Reedville Fishermen's Museum

Our Museum, an affiliate member of the Council of American Maritime Museums, is dedicated to preserving the heritage of the maritime history of the lower Chesapeake Bay area and the watermen who have plied their trade here for hundreds of years, and the menhaden industry that has existed in Reedville for over a hundred years.

Preserving The Watermen's Heritage

We accomplish this mission by acquiring, documenting and displaying materials that are historically important to the areas fisheries and the lives of the watermen, and to further educational programs to interpret this maritime heritage.

In 2005 two of our vessels, the skipjack Claud W. Somers and the deck boat Elva C. were entered into the National Register of Historic Places. This action speaks to the vital role that our local heritage – the heritage we work so hard to preserve – plays in this nation's history.

Photo by Marianne Miller

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Acknowledgements:
Photos by Robert Lunsford, Starke Jett, Paul Kimball, Paul Deleo, Tom Ryals, Bob Wilson, Marianne Miller and Jay Rohmann.
Sketches by George Frayne.

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