Book a Birthday Party

Parties at the Calvert Marine Museum are a benefit of membership.

Our birthday parties accommodate a maximum of 15 children and 5 adults. The fee includes:

Admission to the museum
Your choice of themed activities led by a museum educator
Reserved space for your party
Museum T-shirt for the birthday girl or boy
Goodie bags are available at $5 per child and must be purchased when payment is received. Here is what you get: CMM pencil, magnifying box, itty bitty critter and a sticky starfish. No refunds once ordered.
Basic Birthday Party Fee: $125

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You may arrive 30 minutes prior to the program start time to set up for the party in our party room. The program lasts 1 hour and 15 minutes and you will have use of our party room for the remaining 45 minutes. Parties may be scheduled any day of the week. Reservations must be made at least three weeks in advance.

Party Themes for Ages 4 - 6

Dino Discoveries:

This is the perfect party for kids that love dinosaurs. We will hunt for a dinosaur nest filled with eggs. If lucky enough to find one, we'll crack an egg open to discover what's inside! Cut loose with the "Dinosaur Stomp", sing dinosaur songs, and make a special take-home dino craft.

Otters and Friends:

Stop off at the otter habitat and visit with our delightful river otters. Enter into the world of the salt marsh and watch out for some amazing marsh animals. Make an "otterly" special craft and listen to an otter story.

Party Themes for Ages 5 - 10

Mermaid's Have a Ball:

Dress up as mermaids for this party and come to the mermaid ball! Decorate a treasure chest with paint and jewels. Sashay around and blow mermaid kisses to the river otters. Play games to tunes from "Under the Sea" and have fun groovin' as we have a free style dance party. Smile pretty for a photo op in our mermaid cut-out to make a birthday memory.

Pirate Adventures:

AHOY MATEYS! have a swashbuckling party in your finest pirate attire. Following Captain Birthday's orders, the crew will paint and decorate a treasure chest, play dastardly games, swab the deck and walk the plank. After going on a treasure hunt through the museum, the booty will be shared by all. Deliver your best ARRRGGG for a photo op in our pirate cut out as a birthday memory! Download Invitations

Outrageous Otters:

Stop off at the otter tank to see what Squeak, the museum river otter is up to. Have fun learning how to entice and entertain the otter by doing otter enrichment activities. Make an "otterly" unique craft and play an animal detective game. Download Invitations

Junior Paleontologist:

Calling all fossil hunters! Explore our fossil hall, investigate our fossil cart, learn to identify different kinds of fossils and dig in a fossil matrix like a real paleontologist. Have fun making a "fossil" out of small animals and plaster. See how terrified you can look when you get your picture taken inside the giant Megalodon jaws!

Shark...Yikes!!!:

Enter into the silent and deadly world of sharks if you dare. Touch the teeth in a real shark jaw and have fun making a real shark tooth necklace. Visit our giant Megalodon skeleton to see how big sharks were long ago. Play Feed the Shark bean bag game, join in a feeding frenzy and play "Sharks and Minnows." Get your photo taken inside a giant shark jaw!

Skipjacks, Schooners, and Sloops:

This party is all about building. Design a one of a kind toy boat that really floats! Sailors will get to use hammers, nails, glue, fabric and several other tools to create a toy boat to take home. Spend an hour designing, building and decorating a toy boat and then move to the party room for a birthday celebration!