Financial Donations
You can help ensure the Museum’s success and vitality by making a donation to our “Full Steam Ahead” annual fund.
Thanks to help from generous donors just like you, we are well on our way to bringing the historic McNasby Oyster Company building back to life as the “Bay Experience Center.” Our general contractor, Whiting-Turner, is just about to start the renovations. Look for heavy equipment to begin arriving in early 2008. Once restored, McNasby’s will provide Annapolis with a state-of-the-art waterfront educational facility, including classrooms, an exhibition gallery, and an assembly hall that can be used for classes, lectures, concerts, and community meetings.
The McNasby building boasts exceptional historical significance as the last remaining oyster packing plant in our region. Once a huge industry in Annapolis, seafood harvesting and shipping are just about obsolete, yet the images of workboats and the hard-working watermen and shuckers continue to be the basis of our region’s identity. There is no better way to experience this local maritime story than in the last surviving structure of a vanishing regional industry. The first major exhibit, “Oysters on the Half Shell,” will provide that experience in a dramatic and captivating manner, incorporating hands-on, interactive components.
Now, here’s the challenge. while wecomplete the McNasby restoration we also need to keep running full steam ahead with our day-to-day projects and programs, providing our maritime education and services to the community. This past year alone, we:
- inaugurated four award-winning education programs for 8th graders and 4th graders as well as elementary after-school projects and “Treasure Our Water” in partnership with Watermark;
- launched public tours to the Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse;
- hosted the award-winning Capt. John Smith 400 Festival at City Dock;
- produced our sold-out Winter Maritime Heritage Seminar Series; and
- hosted the popular Summertime Maritime Concert Series at the Museum and City Dock enjoyed by more than 2,000 visitors.
In 2008, we intend to do all that, bigger and better, at the same time bringing the McNasby building back to life. We need your help to accomplish all this!
Please take a moment right now to send a fully tax-deductible special gift to the Museum’s “Full Steam Ahead” Fund, or even easier, make a secure donation on-line by clicking on the button below.
Please call Executive Director Jeff Holland if you’d like to take a personal tour of the Museum campus. He, the staff and Board would enjoy showing you the progress we’re making, thanks to your help!
The Annapolis Maritime Museum is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Annapolis Maritime Museum |
PO Box 3088 |
Annapolis, MD 21403
410 295-0104
office@amaritime.org
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