J. Millard Tawes Historical Museum

The museum tells the history of our City from the forming of the Chesapeake Bay circa 12,000 years ago to the present. The building also includes our gift shop and headquarters for our tour guides. Exhibits include:

• Native American artifacts and a stone knapping display
• History of the seafood industry, crabs, oysters and fish
• Oyster industry, skipjacks and oyster shuckers
• 19th & 20th century manufacturing, knives, traps and WWII ordinance
• Military memorabilia and veterans display 
• Decoy carving and display (many artist)
• Waterfowl hunting and gun display
• Model wooden boat collection
• Boat building display / with  tools of the trade and much more