The Calvert Marine Museum preserves one of the Chesapeake Bay's only three remaining screw-pile lighthouses, originally constructed in the 1850s at Drum Point to guide ships at the mouth of the Patuxent River. The light operated through 1962, when it was decommissioned and replaced with a fixed offshore light. After being abandoned for a decade, the Calvert County Historical Society recovered and restored the structure, opening it as a living history exhibit at their public museum in 1978. Today, the lighthouse can be toured as part of guided docent tours throughout the year at the museum. Visitors can view preserved logbooks from 1883 through 1943, which give a glimpse of day-to-day lighthouse keeper life. A variety of other exhibits are also showcased at the museum, including the preserved Tennyson buoy boat and Dee skipjack vessel.

Address: 14275 Solomons Island Rd S, Solomons, MD 20688, Phone: 410-326-2042

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