Destinations » Museums & Heritage Sites
Museums offer a peak into the history and heritage of the Delmarva Peninsula. Understanding the story of the land further enhances the exploration of its small towns and natural landscape. Be sure to click on locations of interest and check local sites for more specific information.
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Delaware Museums
Kent County
Biggs Museum of American Art
Enjoy colonial portraiture to ceramics to fine decorative arts. Connect with two centuries of works which American artists and craftsmen have left us!
406 Federal Street, Dover, Delaware 19901 | (302) 674-2111
Delaware Agricultural Museum & Village
Agricultural heritage of Delaware and the Delmarva Peninsula
866 N. DuPont Hwy, Dover, Delaware 19901 | (302) 734-1618
Delaware Archaeology Museum
Exhibit encompasses 12,000 years worth of archaeological history in the State of Delaware
316 S. Governor's Ave, Dover, DE 19901 | (302) 739-3260
Delaware State Trooper Museum
1425 North DuPont Highway, Dover, Delaware 19903 | (302) 739-7700
John Dickinson Plantation
Kitts Hummock Rd, Dover, Delaware 19901 | (302) 739-3277
Johnson Victrola Museum
Displaying talking machines, records, other relics of the Victor Talking Machine Company of Eldridge R. Johnson Manufacturing Machinist
Bank Ln & New St, Dover, Delaware 19901 | (302) 739-3262
Museum of Small Town Life
316 S. Governor's Ave, Dover, DE 19901 | (302) 739-3261
State House Museum
25 The Green, Dover, Delaware 19901 | (302) 739-4266
Sussex County
DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum
Delmarva's Premier Martime Museum
708 Ocean Hwy, Fenwick Island, DE 19944 | (888) 743-5524
The Georgetown Train Station
140 Layton Ave, Georgetown, DE 19947 | (302) 855-5750
Fort Miles
42 Cape Henlopen Drive, Lewes, DE 19958 | (302) 644-5007
Indian River Life-Saving Station Museum
25039 Coastal Highway, Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971 | (302) 227-6991
Nanticoke Indian Museum
27073 John J. Williams Highway, Millsboro, DE 19966 | (302) 945-3400
Treasures of the Sea Exhibit
A maritime exhibit
Del. Tech. & Community College, Rt. 18, Georgetown, DE 19947 | (302) 856-5700
Zwaanendael Museum
102 Kings Hwy, Lewes, Delaware 19958 | (302) 645-1148
Maryland Museums
Wicomico County
Adkins Museum & Historical Complex (19th-century cannery, doctor's office)
1010 Camden Ave., Mardela Springs, MD 21837 | (410) 749-4871
Charles H. Chipman Cultural Center (African-American)
323 Broad St., Salisbury, MD 21801 | (410) 860-9290, (410) 742-0100
Chesapeake Fire Museum
Hebron, MD 21830 | (410) 860-0843
Pemberton Hall (1741 home of Col. Isaac Handy)
Pemberton Drive, Salisbury, MD 21803 | (410) 749-0124
Poplar Hill Mansion (Georgian house)
117 Elizabeth St., Salisbury, MD 21801 - 4108 | (410) 749-1776
email: poplarhillmansion@yahoo.com
755 South Park Drive, Salisbury, MD 21801 | (410) 548-3188
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art
909 South Schumaker Drive, Salisbury, MD 21804 | (410) 742-4988
email: ward@wardmuseum.org
Whitehaven Heritage Museum (town history)
2764 Whitehaven Road, Whitehaven, MD 21856 | (410) 873-2939
Somerset County
Fairmount Academy Historical Association (early schoolhouses)
P. O. Box 133, Upper Fairmount, MD 21867 | (410) 651-0351, (410) 651-3945
J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum
P. O. Box 253 | 3 Ninth St., Crisfield, MD 21817 | (410) 968-2501
email: info@crisfieldheritagefoundation.org
J. Millard Tawes Library Museum
Ashbury Ave., Crisfield, MD 21817 (by appointment only)
Smith Island Visitors Center & Cultural Museum
20846 Caleb Jones Road, Ewell, MD 21824 | (410) 425-3351
email: smithisl@intercom.net
Teackle Mansion
11736 Mansion St., Princess Anne, MD 21853 - 0855 | (410) 651-2238
email: info@teackle.mansion.museum
Dorchester County
Brannock Maritime Museum
210 Talbot Ave., Cambridge, MD 21613 | (410) 228-6938
Dorchester Heritage Museum
1904 Horn Point Road, Cambridge, MD 21613 | (410) 228-5530, (410) 228-1899
East New Market Heritage Center at the Trading Post
P. O. Box 112, East New Market, MD | (410) 228-4840
Meredith House & Neild Musuem
902 LaGrange Ave., Cambridge, MD 21613 | (410) 228-7953
Richardson Maritime Museum
401 High St., Cambridge, MD 21613 | (410) 228-4185
email: info@richardsonmuseum.org
Rock Elementary School/Stanley Institute (one-room school house & artifacts)
901 Bayley Road, Cambridge, MD 21613 | (410) 228-0401
South Dorchester Folk Museum c/o Dorchester County Historical Society
902 La Grange Ave., Cambridge, MD 21613 | (410) 228-7953
Spocott Windmill Foundation (historic town buildings)
1611 Hudson Road (Route 343), Lloyds, MD 21613 | (410) 228-7090
Taylor's Island Museum
Hooper's Neck Road, Taylors Island, MD 21669 | (410) 221-1207
Vienna Heritage Museum
303 Race St., Vienna, MD 21869 | (410) 221-1450, (410) 463-4366
email: viennaheritagemuseum@comcast.net
Talbot County
Academy Art Museum (works on paper)
106 South St., Easton, MD 21601 | (410) 822-2787
email: info@art-academy.org
Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Mill St., St. Michaels, MD 21663 - 0636 | (410) 745-2916
email: comments@cbmm.org
Oxford Museum (maritime trade)
101 South Morris St., Oxford, MD 21654 | (410) 226-0191
St. Mary's Square Museum (early town memorabilia)
St. Mary's Square, St. Michaels, MD 21663 | (410) 745-9561
Tilghman Island Museum
Tilghman, MD | (410) 886-2121
Queen Anne’s County
Cray House
Cockey's Lane, Stevensville, MD 21666 | (410) 643-5969
email: hsc@historicqac.org
Old Wye Mill (17th-century mill)
Route 662, Wye Mills, MD 21679 | (410) 827-6909
Queen Anne's Museum of Eastern Shore Life
126 Dulin Clark Road, Centreville, MD 21617 | (410) 758-8641
email: hsc@historicqac.org
Stevensville Train Depot
Cockey's Lane, Stevensville, MD 21666 | (410) 643-5969
email: hsc@historicqac.org
Sudlersville Train Station Museum
101 Linden St., Sudlersville, MD 21668 | (410) 438-3501
email: hsc@historicqac.org
Wright's Chance Museum House (18th-century plantation)
119 South Commerce St., Centreville, MD 21617 | (410) 758-3010
email: hsc@historicqac.org
Caroline County
12610 Eveland Road, Ridgely, MD 21660 | (410) 634-2847
Choptank River Heritage Center & Joppa Wharf Museum
10215 River Landing Drive, West Denton, MD 21629 | (410) 479-4950
email: info@riverheritage.org
Kent County
Geddes-Piper House, Historical Society of Kent County
101 Church Alley, Chestertown, MD 21620 | (410) 778-3499, (410) 778-3645
email: hskcmd@friend.ly.net
Kent County Farm Museum
13689 Turner's Creek Road, Kennedyville, MD 21645 | (410) 348-5239, (410) 648-5142
Rock Hall Museum
Municipal Building, 5585 Main St., Rock Hall, MD 21661 | (410) 639-7611
email: rockhallmuseum@hotmail.com
Tolchester Beach Revisted
Main St. & Sharp St., Rock Hall, MD 21661 - 1602 | (410) 778-5347
e-mail: betts@friend.ly.net
Waterman's Museum
Haven Harbour Marina, 20880 Rock Hall Ave., Rock Hall, MD 21661 - 1407
(410) 778-6697
email: havenhbr@friend.ly.net
Worcester County
Calvin B. Taylor House Museum
208 North Main St., Berlin, MD 21811 | (410) 641-1019
email: taylorhousemuseum@verizon.net
Costen House Museum (home of Pocomoke City's first mayor)
206 Market Street, Pocomoke City, MD 21851 | (410) 957-3110
email: costenhouse@iname.com
Delmarva Discovery Center
6 Market Street, Pocomoke City, MD 21851
410-957-9933
Furnace Town Living Heritage Museum (19th-century iron-making)
P. O. Box 207, Snow Hill, MD 21863 | (410) 632-2032
Girdletree Barnes Bank Museum
Route 12 Girdletree, MD 21829 | 410-632-1641
Julia A. Purnell Museum (history of Delmarva Peninsula)
208 West Market St., Snow Hill, MD 21863 | (410) 632-0515
email: mail@purnellmuseum.com
Mt. Zion One-Room School Museum
Snow Hill, MD 21863 | (410) 632-0669
Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum
P. O. Box 603, Ocean City, MD 21842 | (410) 289-4991
email: curator@ocmuseum.org
Queponco Railway Station Museum
8378 Patey Woods Road, Newark, Maryland 21841 | (410) 632-0950
Sturgis One-Room School House
209 Willow St., Pocomoke City, MD 2185 | (410) 957-1913
Virginia Museums
Accomack County
Kerr Place
69 Market Street, Onancock, VA 23417 | (757) 787-8012
Eastern Shore Railway Museum
18468 Dunne Avenue, Parksley, VA 23421 | (757) 665-RAIL
Oyster & Maritime Museum
7125 Maddox Boulevard, Chincoteague, VA 23336 | (757) 336-6117
Refuge Waterfowl Museum
7059 Maddox Boulevard, Chincoteague, Virginia 23336 | (757) 336-5800
Northampton County
Barrier Island Center
7295 Young Street, Machipongo, VA 23405 (888) 678-5572
Cape Charles Museum and Welcome Center
814 Randolph Avenue, Cape Charles, VA 23310 | (757-) 331-1008
