The Skipjack Heritage Museum is located at 23529 Deal Island Rd., Chance, MD 21821
Our Mission
Skipjack Heritage, Inc. was formed in 2007 as a non-profit organization with a goal of preserving the maritime History and the cultural heritage of America’s oldest working sailing vessel..the Skipjack. The heritage includes the people who built, owned, captained or worked on those majestic vessels and all the other work boats built and used by the watermen.
Actually our mission goes beyond the Skipjack to include the entire cultural history of our area which includes the upper Tangier Sound and greater Deal Island area. Our greater goal is to document and preserve the history…the events…the stories of our people and their way of life from the earliest settlers to the present day.
Though our mission is to preserve the history..the heritage of our area, we desire to educate the current and future generations so that the preservation of the waterman’s way of life will not be lost but preserved forever.
Skipjack City of Crisfield.
Our goal has been a total restoration of the iconic Skipjack City of Crisfield. We can report our goal to complete this task will happen by early 2025.
As of this writing she is being totally fiberglassed! Once that is complete the final work begins. It has been a longprocess but we can now see a completion by early 2025.
It is our goal to have her in the 66th Annual Skipjack Race in 2025. What a great day of celebration that will be. If you have a desire to see this majestic Skipjack back in the
water you can help with the completion by sending a donation to Skipjack Heritage, Inc., 23529 Deal Island Road, Chance, MD
21821.
To everyone who has contributed financially or provided hours of restoration work to make our goal come true … we say THANK YOU from the bottom of our hearts!
65th Annual Deal Island Skipjack Race & Festival _____________________
Museum will be open 8/31/24 from 8 AM – 4 PM, 9/1/24 from 12 – 4 PM & 9/2/24 from 8 AM – 4 PM
The Skipjack Heritage Museum is located at 23529 Deal Island Rd., Chance, MD 21821
