Fishmobile
Our traveling aquarium brings live Chesapeake Bay creatures to your school, event or function. The best way to experience the Chesapeake Bay!
Aquaculture
The area's only oyster aquaculture education experience that demonstrates producing oysters from microscopic larvae to ready for market oysters.
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Education
Education programs for k-12 students, Phillips Wharf provides unique STEM and STEAM-based programs highlighting the natural beauty of the Chesapeake, while teaching students to become good stewards of the bay.
Campus Tours
Experience first hand the creatures and natural beauty of the Chesapeake Bay. Located on Knapps Narrows in Tilghman Island, Maryland, Phillips Wharf features aquariums, education, and fun for the whole family.
Sat., Mar. 21 Workshop: Learn to Grow Oysters Off Your Dock
Phillips Wharf Environmental Center is pleased to offer a new course on Oyster Gardening. You can grow healthy, delicious oysters for your own use off your dock with minimal effort. The State of Maryland encourages you to do so by offering a tax credit of up to $500 per person for the purchase of new floating oyster cages. This course will help you take advantage of that credit and teach you the practical aspects of oyster gardening. More>>
Sat., Feb. 1 Sip N Socialize: Falconry, A 4,500-year Sport
Eric Werner of Tilghman and Owner/Operator of Eastern Shore Experiences. Eric will be sharing details of the 4,500-year-old sport of falconry with a Red-tailed Wawk. As a falconer for more than 20 years, Eric is one of only 3,400 licensed falconer's in the United States.
Falcons are brilliant birds and have been trained for thousands of years to work with hunters in the field. Now, you have an opportunity to get up-close and personal with one of the Eastern Shore’s top predators, a Red-tailed Hawk. More>>