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Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art

Established	1975 (current building in 1992)
Location	909 South Schumaker Drive Salisbury, Maryland
Type	Art^[1]
Website	Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art

The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art is located at 909 South Schumaker Drive, Salisbury, Maryland, United States. This museum has the most comprehensive collection of wildfowl carvings in the world, ranging from art sculptures to working decoys used by hunters.^[1] The museum was named after Lem and Steve Ward from Crisfield, Maryland, two pioneers who moved decoy carvings into the realm of fine art.^[1]

The museum includes:^[1]

Welcome Theatre
Decoy In Time
Habitat Theatre
Art Lamay Gallery
Decoy Study Gallery
The Ward Brothers’ Workshop
Championship Gallery

Footnotes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art brochure, circa 1995.

External links

Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art (official website)

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Science, natural history and medicine	Baltimore Public Works Museum Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge B. Olive Cole Pharmacy Museum Cylburn Nature Museum Deep Creek Lake Discovery Center Discovery Station Eden Mill Nature Center Lamar Heritage and Culture Center Maryland Science Center National Electronics Museum National Museum of Dentistry National Museum of Civil War Medicine National Museum of Health and Medicine National Wildlife Visitor Center at Patuxent Research Refuge Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine University of Maryland School of Nursing Living History Museum William P. Didusch Center for Urologic History
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-The '''Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art''' is located at 909 South Schumaker Drive, [[Salisbury, Maryland|Salisbury]], [[Maryland]], [[United States]].  This museum has the most comprehensive collection of wildfowl carvings in the world, ranging from art [[sculpture]]s to working decoys used by hunters.<ref name=Brochure/>  The museum was named after [[Ward brothers|Lem and Steve Ward]] from [[Crisfield, Maryland]], two pioneers that moved decoy carvings into the realm of fine art.<ref name=Brochure/>
+The '''Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art''' is located at 909 South Schumaker Drive, [[Salisbury, Maryland|Salisbury]], [[Maryland]], [[United States]].  This museum has the most comprehensive collection of wildfowl carvings in the world, ranging from art [[sculpture]]s to working decoys used by hunters.<ref name=Brochure/>  The museum was named after [[Ward brothers|Lem and Steve Ward]] from [[Crisfield, Maryland]], two pioneers who moved decoy carvings into the realm of fine art.<ref name=Brochure/>
 The museum includes:<ref name=Brochure/>

Revision as of 19:20, 4 December 2013

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