2011â 2012 Annual Report - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
2011â 2012 Annual Report - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
2011â 2012 Annual Report - Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
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Mission<br />
The mission of the <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Maritime</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> is to inspire an understanding of and<br />
appreciation for the rich maritime heritage of the <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> and its tidal reaches,<br />
together with the artifacts, cultures, and connections between this place and its people.<br />
Vision<br />
The vision of the <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> <strong>Maritime</strong> <strong>Museum</strong> is to be the premier maritime museum<br />
for studying, exhibiting, preserving, and celebrating the important history and culture of<br />
the largest estuary in the United States, the <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong>.<br />
• We will be acknowledged as the leading center for education, exhibition, and<br />
preservation of <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> maritime cultures.<br />
• We will inspire cultural stewardship by preserving, documenting, and sharing stories,<br />
artifacts, skills, and the traditions of the generations of people who have lived and worked<br />
in the <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> region.<br />
• We will emphasize how the connections between people and the <strong>Bay</strong>’s natural<br />
environment have shaped unique, traditional cultures.<br />
• We will provide opportunities for visitors to make connections between past human<br />
activities, present conditions, and future possibilities.<br />
Board of<br />
Governors<br />
2011-<strong>2012</strong><br />
CG Appleby, Chair<br />
Alan R. Griffith, Vice Chair<br />
Joseph E. Peters, Vice Chair<br />
Tom D. Seip, Treasurer<br />
Mark S. Nestlehutt, Secretary<br />
Paul Berry<br />
Richard J. Bodorff<br />
Harry W. Burton<br />
Frederic N. Cross<br />
William S. Dudley<br />
David E. Dunn<br />
Jocelyn W. Eysymontt<br />
Anna W. Fichtner<br />
Howard S. Freedlander<br />
Dagmar D. P. Gipe<br />
James P. Harris<br />
E. Brooke Harwood, Jr.<br />
Christopher A. Havener<br />
Francis Hopkinson<br />
Pamela Jana<br />
R. Douglas Jurrius<br />
Richard H. Kimberly<br />
Peter M. Kreindler<br />
William C. Millar<br />
Geoffrey F. Oxnam<br />
Bruce A. Ragsdale<br />
Henry H. Stansbury<br />
Benjamin C. Tilghman, Jr.<br />
Richard C. Tilghman, Jr.<br />
Alfred Tyler II<br />
Barbara Viniar<br />
Langley R. Shook, President<br />
EMERITI<br />
Richard T. Allen<br />
Margaret D. Keller<br />
Breene M. Kerr<br />
Charles L. Lea, Jr.<br />
D. Ted Lewers<br />
Fred C. Meendsen<br />
John C. North II<br />
Sumner Parker<br />
Robert A. Perkins<br />
James K. Peterson<br />
Norman H. Plummer<br />
John J. Roberts<br />
Henry H. Spire<br />
James E. Thomas<br />
Joan Darby West<br />
Donald G. Whitcomb<br />
Message from the<br />
President & ChairmAn<br />
Langley R. Shook<br />
President<br />
CG Appleby<br />
Chairman, 2011-<strong>2012</strong><br />
Inspire, educate, preserve, and belong––these four words<br />
have graced the front of our past three annual reports and<br />
serve as continuous reminders of why we are here, and why<br />
this place matters. By inspiring and educating the next<br />
generation, preserving the legacies and artifacts that define<br />
the <strong>Chesapeake</strong> region, and fostering a sense of belonging<br />
and responsibility, we encourage people to be stewards of the<br />
<strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong>. We continue to be humbled by the outpouring<br />
of support from you, our members and donors, and<br />
remain deeply committed to ensuring your charitable donations<br />
are put to good use.<br />
For this 2011-<strong>2012</strong> annual report, you’ll find stories of<br />
people like you who care deeply about this place and are<br />
supporters of the <strong>Museum</strong>. You’ll also find financial<br />
information, our honor roll of donors, and a chance to look<br />
ahead at what the <strong>Museum</strong> is offering in the coming months.<br />
You can expect to receive your next issue of The <strong>Chesapeake</strong> Log<br />
in February.<br />
Between May 2011 and April <strong>2012</strong> (FY 2011-<strong>2012</strong>),<br />
the <strong>Museum</strong> continued to build membership and increase<br />
attendance. Your gifts to the 2011-<strong>2012</strong> <strong>Annual</strong> Fund set yet<br />
another all time record and allowed us to expand programs,<br />
open new and engaging exhibits, and make much needed<br />
improvements to campus. Two highlights made possible<br />
by your support were the opening of our newest exhibits,<br />
Gunning Among Friends: <strong>Chesapeake</strong> Waterfowl Hunting Clubs,<br />
and Push and Pull: Life on <strong>Chesapeake</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> Tugboats.<br />
With transportation a large part of the <strong>Chesapeake</strong> story,<br />
the Tug exhibit is regarded as the most in-depth exhibit on<br />
<strong>Chesapeake</strong> tugs in existence. Far beyond the high level of<br />
interest created, the exhibit is exemplary of the authenticity<br />
this <strong>Museum</strong> brings to all its exhibits, boat restoration, and<br />
educational programs. With your help, the <strong>Museum</strong> has<br />
carved out a special niche and serves as a model for what visitors want––original research<br />
and first-hand accounts that can be found nowhere else. What’s compelling about the<br />
stories we tell is not just the content of the <strong>Museum</strong>’s collections, it's more the context of<br />
how they fit into our history and our lives that make them relevant and important.<br />
This would be impossible without your continued support.<br />
Our year was marked by growing audiences and member engagement for both our<br />
signature events and special programming. The restoration of the skipjack Rosie Parks continues<br />
to draw visitors, and has reunited four generations of Parks family members at our<br />
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