Galesville Heritage Society, Inc.

Galesville Heritage Society, Inc. GHS maintains a museum to protect and maintain the rich cultural heritage of Galesville, MD and the surrounding South County area.

Galesville is well known for it’s foodie population - if you think you’ve got what it takes BRING IT!! Or just come and...
09/14/2026

Galesville is well known for it’s foodie population - if you think you’ve got what it takes BRING IT!! Or just come and have a taste. 

Come meet Mick at Galesville Memorial Hall before his talk
09/13/2026

Come meet Mick at Galesville Memorial Hall before his talk

TRIVIA TIME! What is the name of this traditional style of catching fish in the Chesapeake? BONUS: who is this South Co...
09/13/2026

TRIVIA TIME! What is the name of this traditional style of catching fish in the Chesapeake? BONUS: who is this South County “waterwoman“?
(photo by Mitzi Bernard)

TRIVIA TIME! Apart from being one of the most popular brands of motorboats in the 1950s and 60s, this boat builder’s fam...
08/29/2026

TRIVIA TIME! Apart from being one of the most popular brands of motorboats in the 1950s and 60s, this boat builder’s family founded a community just up the road from Galesville – if you know this boat, you know the answer! Where was the founder born?

08/22/2026

TRIVIA TIME!
What was the common name for simple, heavily built working boats on the Chesapeake during the  18th and 19th century, as well as into the early 20th? Hint: French Huguenot, settlers to the eastern shore, may have introduced it. 

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988 Main Street
Galesville, MD
20765

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(410) 867-9499

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