St. Clement's Island Museum

St. Clement's Island Museum. Learn about the epic journey of Maryland's first settlers. , Across the road, in the St. Clement's Island Museum, you can learn why Maryland's first colonists risked a harrowing sea voyage from England to an uncertain future in America. Follow their experiences in the New World, including their encounters with Native Americans. Learn, too, about the first attempt at true religious tolerance in America., The museum also tells the stories of the lighthouse on St. Clement's Island and post-colonial Maryland's heritage of hunting, crabbing, fishing, and oystering., Museum facilities include exhibits, collections, audio-visual presentations, and a museum store., If the museum is closed when you are here, you are invited to visit the grounds. , You will see an authentic one-room schoolhouse, a historic Potomac River dory boat, and a view of St. Clement's Island., [Captions:] , On the museum grounds, you can see the Charlotte Hall one-room schoolhouse (right) an original 19th-century school built ca. 1820. It was moved here in 1991 so visitors could enjoy this historical treasure., A museum visitor (above) learns about the St. Clement's Island lighthouse., An oyster can (right) is part of a museum exhibit that details the story of the Southern Maryland seafood industry, with a focus on oystering., St. Clement's Island can be seen from the museum grounds. It was on St. Clement's Island that the Maryland Colony's first settlers arrived in 1634.