Public Programs
Public Archaeology
 Help investigate sites on the museum grounds by learning how to excavate and recover artifacts alongside JPPMarchaeologists! Volunteer opportunities in the field and laboratory are available during our Public Archaeology session, May to July, every year. Please contact Ed Chaney at 410-586-8554 or echaney@mdp.state.md.us to plan your visit.
Workshops
Our hands-on workshops range from making baskets from collected plant materials, carving soapstone figures, making a fire without matches, tanning animal hides, making soap or candles, creating a clay pot and firing it in the village, or sewing an outfit you could have worn in 1812. Each season offers different opportunities to learn new skills so click on the Workshop link to see what we’re doing this year. Click here to see our current Workshop coming up!
Summer Camp
Are you looking for something exciting to do this summer? Explore life in the past by learning the skills that Native Americans and Maryland’s colonists used to survive centuries ago or investigate an archaeology site with JPPM staff. Join us for camp in June and July! Click here to see more camp opportunities in So. Calvert County.
*Please note that the Archaeology Explorers Camp (7-26 thru 7-30) has been filled. Please call 410-8501 if you would like to be added to the waiting list.
Summer Camp Policies
Camp Registration
Scout Programs
Visit JPPM for exciting hands-on programs specifically designed for Scout groups! Join park staff to complete badge or patch requirements in archaeology and Southern Maryland history. Programs are available for Brownies, Juniors, Seniors/Cadettes, and Boy Scouts.
Boy Scout Merit Badge
Girl Scout Programs
 Speaker Series
Are you curious about the archaeology and history of Southern Maryland? Interested in archaeological explorations around the world? Then join us for JPPM’s annual Speaker Series. Topics range from tiny seeds to large iron clad submarines. Explore sites in Peru, find out what human skeletons tell us about the past, or how the Patuxent River valley survived the War of 1812.
Seasonal Onsite Programs
Looking for something different to do this month? Check out our season’s schedule to see what’s happening in the Village or take a tour of the Park or Patterson House. Help in the Colonial Revival garden or plant corn in the Native American garden. Learn how to use natural dyes or spin yarn from a wool fleece or find out more about the War of 1812. All these and more are possible, so come see what we’re doing this year. |
