HEAT CLOSURE: The outdoor living history exhibits will close June 12, 2026 at 1:00 p.m., due to the heat index. The Visitor Center and the St. John's Site Museum will remain open until 4:00 p.m.

The Struggle for Freedom exhibit has reopened to visitors Tuesday-Saturday, 10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.

Our maritime exhibit, Maryland Dove, will be away from home port beginning June 15, 2026, to transit to and participate in Sail 250 Virginia in Norfolk, Virginia. 

Welcome to

Historic St. Mary's City

An Outdoor Museum of History and Archaeology
Historic ST.Mary‘s City

Who
We Are

Historic St. Mary's City is one of the premier historic sites in America, a museum of living history and archaeology telling diverse stories on the site of Maryland’s first capital in beautiful, tidewater Southern Maryland.

  • Visitor Exhibits

    Woodland Indian Hamlet

    • 0.43

      miles walk from Farthing’s

    • 0.12

      miles walk from the Visitor Center

    • Mulched

      paths available

    • Accessible

      door ways available

Calendar of Events

Dig Deeper

  • From the first 17th-century investigations at St. Mary’s City, archaeologists began recovering evidence for glass windows. These were expensive items and many immigrants could not...

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    Apr 21, 2021

    Dig Deeper

    Discovering Windows and Their Dates

    8 minutes, 8 seconds

  • The most impressive funerary monument of the Calvert family is that of Anne Mynne Calvert. She was George Calvert’s first wife and the mother all...

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    Apr 21, 2021

    Dig Deeper

    The Elegant Tomb of Lady Calvert

    20 minutes, 0 seconds