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Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum urges delegation to back HVAC upgrades to protect collections and cut operating costs
Summary
Leaders of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum asked the Eastern Shore Delegation to consider a capital request to replace aging HVAC systems in two major exhibition buildings that house irreplaceable collections, saying upgrades will preserve artifacts, reduce operating costs and support education and apprenticeship programs on the Eastern Shore.
Leaders of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum (CBMM) in St. Michaels asked the Eastern Shore Delegation to consider support for capital funds to replace aging heating, ventilation and climate control systems in two primary exhibition and programming buildings that house collections and host year‑round educational programs.
Jeff Vogel, incoming vice chair of CBMM’s board, and Pete Lesher, CBMM chief historian, told the delegation the museum stewards roughly 90,000 objects and that climate control is critical to preserve artifacts, photographs and historic vessels.…
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