This research center on the campus of Salisbury University contains what is likely the world's most comprehensive archive of artifacts related to the Delmarva peninsula (Delaware and the Maryland and Virginia Eastern Shore). If you have family ties to the area, staff can do a professional genealogical search on your behalf for $50 for one hour, then $40 per additional hour; see website for more details. Otherwise, small permanent and rotating exhibits about local history are the main attraction.
Nabb Research Center
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Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum
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Assateague Island National Seashore
26.59 MILES
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Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
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Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad National Historical Park & Visitor Center
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J Millard Tawes Historical Museum
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If you're traveling with kids or just need to stretch your legs, this small zoo is a pleasant distraction. Run by the city, it's home to animals from…
2. Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art
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This museum is built around a little-known but fascinating art form that was largely perfected by two brothers who rarely left their small town. In the…
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History buffs will enjoy this multi-building living-history museum that marks the old location of a 19th-century iron-smelting town.
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While away an odd, rewarding half-hour in this tiny structure, which feels like an attic for the entire Eastern Shore. Highlights include the town's first…
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7. Calvin B Taylor House Museum
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Built in 1832, this green-shuttered Federal-style house evokes everyday smalltown life in the 1800s and 1900s through period furnishings and exhibits…
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