Greenbelt Museum

09/24/2026

Our fall lecture is coming up - perfect for the spooky season! 🎃 This will be a talk and book signing and we will have the books for sale! Please note, this lecture will take place in the Greenbelt Municipal Building.

Maryland Witches - Book Talk and Signing

Learn about Maryland's infamous witches!

09/02/2026

The Greenbelt Labor Day Festival is almost here! Read about how you can celebrate with us! We have a walking tour on Saturday (pre-registration requested), Retro Town Fair and free historic house tours on Sunday and we’ll be in the parade on Monday!

It's hard to believe, but the Greenbelt Labor Day Festival isn't far away! We hope you've been thinking about what you'd like to enter into the Museum's Annual Retro Town Fair! Download the form below or click here!Bricks and Blocks Walking TourSaturday, September 5, 2026 at 9am— 10B Crescent Rd.P...

08/11/2026

Retro Town Fair returns on Labor Day Sunday, September 6!
Keep an eye on this space for more information and we’ll see you at the Fair!

07/23/2026

Virtual Museum Lecture is tonight! There’s still time to register via Eventbrite! We regret that it conflicts with a GHI meeting, but we’re hopeful that other residents from across the city will still be able to attend! It will be recorded and shared on YouTube as well.

Learn about the work of the Greenbelt Reparations Commission.

07/06/2026

For our July lecture, we are so pleased to welcome members of the Greenbelt Reparations Commission to speak about what they have learned in the course of their work. This event will take place via Zoom, please register via Eventbrite to be sent a link!

Learn about the work of the Greenbelt Reparations Commission.

06/26/2026

Come by the Museum house at 10B Crescent, Greenbelt Maryland to see our new exhibition! Admission is free!

Explore both local and national events that were taking place 50 years ago in 1976. Much of the nation was buoyantly celebrating its birthday, but many in the U.S. at the same time were fighting fiercely for their rights.

What has changed in the country over the course of 50 years? What remains the same?

Open Sundays 1-5pm. Free! Sponsored by the City of Greenbelt and the Friends of the Greenbelt Museum

The Greenbelt Museum is primarily a 20th century historic site and United States history from 1776 is amply covered in a variety of places (nor do we happen to have any muskets in the collection!). So we thought one way to acknowledge the country's 250th anniversary would be to look back on the 200t...

06/19/2026

Today we acknowledge and celebrate Juneteenth! For those who don’t know the history, read below!

Juneteenth is an often overlooked event in our nation’s history. On June 19, 1865, Union troops freed enslaved African Americans in Galveston Bay and across Texas some two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation.

04/25/2026

The Art Deco Society of Washington is visiting today! We are so happy to welcome them, and we are grateful to Dr. Isabelle Gournay for lending her expertise on the walking tour. 💚

04/12/2026

Welcome Spring! Please visit us today for all free activities! 1-5pm

04/11/2026

Sorry for the late notice folks! But please come see us tomorrow for our Welcome Spring Open House! Take a quick tour of the Museum house and plant a seedling to take home with home with you! Free! While supplies last.