Encourage appreciation, understanding, collection, preservation,
perpetuation, exhibition and education concerning the history of the
Chesapeake Bay, the animal life, marine life and plant life indigenous
to the Chesapeake Bay, and interpret commercial, recreational and
other activities directly related to the Chesapeake Bay by means of
artifacts, exhibits, models, displays, examples, art, writings, and
teachings regarding vessels, equipment, customs, methods, and heritage;
and