WATERFRONT AT THE URBANNA TOWN MARINA

The Thursday before the Festival, October 31st, the Marine Science Legacy Program presents Oyster Festival Education Day. On Education Day, the waterfront is closed to the general public so that area schools have the opportunity to visit the exhibits. The waterfront will be open to the public during the festival on Friday and Saturday, November 1 & 2.

At the Town Docks:
Edna E. Lockwood from the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Claud W. Somers from the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum
Mildred Belle from the Living Classrooms Foundation

Featured Exhibits: Visit the historic encampment of the Colonial Seaport Foundation and watch as costumed historical interpreters bring the history of the tobacco port town of Urbanna to life. Joining Colonial Seaport Foundation on Saturday, will be musicians Nasty Nate from the Rusty Cutlass band, and his son Cooper.

Visit the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum's Edna E. Lockwood. A National Historic Landmark, Edna is the last of the historic sailing log bugeyes. Built in 1889 when the oyster industry was booming, the Edna E. Lockwood worked as an oyster dredge from 1889 to 1967.

Additional Oyster Festival Waterfront Exhibits:
Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Friends of the Rappahannock, Fairfield Foundation, Chesapeake Bay Governor’s School, Christchurch School, and Earth Day Network.