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Covington Building
A generous gift from Mr. Frank Covington enabled the Reedville Fishermen’s Museum to expand into a new building in 1995.
The facility, which was significantly enlarged in 2003, displays some of our permanent collections in the Reed Gallery and the Frayne Gallery. You have several choices for tours in the Covington Building: You can either have a guided tour by our skilled and knowledgeable docent volunteers or you can walk through on your own and ask the docents questions during or after the walkthrough – docents are happy to answer any questions. Please come join us for a wonderful trip into Reedville’s past!
Changing Exhibits are displayed in the Watermen’s Gallery, the most recent addition to the Covington Building.
The Covington Building also houses the Museum Shop, filled with terrific nautical-inspired gifts.
The Watermen’s Gallery is also the site for our “Cocktails on the Creek” events, held on the 2nd and 4th Fridays between May and October. It also provides space for our board meetings and is used for special events and occasional classes.
Our Galleries
The Frayne Gallery
The Frayne Gallery hosts changing displays that focus on specific topics like World War I and WWII, lighthouses on the lower Chesapeake, African American fishermen, and special annual changing shows.
The Reed Gallery
The Reed Gallery is our long-term exhibition space that details the life of watermen on the lower Chesapeake, the art of fishing for Menhaden, products that are made from the oil of the pressed fish (oil, Omega3 capsules) and ground bones and skin (animal meal), the Native American presence before English contact c1608-09, the history of the fishing industry in Reedville, a timeline of the growth of Reedville as a fishing community; and lots of wonderful models of boats, homes and pound nets that dot the Potomac River and the Bay. This is a “walk through on your own” gallery.
The Watermen's Gallery
The Watermen's Gallery
Changing Exhibits are displayed in the Watermen’s Gallery, the most recent addition to the Covington Building.
Current Exhibition- Then and Now--Intrepid Boats of the Chesapeake