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.
   
    Friends of Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum, Inc.
    10115 Mackall Road, St. Leonard, Maryland 20685
    (410) 586-8500 or Maryland Relay Service 1-800-735-2258   
   
   Jefferson Patterson Park and Museum is proud to be a founding
    member of the Chesapeake Bay Gateways Network, in partnership
    with the US National Park Service.
   
    Copyright (c) 1999, All rights reserved.
    Friends of Jefferson Patterson Park & Museum Inc.
    Site design:  Hungerford Associates
    Site engineering:  Business Technology Solutions