Annapolis Maritime Museum & Park
At Eastport’s waterfront museum, oyster work, boat life, and bay ecology meet; the separate Park Campus offers a different outdoor visit.
Artwork inspired by Ruth Starr Rose
The museum occupies an Eastport waterfront site where Annapolis’s working-bay story feels immediate. Exhibits connect oystering, boats, and local livelihoods to the health of the Chesapeake, making the water outside more than a pleasant backdrop. A skipjack cruise, when offered, is a separately booked experience rather than something included in a gallery ticket.
There are two campuses: this map leads to the Museum Campus on Second Street, while the Park Campus is across Back Creek on Edgewood Road. The latter has trails and a paddling launch and is open dawn to dusk. Do not walk from one to the other as if they were adjacent rooms. If you have only an hour, choose the museum; for outdoor ecology, plan the second address deliberately.
- Museum neighborhood
- Eastport
- Second campus
- 7300 Edgewood Road
- Working-bay thread
- Oystering
Quick guide
- Check the address
- The museum is at 723 Second Street; the Park Campus is elsewhere.
- Choose water or galleries
- A skipjack cruise needs its own booking, not a museum ticket.
Know before you go
- Start with bay work
- Look at how harvesting methods shaped local families and economy.
- Link work to water
- Read the ecology displays before stepping to the shoreline.
- Decide on a second stop
- The Park Campus is an intentional drive, not an attached garden.
- Reserve a cruise
- The Wilma Lee sails on a separate schedule and ticket.
Good to know
The Museum and Park campuses have different addresses and hours. This map opens the Museum Campus; check the operator’s site before booking a cruise or visiting the separate Park Campus.
Notice these
- Eastport waterfront
- Oyster and waterman heritage
- Two-campus experience