Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum

 St. Leonard     Maryland

http://www.jefpat.org     << visit website

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Located just 45 minutes south of the Washington Capital Beltway in Calvert County, Maryland, Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum is a state history and archaeology museum exploring the changing cultures and environment of the Chesapeake Bay region of the past 12,000 years.

Visitors can investigate thousands of years of human history by touring archaeological sites and trails, acres of working farmland, restored farm buildings and museum exhibits, and by attending educational programs.

More than 70 archaeological sites have been identified, from the prehistoric period 9,000 years ago through the Colonial period, and including the site of the 1814 Battle of St. Leonard Creek the largest naval engagement in Maryland's history.

Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum is part of the Maryland Historical Trust, an agency of the Maryland Department of Planning, Baltimore, Maryland.

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Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum's research means nothing if we don't share our discoveries with the public. We do this through books and reports which are for sale at the Visitor Center, public lectures, tours of the MAC Lab and perhaps most importantly, through our Public Archaeology Program. This program allows volunteers to help archaeologists excavate an actual site, or to work with artifacts in the MAC Lab. If you like to feel the past in your hands, JPPM is the place to be! And if you just want to know more about the history and archaeology of Maryland, you can read about it in our large Research Library, or talk to our staff, who are more than happy to help.