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songbirds and other animals can
be seen all year round.
P Academy Museum of the Arts
106 South St. Tel (410) 822-2787.
Open 10am–8pm Tue–Thu,
10am–4pm Mon, Fri, Sat & Sun.
& ∑ academyartmuseum.org
O Blackwater National
Wildlife Refuge
n 2145 Key Wallace Dr, Cambridge. Ferris wheel at Trimper’s Rides, Ocean City
Tel (410) 228-2677. Open Wildlife trails
and drive: dawn–dusk daily; Visitor g Salisbury h Ocean City
Center: 8am–4pm Mon–Fri, 9am–5pm
Sat & Sun. Closed Thanksgiving, * 29,000. @ n 8480 Ocean Hwy, * 7,100. @ n 4001 Coastal Hwy,
Dec 25. & (800) 332-8687. 1-800-OC-OCEAN. ∑ ococean.com
The largest city on the Eastern Soft beige sand extends
f Crisfield Shore, Salisbury is known for its endlessly along the Ocean City
fine antique shops. It developed peninsula, fronted by miles of
* 2,900. @ n 319 Main St,
Crisfield, (410) 968-1333. as a mill commu nity in 1732 hotels. In summer, brightly
∑ cityofcrisfield-md.gov and soon became the principal colored umbrellas provide
crossroads of the southern shade, while at night, the beach
Although the main industry here Delmarva Peninsula. Salisbury’s boardwalk that stretches from
is tourism, this commercial Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art the inlet north past 27th Street
seafood port supports a sport- contains the world’s premier is lively with strolling couples,
fishing industry. From mid-May collection of wildfowl art. Here, singles, and families.
through October, the fish are wood is carved and painted to At the inlet, on the southern
running. The J. Millard Tawes resemble wild birds in natural border of Ocean City, the Ocean
Museum is named after a resident settings. The museum looks at City Life-Saving Museum,
who became Maryland’s the history of the art, housed in a decommissioned
54th governor. The from antique working 1891 Life-saving Station, relates
museum has displays on decoys to contem- the history of Ocean City and
local history and marine porary carvings. the US Life-saving Service.
life. It also offers walking Pemberton Historical North on the Boardwalk,
tours through a Park is the site of Trimper’s Rides began operating
boatyard and a seafood Pemberton Hall, in 1902 with a steam-powered
processing plant as well built in 1741 for 45-animal carousel. Today, Trimper’s
as trolley tours through Isaac Handy, a British includes a 1905 Herschel-
historic Crisfield to the Army colonel. The Spellman merry-go-round
Ward Brothers waterfowl Captain John Smith grounds are threaded glittering with jewels and fantasy
carving work shop and (1580–1631) by self-guided nature animals, Ferris wheels, bumper
the crab-processing trails, and the manor rides, mechanized fortune-tellers,
shanties of Jenkins Creek. house contains a small and a host of other entertainments.
musum maintained by the Ocean City also has many
E J. Millard Tawes Museum local historical society. miniature golf courses: visitors
3 North 9th St, Somers Cove Marina. can play beneath plaster polar
Tel (410) 968-2501. Open by appoint- E Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art bears, bask in the tropics, or putt
ment only. Closed Sun, week of 909 S Schumaker Dr. Tel (410) 742- around rubber sharks.
Christmas, week after Christmas. & 4988. Open 10am–5pm Mon–Sat,
8 = 7 noon–5pm Sun. & 7 E Ocean City Life-Saving
∑ wardmuseum.org Station Museum
Environs 813 South Atlantic Ave. Tel (410) 289-
Accessible only by boat, Smith 4991. Open May & Oct: 10am–4pm
Island, 10 miles (16 km) to the daily; Apr & Nov: 10am–4pm Wed–
west, was chartered in 1608 Sun; Jun–Sep: 10am–6pm daily;
by Captain John Smith, founder Dec–Mar: 10am–4pm weekends only.
& ∑ ocmuseum.org
of the Jamestown settlement
(see p195). Ewell, at the island’s  Trimper’s Rides
north end, is where most of the Baltimore & S 1st St on the boardwalk.
population lives. Some claim that Tel (410) 289-8617. Open mid-May–
the local speech is reminiscent mid-Sep: 1pm–midnight Mon–Fri,
of the Elizabethan/Cornwall A specialist duck decoy maker at noon–midnight Sat & Sun; mid-Sep–
dialect brought here in the 1770s. work in Crisfield mid-May: limited hours. &

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