Maritime museum & nature park prep for spring
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| It’s looking like spring at the Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park. (Photo by Bill Powell) |
Work is ongoing to ready the trails, Pierwalk, museum and gardens for a full schedule of spring, summer and fall events. An initial mailing has gone out to all members listing the full 2010 schedule as well as invitations to the kick-off April 30 Members Gala and the Museum’s casual “Groovin’ in the Park” music series.
“Members should be watching their mailboxes for their first look at all fun and varied events coming up this year,” said museum president Bob Kates. We’ve expanded our Groovin’ concert series and are in the process of expanding and improving Waterfront Park, Groovin’s venue.
“Our first Members Gala on April 30 will be under the new events pavilion and we are adding barbecue ribs to the menu. Members will get the opportunity to get advance tickets at reduced prices. The way this winter has been, folks will be ready to get out of the house,” said Kates.
The popular annual Easter Egg Hunt and Parade on Saturday, April 3, will be the first event of the season followed on April 30-May 1 with the 2nd annual Working Watermen’s Weekend (WWW), the official opening weekend for the museum and park. A ceremonial ribbon-cutting will officially open the museum for visitors on that Saturday.
“This will be our second WWW. We’ve added our kick-off Deltaville Farmers’ Market, a nautical flea market, creek cruises and Robbin Thompson at our first Groovin’ to all the things we had last year,” said events director Bill Powell.
“Workboat displays and their captains and the ‘Crockett’ will be on the Pierwalk and all kinds of fisheries and waterfront related exhibits will be on land, as well as the markets,” said Powell. “Billz Bistro also will be open all day serving food hot from the grill and cold drinks from the cooler. There will be something for everybody. Watch your Sentinel in April for a full list of activities.”
The museum and park and all of its gardens, trails, piers, exhibits, picnic tables, benches and other outside facilities are open to the public year around.
Deltaville Maritime Museum and Holly Point Nature Park, an all-volunteer non-profit organization, is in Deltaville at 287 Jackson Creek Road, and on the water on Mill Creek. Turn right across from the Thrift Mart Shell Station. Holly Point Nature Park, the Pierwalk, and all outside facilities are open dawn to dusk throughout the year.
The Museum office can be contacted at 804-776-7200 or by e-mail at or you can check the Deltaville Maritime Museum website.
