point Light Station also known as Drum Point Lighthouse is one of four surviving Chesapeake Bay screw-pile lighthouses. Originally located off Drum Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River, Maryland, United States, it is now an exhibit at the Calvert Marine Museum.
J. C. Lore Oyster House
Historic building
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
J. C. Lore Oyster House, also known as J. C. Lore and Sons, Inc, Seafood Packing Plant, is located at 14430 Solomons Island Road South, in Solomons, Calvert County, Maryland. J. C. Lore Oyster House is situated 2,600 feet southeast of Calvert Marine Museum.
Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
The Governor Thomas Johnson Memorial Bridge is a 1.37-mile bridge in Maryland over the lower Patuxent River joining Calvert and St. Mary's counties. The bridge, named for the first governor of Maryland, Thomas Johnson, saw construction start in 1972 and opened to traffic on December 17, 1977. Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge is situated 3,900 feet southwest of Calvert Marine Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Johnstown and Solomons.
Johnstown
Neighborhood
Johnstown is an unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The historic Preston-on-the-Patuxent house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.
Solomons
Photo: Pubdog, Public domain.
For the island chain in the South Pacific, see Solomon Islands. Solomons is a resort area in Southern Maryland, near the Patuxent Naval Air Station. Solomons within a two-hour drive of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, and Annapolis.
Dowell
Locality
Dowell is a small, rural unincorporated community in Calvert County, Maryland, United States, located immediately north of Solomons. The city once had its own zip code, that being 20629, but it was changed to 20688, shared with Solomons.
Calvert Marine Museum
- Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Calvert County, Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.33094° or 38° 19′ 51″ northLongitude
-76.46431° or 76° 27′ 52″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
87C58GJP+97OpenStreetMap ID
way 290035211OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=yes
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Calvert Marine Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “卡弗特海洋博物館”
- French: “Calvert Marine Museum”
- Russian: “Калвертский морской музей”
- Spanish: “Museo Marino Calvert”
Localities in the Area
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