Editing Solomons, Maryland (section)

== Tourism ==
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The town now welcomes tourists with numerous marinas, seafood restaurants, gift shops, a boardwalk, a sculpture garden, the [[Calvert Marine Museum]] where visitors can climb atop a former lighthouse, board harbor cruises, and hear occasional outdoor concerts by famous performers. Solomons also has three major hotels, a [[U.S. Navy]] family recreation center, and a church retirement home. [[St. Peter's Chapel]] is an historic 1889 [[Carpenter Gothic]]-style church that is still in use.

The Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center in Solomons is a [[Smithsonian Institution|Smithsonian]]-affiliated forested sculpture park where creations of [[Kenneth Snelson]], [[George Rickey]], [[Arnaldo Pomodoro]] and other major sculptors are on exhibit.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://affiliations.si.edu/ |title=Smithsonian Affiliations |publisher=Affiliations.si.edu |access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref> Most sculptures are on loan from the [[National Gallery of Art]] or the [[Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden|Hirshhorn Museum]].<ref>[http://www.annmariegarden.org/AboutUs/SmithsonianAffiliation/index.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827102414/http://www.annmariegarden.org/AboutUs/SmithsonianAffiliation/index.htm |date=August 27, 2010 }}</ref> The site is both a family-friendly place with educational activities for children<ref>[http://www.annmariegarden.org/ArtsBuilding/Art%20Programs/index.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100827102826/http://www.annmariegarden.org/ArtsBuilding/Art%20Programs/index.htm |date=August 27, 2010 }}</ref> and a host of world-class professional artwork, including pieces by [[Picasso]], [[Matisse]], and [[Joan Miró|Miró]]; the three were highlights of the 2008 opening exhibit of the new gallery space, the Arts Building.<ref>{{cite web| author=Ignacio Villarreal |url=http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=24341&int_modo=1 |title=Picasso Going to Annmarie Garden Sculpture Park & Arts Center in Southern Maryland |publisher=Artdaily.org |date=May 21, 2008 |access-date=October 17, 2011}}</ref><ref>[http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=24341&int_modo=1 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307114230/http://www.artdaily.org/index.asp?int_sec=11&int_new=24341&int_modo=1 |date=March 7, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="bayweekly.com">[http://www.bayweekly.com/year08/issuexvi23/leadxvi23_3.html ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011054208/http://www.bayweekly.com/year08/issuexvi23/leadxvi23_3.html |date=October 11, 2008 }}</ref> In a [[traffic circle]] outside the Arts Building stands a landmark [[bronze]] fountain-sculpture made for Annmarie Garden which depicts a [[Chesapeake Bay]] waterman standing in a boat while holding [[Oyster#Fishing from the wild|oyster-harvesting tongs]]. During the warm season, water pumped through concealed ductwork emerges and cascades out of the tongs' jaws and also over a shellfish-sorting riprap on the ''Tonger'''s boat. The fallen water pools around the boat in a map-shaped decorative basin where sometimes visiting children splash their feet. Since 1993, Annmarie Garden has hosted an outdoor national juried arts festival at which typically around 100 traveling artists encamp in display tents for a weekend to sell their wares.<ref>[http://www.annmariegarden.org/Events/Artsfest/index.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100919001219/http://www.annmariegarden.org/Events/Artsfest/index.htm |date=September 19, 2010 }}</ref>