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Assateague Island
Rt 611, before Bridge to Assateague Island
410-641-1441
Mueum feautures an aquarium with children's hands on discovery tank & beachcombing exhibit. 
Year round 9am-5pm
Calvin B Taylor House Museum
 
208 N. Main St.
Berlin, MD
410/641-1019
Visit this carefully restored early 19th century house located in Berlin's National Register Historic District. The main block of the house is furnished as a house museum. The west wing gallery displays local memorabilia in changing exhibits.
Open Memorial Day-Oct:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday & Saturday: 1-4pm
Group tours anytime by appt. 
Costen House Museum
206 Market St., Pocomoke, MD 21851
410/957-3110
Victorian home of first mayor of Pocomoke. Attractive garden area. Changing exhibits. Special events include May Day, Dr. Costen's birthday & Christmas.
Fee $2
Open May-Oct Wednesday & Saturday 1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Group tours by appointment. 
Furnace Town Museum
 
Old Furnace Rd
Snow Hill, MD 21863
410/632-2032
19th century iron manufacturing village. Artisan interpreters; nature trails and walks; eleven historic buildings; archaeology digs. Events include County Fair in Aug.; Celtic Festival in Oct.
Fee.
Open April-October, 10 am - 5 pm
Admission$5.00 for adults ($4.50 for adults over 60) $3.00 for children age 2-18 
Girdletree Barnes Bank Museum
Rt. 12
Girdletree, MD 21829
410/632-1641
Restored 1902 bank. Other buildings on restoration plan of the Girdletree Historical Foundation are the freight station (c1876) and ME Church (c.1890). Donation.
Open May-September, Wednesday & Saturday, 1pm-4pm. Group tours by appointment. 
Julia A Purnell Museum
 
208 Market St.
Snow Hill, MD 21863
410/632-0515
The attic of Worcester County. Besides housing a large collection of Julia Purnell's folkart, there are over 10,000 artifacts and dozens of exhibits.
Admission $2/adult $.50/child.
Open Apr-Oct:
Tues. - Sat. 10 am-4 pm; Sunday 1-4 p.m.
Group tours by appointment. 
MT. Zion One Room School Museum
Ironshire & Church Sts.
Snow Hill, MD 21863
410/632-1265
Local country school from early 20th century. Furnished as a working school with desks, recitation bench, lunch pails, pencil cases assorted texts and memorabilia.
Admission: $2 adult, $.50 children 
Open mid-June - first week in September: Tuesday-Saturday 1p.m.-4p.m. 
Queponco Railroad Station Museum
2378 Patey Wood Rd.
Newark, MD 21841
410/632-0950
410-641-0067
Restored 1910 Pennsylvania Railway station. Donation. Open May-Oct
1st & 3rd Saturday 1-4 p.m. Group tours by appointment. 
Routes 113 & 589
Berlin, MD
410/641/2452
Restored 1756 church. Flemish bond brick interior with hanging pulpit, partitioned pews and gallery.
Donations.
Open May - Oct;
Wednesday 1-4 PM.
Group tours by appointment 
Ocean City Life-Saving Museum
 
Boardwalk at the Inlet
P.O. Box 603
Ocean City, Maryland 21843
(410) 289-4991
Ocean City's showplace. Historic building displays Ocean City's past & history of the U.S. Life-Saving Service. Aquariums, shipwreck, artifacts, bathing suits, dolls' houses, mermaids, "Laughing Sal" & much more. Summer programs.
Open daily
Memorial Day to Labor Day: Tuesday - Sunday 10 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday 10am to 5pm;
Labor Day through September daily: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., 
May & October daily; 10am-5pm 
Winter: Call ahead for hours
ADMISSION FEES:$3 for adults$1 for children 6-17, children under 6 free, $2 for seniors over 62.
FREE PROGRAMS 
DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum
708 Coastal Hwy
Fenwick Island, DE
302/539-9366
888-743-5524
Discover our area's newest museum. DiscoverSea Museum houses a large collection of shipwreck artifacts, local history & shell information. Exhibits include: jewelry, bottles, weapons, tools & navigational instruments. Many displays are interactive. Come explore & learn with us!
Free admission.
June, July, August: 11 a.m.-8 p.m.
Sept-Oct: 11a.m.-3:30pm
Nov, Dec, Jan, Feb: Saturday & Sunday: 11a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Mar, Apr, May: Daily, 11am to 3:30pm
Sturgis One Room School Museum
209 Willow St.
Pocomoke, MD 21851
410-957-1913
Restored African-American school.(c.1900). Only African American school-room in Worcester County.
Donation.
Open May-Oct
Tuesday - Saturday
1 p.m.-4 p.m.
Group tours by appointment. 
Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art
909 S. Schumaker Dr.
Salisbury, MD 21801
410-742-4988
Containing the most comprehensive collection of wildfowl art in the world this museum invites you to explore this unique indigenous North American art form from antique working decoys to internationally acclaimed contemporary sculptures & paintings. After touring the galleries, don't miss Keepers at the Ward, the museum gift shop, an Orvis dealer, full of unique gifts & souvenirs.
Bus tour invited.
Open Monday-Saturday:
10am-5pm,
Sunday: noon -5pm 
Wheels of Yesterday Museum
 
WHEELS OF YESTERDAY
12708 Ocean Gateway (Rt. 50)410/213-7329
Antique, classic, special interest car museum & gift shop. Over 30 exhibits featuring "Jack Benny's" Overland, a 1928 Lincoln passenger touring car, an 1830 rural mail delivery wagon, a 1930 racing car. See Joe Morgan's '50's service station.
Call for group rates.
Open daily Oct.-May 9 a.m.-5p.m.
June-Sept, 9 a.m.-9 p.m. 
Admission: Adult $4, Children under 12 $2 
 
 

 

 
 
 
 
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