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Desk owned by multiple generations of the Morris/Pollitt Family.

John Ogilby’s 1671 map of Maryland is oriented with north to the right, reflecting the purpose of chart design for ship captains approaching the entrance at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. Ogilby’s map is significant because it is the first to name…

Map makers would have used drafting tools, like the ones displayed here, from the late 1700s to the early 1800s

Land patent for Gray’s Woodyard in Worcester County, Maryland, dated October 10, 1743. Land was purchased near St. Martins River by Joseph Gray from Joseph Scroggin and was located adjacent to James Stephen Bridell’s plantation. This land deed is…

Josiah kept track of the number of muskrats they caught and on what property in this logbook.

These hide stretchers were used by Josiah “Joseph” Collins Truitt (1872-1957), a businessman from Mardela Springs who hunted muskrats in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

This heavy duck shotgun –12-gauge, three-shot automatic – was used by William Wagner on the Marsh Lure property featured in the film

Image of an oyster shucking knife

Oyster cans from local companies from, Pure Delicious Oysters, Bivalve Oysters, and MV Saltwater Oysters.

Artifacts of Native American life of the 17th and 18th centuries on the Eastern Shore continue to be discovered around the region. These objects provide insight to their daily lives and routines. This ax head was found on the northern part of Harbor…