Greenbelt Directory
Museums and Places of Interest
Museums
College Park Airport and Aviation Museum
1985 Corporal Frank Scott Drive
College Park, MD
(301) 864-6029
Museum depicts early aviation from
1909. Aircraft, hands-on exhibits, anima-
tronics, special programs. Call for hours.
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Greenbelt Museum
10 - B Crescent Road
Greenbelt, MD
(301) 507-6582
Located in one of the town's original
houses, the museum features depression
glass and 1937 furnishings designed
specifically for Greenbelt houses.
Guided tours by reservation. Call
for hours. |
Duvall Tool Museum
Patuxent River Park
16000 Croom Airport Road
Upper Marlboro, MD
(301) 627-6074
Collection of 19th century tools, farm
implements and antique household
items. Call for hours.
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National Colonial Farm Museum
3400 Bryan Point Road
Accokeek, MD
(301) 283-2113
Agricultural/historical museum. Call
for hours. |
Fort George Meade Museum
Griffin Avenue
Fort Meade, MD
(301) 677-6966
FREE ADMISSION
Traces the evolution of the fort and the
first US Army from WWI to the present. Call
for hours. |
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Museum
Visitor Center and Museum
Greenbelt, MD
(301) 286-8981
Scientific research and space exploration
center. Spacecraft, flight articles and dis-
plays related to the space program; an
interactive Earth gallery provides informa-
tion on Earth's systems. Model rockets
launched on the 1st and 3rd Sunday of
each month. Call for directions and hours. |
Smithsonian Museums
(For more information, call 202-357-1300)
National Air and Space Museum
6th and Independence Avenues, NW
Washington, DC |
National Museum of American History
14th and Constitution Avenues, NW
Washington, DC |
National Museum of African Art
950 Independence Avenue, NW
Washington, DC
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National Museum of Natural History
10th and Constitution Avenues, NW
Washington, DC |
National Museum of American Art
8th and G Streets, NW
Washington, DC |
National Postal Museum
2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE
Washington, DC |
Places of Interest
Beltsville Agricultural Research
National Visitors Center
10300 Baltimore Avenue
(301) 504-9403
Exhibits on plant breeding, animal and
human nutrition, as well as new products
and inventions in the agricultural world.
Call for hours.
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Montpelier Mansion
197 Muirkirk Road
Laurel, MD
(301) 953-1376
Built in 1783 as the home of Major Thomas
Snowden, a Prince George's County plan-
tation owner. Furnished in the 1830's period.
Call for hours. |
Billingsley Manor
6900 Green Landing Road
Upper Marlboro, MD
(301) 627-0730
1740 historic house overlooking the scenic
Patuxent River. Call for hours.
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Oxen Cove Park and Farm
Oxon Hill Road (just off Route 210)
Oxon Hill, MD
(301) 839-1176
Old-fashioned farm with farm animals.
Daily chore demonstrations and activi-
ties year round. FREE ADMISSION
Call for hours. |
Darnell's Chance
14800 Gov. Oden Bowie Drive
Upper Marlboro, MD
(301) 952-8010
18th century home of Daniel Carroll,
signer of the U.S. Constitution, and his
brother John Carroll, the first bishop of
the Roman Catholic church in America.
The original building is considered the
oldest building in Prince George's County.
Call for hours. |
Suratt House and Tavern
9118 Brandywine Road
Clinton, MD
(301) 868-1121
Home of Mary Suratt, who was charged as
a conspirator in the Lincoln assassination
and the first woman executed by the
Federal Government. Call for hours. |
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