Museums

Visit one of our local museums and get a taste Dorchester County in bygone days!

Trace the footsteps of one of our most famous citizens, Harriet Tubman, and see what our area was like during her life and times. Feel the call of the sea at one of our Maritime museums, or sample a bit of small-town history, and see what people and industries brought us to where we are today..


Attractions in Museums

Dorchester Heritage Museums and Gardens
Dorchester Heritage Museums and Gardens
Dorchester Heritage Museums and Gardens includes the Meredith House Family Life Center, the Goldsborough Stable, the Stronghouse and Herb Garden, the Neild Museum, the Robbins Heritage Center and the Waterfront Walk on Shoal Creek.

Harriet Tubman Museum
Harriet Tubman Museum and Educational Center
Underground Railroad 'conductor' Harriet Tubman was born in Dorchester County. At this small museum in downtown Cambridge, learn about the strength, courage, and determination of this remarkable woman. 2013 marks 100 years since Harriet's passing.

Richardson Maritime Museum
Richardson Maritime Museum
A watermen's museum dedicated to the craftsmen and culture of the traditional Eastern Shore wooden boat building industry. There is a unique collection of boat models, including skipjacks, bugeyes, pungys, log canoes, ram and other merchant vessels.

Ruark Boatworks
Ruark Boatworks
Watch boatbuilders restore and build vintage wooden boats, keeping alive an important Eastern Shore tradition. The Ruark BoatWorks is a division of the Richardson Foundation. Group tours available.

Spocott Windmill
Spocott Windmill
'Spocott' today has the only existing post windmill for grinding grain in Maryland. Also on the property are a colonial tenant farmhouse and a one-room schoolhouse.

Vienna Heritage Museum
Vienna Heritage Museum
This museum is dedicated to the rural life and industries located in and near Vienna.