18751 Hogaboom Lane St. Mary's City , 20686
16 Apr 2022
10:00am - 4:00pm
18751 Hogaboom Lane St. Mary's City , 20686
16 Apr 2022
10:00am - 4:00pm
All activities are included with admission: $10 adult; $9 senior; $6 youth; free to ages 5 and younger, and to Friends members
11:30 a.m. Visit the Woodland Indian Hamlet to learn how the Yacocomico people created canoes without metal tools, and how fire could be a most valuable tool. (approximately 20 minutes)
12:30 p.m. Meet at the Print House to see a movable type printing press in action, and learn about three Maryland women who used this type of machine to change the course of history. (approximately 20 minutes)
1:30 p.m. Learn how and why the crew of Maryland Dove uses the ship’s cannons, and why they are called murtherers (the cannons, not the crew). It ends with a bang, so don’t forget to cover your ears. (approximately 20 minutes)
2:30 p.m. Meet at the Plantation parking lot. How did the colonists survive without modern medical knowledge and hospitals? Come to the Sprays’ garden and discover what the colonists did, and if their ideas were really so different from ours. You might even get a brand new bag. (approximately 30 minutes)
Wed, Sep 9, 2026
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Sat, Sep 12, 2026
10:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Fri, Sep 18, 2026
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Wed, Sep 30, 2026
10:30 AM - 02:30 PM
Sat, Oct 10, 2026
09:30 AM - 04:00 PM
Wed, Oct 14, 2026
02:00 PM - 03:30 PM
Sat, Oct 17, 2026
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Sat, Nov 14, 2026
09:00 AM - 04:00 PM
Fri, Nov 27, 2026
10:00 AM - 04:00 PM