TOP: Annapolis Maritime Museum Director Jeff Holland, left, and museum board Chairman Buck Buchanan talk about the renovated McNasby Oyster Co. building. Photo by Joshua McKerrow - The Capital
BOTTOM: The refurbished McNasby Oyster Co. building in Eastport — home of the Annapolis Maritime Museum — is ready for a grand reopening on Dec. 1. The building was torn apart by Tropical Storm Isabel in 2003, and it has taken five years to renovate the building. Photo courtesy of the Annapolis Maritime Museum
The McNasby building was hit badly by Tropical Storm Isabel in September, 2003 and the much-improved museum is ready to reopen Dec. 1.
Isabel was not kind to the Annapolis Maritime Museum.
When the infamous tropical storm blew up the Chesapeake Bay in September 2003, it tore giant holes in the side of the museum's home, the old McNasby Oyster Co. building in Eastport.
The little museum found itself flooded and falling apart.
Five years later, the museum is ready to reopen on Dec. 1, and backers said the place is better than ever.
"It really is a thrill," said Jeff Holland, the museum's executive director. "I find myself walking through the space and realizing what potential this space has. It's inspiring to know all the...
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