Maryland Dove visits Cambridge September 7 - 9

Historic St. Mary's City (HSMC) is proud to announce Maryland Dove will be visiting Cambridge in September 2023, thanks to a grant from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority. Maryland Dove is Historic St. Mary's City floating ambassador and one of its most popular exhibits. The wooden ship design is based on the original Dove, a cargo vessel that arrived along with the passenger ship Ark in 1634.

Maryland Dove will arrive in Cambridge at approximately 5 p.m. on Wednesday, September 6 (weather dependent), and be open for free public deck tours on September 7, 8, and 9 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. all three days. Docking will be at Long Wharf, 2 Yacht Club Drive, Cambridge, Maryland. 

Maryland Dove and its dockside exhibits emphasize the waterways of the region, pre-colonial heritage, and interactions between different cultures. The ship and its exhibits are designed to elicit conversation, highlighting the depth of history represented in the area and the interactions between Native peoples and European colonists. Maryland Dove is a unique representative of the complicated history, representing colonization and the effects on those that called the land home.

Maryland Dove will return to its home port of Historic St. Mary's City on Tuesday, September 12, and be open for exhibit at 11 a.m. When docked at HSMC, tours of the ship are included in the museum's general admission. 

This Project has been financed in part with State funds from the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority, an instrumentality of the State of Maryland.  However, Project contents or opinions do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Maryland Heritage Areas Authority.

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