St. Clement's Island Museum
The St. Clement’s Island Museum rests on the east shore of the Potomac River overlooking St. Clement’s Island, Maryland's First Colonial Landing in 1634. The Museum’s mission concentrates on Maryland’s earliest history and Potomac River heritage.
The Museum focuses on the English history that preceded the voyage to Maryland relating the religious and political issues of the 16th and 17th centuries. Here you discover the vision of George Calvert, the First Lord Baltimore, to found a colony incorporating religious Views of St. Clement's Island tolerance and his sons’ implementation of this vision.
Also on the grounds you will find the “Little Red Schoolhouse,” an authentic 19th century one-room school. For
Charlotte Hall School, this building was moved to its present location in 1991 where it has been restored and preserved as a St. Mary’s County historical treasure.
The Museum is also host to an authentic historic watercraft, the Doris C, a Potomac River dory boat that work the waters of the Potomac for decades in the early 1900’s.
