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U.S. naval Academy Museum The United States Naval Academy Museum is an open-to-the-public maritime museum in Annapolis, Maryland. It is part of the United States Naval Academy and is housed at Preble Hall on the grounds of the Academy. The museum is 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) in size and includes four galleries. The museum is open seven days a week, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday; it is…

The Chesapeake Children’s Museum The objective of the Chesapeake Children’s Museum is to provide an environment for all of our children, as well as the children in all of us, to learn about themselves, the peoples, the technology, and the ecology of the Chesapeake Bay area. On June 28, 1992, the first meeting was held. Debbie Wood put an ad in Chesapeake Family Magazine (formerly Chesapeake Children) and The Capital newspaper inviting people to talk about the prospect of…

Quiet Waters Park Quiet Waters Park is a park located in eastern Anne Arundel County, Maryland. The Anne Arundel Recreation and Parks Department manages the 340-acre park. It is open all year. Friends of Quiet Waters Park is one of the organisations that uses the park. It draws 700,000 tourists per year as of 2010. Quiet Waters Park near Deerfield Beach, Florida, is a 430-acre (1.7 km2) Broward County park. The yearly Renaissance Festival and the Ski Rixen cable…

Kunta Kinte-Alex Haley Memorial The Memorial is dedicated in particular to those of our African ancestors whose names, unlike Kunta Kinte’s, have been lost to the ages. It is also for all individuals – African, Asian, and European – who were enslaved in the New World and whose unpaid labour created the nation’s ascent to power. It is also dedicated to their descendants, who seek to build a country that embraces ethnic diversity while maintaining a sense of fraternity,…

Annapolis City Dock   The Market House, harbormaster’s office, work boats, tour boats, pleasure craft, and visiting ships can all be found at the Annapolis City Dock Area. The waterfront is lined with stores and eateries. Regular sightseeing cruises and water taxis depart from the port. The Dock features outdoor Navy band concerts and festivities during the summer. The Annapolis City Dock hosts the world’s largest boat events in the fall. View a spectacular display of sailboats decked out…

Banneker-Douglass Museum   The Banneker-Douglass Museum serves as the State of Maryland’s official museum of African American heritage, documenting, interpreting, and promoting African American history and culture (particularly in Maryland) through exhibitions, programmes, and projects to improve everyone’s understanding and appreciation of America’s rich cultural diversity. The Banneker-Douglass Museum is part of the Maryland Commission on African American History and Culture, which is a division of the Governor’s Office of Community Initiatives, an executive-branch agency whose mission is to…