MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

DORCHESTER COUNTY

Bucktown General Store (part of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway)
4303 Bucktown Road, Cambridge, MD 21613
(410) 901-9255
e-mail: info@blackwateradventuresmd.com
web: https://bucktownstore.com/
(open by appointment)

[photo, Captain John Smith Nanticoke River Discovery Center, 113 Old Ocean Gateway, Vienna, Maryland] Captain John Smith Nanticoke River Discovery Center
P. O. Box 111
113 Old Ocean Gateway, Vienna, MD 21869 - 0111
(410) 430-3273
web: www.visitmaryland.org/listing/history-heritage/nanticoke-river-discovery-center

Captain John Smith Nanticoke River Discovery Center, 113 Old Ocean Gateway, Vienna, Maryland, May 2017. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

East New Market Museums
P. O. Box 24
Municipal Building, 101 Main St., East New Market, MD 21631 - 0024
e-mail: enmtownhall@gmail.com
(410) 948-8112

Handsell Plantation (includes Longhouse Exhibit & wayside exhibits)
4837 Indiantown Road, Vienna, MD 21869
(410) 228-7458
e-mail: restorehandsell@gmail.com
web: www.restorehandsell.org/

Harriet Tubman Museum & Educational Center (part of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway)
424 Race St., Cambridge, MD 21613
(410) 228-0401
e-mail: campharriet1913@gmail.com
web: https://www.harriettubmanmuseumcenter.org/

Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park & Visitor Center (part of Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway)
4068 Golden Hill Road, Church Creek, MD 21622
(410) 221-2290
e-mail: htursp.dnr@maryland.gov
web: https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/eastern/tubman.aspx

Heritage Museums & Gardens of Dorchester (includes Meredith House, Neild Museum, Robbins Heritage Center, Goldsborough Stable, & Herb Garden)
Dorchester County Historical Society, 1003 Greenway Drive, Cambridge, MD 21613
(410) 228-7953
e-mail: dchs@verizon.net
web: www.dorchesterhistory.com/heritage-museums-gardens

Richardson Maritime Museum (includes Brannock Education & Research Center, formerly Brannock Maritime Museum, & Ruark Boatworks)
103 Hayward St., Cambridge, MD 21613
(410) 221-1871
e-mail: office@richardsonmuseum.org
web: https://richardsonmuseum.org/

South Dorchester Folk Museum
c/o Dorchester County Historical Society, 1003 Greenway Drive, Cambridge, MD 21613
e-mail: sdfmuseum@gmail.com
web: www.sdfmuseum.net/

Spocott Windmill & Village (includes Windmill, Adaline Wheatley House, Castle Haven Schoolhouse, Lloyd's Country Store & Museum, Muse-LeCompte Medical Museum)
1609 Hudson Road, Cambridge, MD 21613
(410) 463-1669, (410) 228-7670
web: www.visitmaryland.org/listing/attraction/spocott-windmill

Stanley Institute (Rock School) (one-room school house & artifacts)
2403 Church Creek Road, Cambridge, MD 21613
(410) 228-6657; fax: (410) 221-6545
web: https://visitdorchester.org/listing/stanley-institute
(open by appointment)

Taylors Island Museum
P. O. Box 38
4212 Hoopers Neck Road, Taylors Island, MD 21669 - 0038
(closed)

Vienna Heritage Museum
P. O. Box 81
303 Race St., Vienna, MD 21869 - 0081
(410) 376-3442
web: www.viennamd.org/the-vienna-heritage-museum/

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