The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art is nestled next to Schumaker Pond in Salisbury, Maryland. Surrounded by wildlife in the heart of the Atlantic Flyway, the Museum features the world's largest and finest public collection of decorative and antique decoys. The Museum was named in honor of Stephen and Lemuel Ward, whose vision and artistry in carving decoys pioneered the transition of the decoy from a working tool to an expressive wildfowl sculpture.
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The Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art
909 South Schumaker Drive, Salisbury, Maryland
410.742.4988
Gallery Hours: Monday – Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday Noon to 5 p.m. Nature Trail Hours: Sunrise to Sunset
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The Ward Museum, overlooking Schumaker Pond, has the world’s largest collection of the art and receives accolades from visitors, travel writers and art critics.
Father and son enjoy a stroll thru the Decoy in Time gallery. This gallery features a reconstructed wetland environment complete with decoys, birds, hunting paraphernalia, morning mist, and even calling ducks.
World Championship Wildfowl Carving Competition & Art Festival held in Ocean City, Maryland, currently in its 41st year. Bruce Lepper, Best in World Decorative Lifesize Wildfowl 2010. Photograph by Wes Demarest.
In 1970 Lem Ward was commissioned to carve a one and only Tundra Swan, but was so pleased with the bird that he carved another. In 1982, after years of separation, the two swans were forever reunited at the Ward Museum.
Dr. Janet Dudley-Eshbach, President of Salisbury University and her husband, Joe Eshbach, admire photography at recent opening reception of Kevin Fleming at Ward Museum.
Outside of the museum enjoy a stroll down the Norman E. Glenn Nature trail on Schumaker Pond and observe wildlife in its natural habitat.
