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Captain Salem Avery Museum
The Captain Salem Avery House is a restored waterman's home dedicated to interpreting the history of the Shady Side peninsula from the 1860s to the present. It offers free tours by special request (please call ahead to confirm availability), as well as a wide variety of event programming throughout the year.
Please check our website at www.shadysidemuseum.org for more information.
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Winter Luncheon Series, 6 Wednesdays from January 13-February 17. Hear engaging speakers talk on a variety of topics, including Maryland's state parks, coordinating garden with interior home design, talk by author of the book Escape on the Pearl, local environmental efforts, folk music, and the increase in osprey populations. Series tickets are $85, or $17 per individual session, and must be purchased in advance since the series fills quickly. Please contact Peggy Tucker for tickets, at (410) 266-8846, and visit our website at www.shadysidemuseum.org for dates and further information.
OTHER NOTICES:
Teachers, principals, and homeschoolers: The Museum is preparing to offer its acclaimed all day/half-day school field trip series again this spring. Students participate in a series of five dynamic educational activities designed to let them experience what it was like to be a Maryland waterman in the 19th century and in the present day. Programs are designed to match 4th Grade social studies curriculum. The five activities are:
- Kids become watermen and explore our 1930s historic buyboat, try their hand at oyster tonging, and learn about oysters' place in Maryland's economy of the 1860s when they sell their oysters at market
- They listen to engaging speaker Jon VanAlstine, who describes his life as a modern-day waterman and teaches them about the life cycles of the crabs and oysters by which he makes his living
- They take a ride on the river in an educational boat from the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, where veteran teachers give a hands-on lesson about local wildlife, the ecosystem, and the role of modern watermen and seafood consumers. They get to handle fish, crabs, and other creatures dredged up from the riverbed as they explore the creeks and open water of the Chesapeake watershed.
- They dress in costume of children from the 1860s and take on the identity of the one of the Avery family children who grew up in the house in the 1860s. They consult copies of the real census, ledger books, and family records documenting their family member, and learn about how historians use these primary documents to discover the lives of ordinary Marylanders. They then enjoy hands-on activities that illustrate how 19th-century oyster trade was impacted by economics, population pressure, technology, and local laws, at the end of which they have the opportunity to "sell" their oysters in Baltimore in exchange for manufactured goods.
- They then take a tour of the genuine 1860s waterman's home and learn what daily life was like for the family's children.
Many dates are still available in March and April. If you are interested in having your school take part, please give us a call at (410) 867-4486 or averyhouse1@verizon.net
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| The museum's historic sailboat Vanity, precursor to the Chesapeake 20, sparkles in the snow |
children explore the Bay and get a glimpse of the waterman's life during our excellent Seasons of a Chesapeake Bay Waterman school program |
On Nov. 21, thirty-four community guests gathered to help tell Maryland's stories by adding their stitches to Dr. Joan Gaither's quilt, Black Watermen of the Chesapeake, before it goes on national tour. |
Downloads:
Captain Salem Avery Museum Printable Brochure
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1418 East-West Shady Side Road
Shady Side, MD 20764
410-867-4486
www.shadysidemuseum.org
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