Historic St. Mary’s City (HSMC) is proud to announce Maryland Dove will be open for free public tours in Crisfield, thanks to a grant from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. Maryland Dove is Historic St. Mary’s City floating ambassador and one of its most popular exhibits. The wooden ship design is based on the original Dove, a cargo vessel that arrived along with the passenger ship Ark in 1634.
Maryland Dove is set to arrive in Crisfield at approximately 2 p.m. (weather dependent) on September 1, and will be open to the public for three days during the city’s annual National Hard Crab Derby. The hours of operation for free deck tours will be September 1, 4 p.m.—7 p.m.; September 2, 12 p.m.—7 p.m.; and September 3, 9 a.m.—1 p.m. Docking will be Somers Cove Marina, 715 Broadway, Crisfield, Maryland.
Maryland Dove and its dockside exhibits emphasize the waterways of the region, pre-colonial heritage, and interactions between different cultures. The ship and its exhibits are designed to elicit conversation, highlighting the depth of history represented in the area and the interactions between Native peoples and European colonists. Maryland Dove is a unique representative of the complicated history, representing colonization and the effects on those that called the land home.
Maryland Dove will return to its home port of Historic St. Mary’s City on Tuesday, September 12, and be open for exhibit at 11 a.m. When docked at HSMC, tours of the ship are included in the museum’s general admission.
This Project has been financed in part with State funds from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, an instrumentality of the State of Maryland. However, Project contents or opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority.
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