This program is designed to invite adults and children 18 months to 3 years to discover the museum together through music, stories, and special activities. Join us for story time and a take away craft, available while supplies last. Sessions are 15-20 minutes. Capacity limited to 12 people per session.

Join us on a 2-hour public sail aboard the historic vessel Dee of St. Mary’s, and experience the Patuxent River aboard an iconic Chesapeake Bay Skipjack. Guests will have an opportunity to help raise and lower the sail. This Friday evening cruise is adult-only. You are welcome to bring your own beverage, and select your choice of sandwich at registration. Capacity allows for 30 guests. If there is inclement weather you will be notified by the crew prior to the cruise.

This program is designed to invite adults and children 18 months to 3 years to discover the museum together through music, stories, and special activities. Join us for story time and a take away craft, available while supplies last. Sessions are 15-20 minutes. Capacity limited to 12 people per session.

This fun night for families with special needs is offered in cooperation with Calvert County Parks & Recreation Therapeutic Recreation Services. The museum will be open exclusively for individuals with special needs and their families or caregivers. Enjoy the skates and rays, fish, fossils, maritime history, and have fun in a relaxed and supportive environment. Shop in the Museum Store, learn about river otters, and board the Wm. B. Tennison for a 30-minute cruise! Pre-register for entry and Tennison cruises online through Therapeutic Recreation Services.

Join us on a 2-hour public sail aboard the historic vessel Dee of St. Mary’s, and experience the Patuxent River aboard an iconic Chesapeake Bay Skipjack. Guests will have an opportunity to help raise and lower the sail. This Friday evening cruise is adult-only. You are welcome to bring your own beverage, and select your choice of sandwich at registration. Capacity allows for 30 guests. If there is inclement weather you will be notified by the crew prior to the cruise.

Museum members enjoy a 20% discount in the Museum Store all day today and on the 20th of every month. For guests who aren’t quite ready to enter our facility yet, the Museum Store is now offering private Zoom sessions for a unique, virtual shopping experience. Purchases can be shipped via USPS, Priority Mail, or held at the store for curbside pickup.

For preschoolers ages 3 – 5, with an adult. This program focuses on one of the museum's three themes. Join us for story time and a take away craft, available while supplies last. Sessions are 15-20 minutes. Capacity limited to 12 people per session.

Make a toy boat from in the Corbin Nature Pavilion! Space and materials are limited. Visitors will be accommodated on a first come, first served basis. For ages 5 and up. Sponsored by the Patuxent Small Craft Guild.

Join us for the second lecture in the Sharks! Sink your teeth in! Lecture Series, presented by Brett Kent, Principal Lecturer at the University of Maryland. During the Miocene there was a remarkable restructuring of shark communities. Simple tooth morphologies and dentitions that had dominated shark faunas for three hundred million years were rapidly replaced by more complex and diverse dentitions that reflected an expanded range of lifestyles. The factors that triggered this diversification are still only partially understood, but the revolutionary changes that occurred during the Miocene helped establish the pattern for the shark communities we have today.