Queen Anne's Museum of Eastern Shore Life

04/30/2026

The Museum of Eastern Shore Life, located on the grounds of the Q.A. County 4-H Park, will be open to visitors on Saturday, May 2, from 1 til 4 pm.

The featured items for the month of May are a pair of safes. One of the safes belonged to Joseph R. Boyles and was donated to the museum by his family. The safes are part of the museum’s collection of antique business machines and documents that date back many decades ago.

The combination for one safe is known but the combination for the other is not known. The museum’s staff are curious to know what may be inside! Do we have any talented safe-crackers out there? Come and give it a try!

The museum will be open for visitors on the first Saturday of each month from May to October plus several days during the week of the Queen Anne’s County Fair in August.

04/01/2026

The Museum of Eastern Shore Life will open for the 2026 season this Saturday, April 4 from 1 to 4pm. The volunteer Museum staff will be there from 9am till 12 noon for a spring clean-up. Visitors are also welcome during that time - we love volunteers, so beware - we may put you to work! No visitors, please between 12 noon and 1pm as we close for a Board meeting.

02/14/2026

Can you identify any of the players on this All Star Baseball Team from 1924?
Let us know if you can!

08/02/2025

The Museum is open Saturday, August 2 from 1-4 pm - a lovely way to spend a beautiful August afternoon! Come and take a walk down memory lane, enjoying many interesting exhibits, including this one of the iconic Wye Oak tree, and the collection of many photographs of local people and places.

ARE YOU COMING TO THE QUEEN ANNE'S COUNTY FAIR? Be sure to visit the Museum then, too. We're located right on the Fairgrounds and will be open August 13, 14, 15 (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday) from 1 to 9 pm each day.

06/03/2025

The Museum will be open to visitors on Saturday, June 7, from 1 til 4 pm. The museum’s featured artifacts for the month of June are its antique farm implements, equipment and tools used in the agricultural business. Queen Anne’s County has long been one of the most prominent counties in the state of Maryland involved in the business of agriculture.

Come take a look through our collection of magazines called “Small Farmer’s Journal Featuring Practical Horse-farming” providing many interesting articles and photos of farming in earlier days.

There is no charge to enter the museum, though voluntary donations are always sincerely appreciated.

We are located at the Queen Anne's County 4-H Park on Route 18 at Dulin Clark Rd. between Centreville and Queenstown.

05/20/2025

Our last post generated some fun memories, so here is another walk down memory lane.
Do you recognize anyone from this Centreville Elementary Kindergarten class of 1966?

05/05/2025

DID YOU KNOW that the Museum has a large collection of photos illustrating the history of Queen Anne's County?

Come see our collection of artifacts and photographs this summer.

We will be open for the 2025 season the first Saturday of each month from 1-4pm and also for limited hours during the Queen Anne's County Fair in August. Stay tuned for specific Fair hours.

Here is a walk down memory lane. Do you recognize any of these children in this Centreville Elementary Kindergarten class of 1965?

04/04/2025

The Museum recently hosted some unusual guests - K9 Nose Work dogs and their owners.
Multiple items with different scents were hidden throughout the Museum buildings, then owners sent their trained canines in to ferret out the items. The dogs worked, and fun was had by everyone!
For more information about the group and their contests, check the website at https://www.NACSW.net - which stands for National Association of Canine Nose Work.

10/01/2024

The Museum of Eastern Shore Life will be open to visitors on Saturday, Oct. 5 from 1 – 4pm. The museum’s featured theme for October is recognition of the area’s renowned agricultural industry which began several hundred years ago.

Many small privately owned farms and many large farms were in existence all over Maryland’s Eastern Shore and the museum has lots of antique farm equipment on display.

A collection of journals from about 40 years ago provides antique photos and stories about the various types of agriculture that existed all over the USA and Canada many years ago. The publication is titled “Small Farmer’s Journal” and was published quarterly.

Each edition of the journal featured a particular theme for that edition so the photos and stories were focused on the theme ---- such as farms with live animals, farms growing fruits or vegetables, etc.

Livestock included animals such as cattle, horses, pigs, goats, sheep and poultry. Dairy farming was quite common but Delmarva became renowned for its huge poultry industry. Corn has always been the leading ground crop produced in this area.

There is no admission fee for visitors but donations are always sincerely appreciated.

The museum is located at the QAC 4--H Park on state route 18 at Dulin Clark Rd. between Centreville and Queenstown.

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08/17/2024

08/17/2024

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO VISITED THE MUSEUM during the Q. A. County Fair!
Your support is greatly appreciated.