MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

MONTGOMERY COUNTY


[photo, Josiah Henson Site, 11420 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, Maryland] Josiah Henson Site, 11420 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, Maryland, May 2010. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Agricultural History Farm Park
18400 Muncaster Road, Derwood, MD 20855 - 1421
(301) 563-7520, (301) 467-8273
e-mail: Lisa.Berray@montgomeryparks.org
web: www.montgomeryparks.org/facilities/ag_farm.shtm

Audubon Naturalist Society of the Central Atlantic States
Woodend Nature Sanctuary Headquarters, 8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(301) 652-9188; fax: (301) 951-7179
e-mail: Contact@anshome.org
web: www.audubonnaturalist.org

Beall-Dawson House
103 West Montgomery Ave., Rockville, MD 20850 - 4212
(301) 762-1492
e-mail: info@montgomeryhistory.org
web: http://montgomeryhistory.org/beall-dawson-house/

Boyds Negro Schoolhouse (1896-1936)
19510 White Ground Road, Boyds, MD 20841
e-mail: info@boydshistory.org
web: www.boydshistory.org/Boyds_Negro_School.html

Clara Barton National Historic Site (founder of American Red Cross)
5801 Oxford Road (at MacArthur Blvd.), Glen Echo, MD 20812 - 1201
(301) 320-1410
web: www.nps.gov/clba/index.htm

Dennis & Phillip Ratner Museum
10001 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 897-1518
e-mail: info@ratnermuseum.org
web: www.ratnermuseum.com/

DeWitt Stetten, Jr. Museum of Medical Research
Office of NIH History at the National Institutes of Health
Building 60, Suite 230, Bethesda, MD 20814 - 1460
(301) 496-6610
e-mail: museum@nih.gov
web: http://history.nih.gov/museum/index.html

Gaithersburg Community Museum
9 South Summit Ave., Gaithersburg, MD 20877 - 2038
(301) 258-6160
e-mail: museum@gaithersburgmd.gov
web: www.gaithersburgmd.gov/about-gaithersburg/city-facilities/gaithersburg-community-museum

George Meany Memorial AFL-CIO Archive (labor history)
Special Collections & University Archives
Hornbake Library, University of Maryland, College Park, 4130 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20742-7011
(301) 405-9212
web: www.lib.umd.edu/special/collections/afl-cio

Glen Echo Park (early amusement park exhibits)
5801 Oxford Road, Glen Echo, MD 20812
(301) 320-1400
web: www.nps.gov/glec/index.htm

Great Falls Tavern Museum (1828-1924)
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, 11710 MacArthur Blvd., Potomac, MD 20854 - 1659
(301) 767-3714
web: www.nps.gov/choh/planyourvisit/greatfallstavernvisitorcenter.htm

John Poole House & General Store Museum (18th-century log building)
19923 Fischer Ave., Poolesville, MD 20837
(301) 407-0777
e-mail: info@historicmedley.org
web: http://www.historicmedley.org/visit/john-poole-house/


[photo, Josiah Henson Site, 11420 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, Maryland]

Josiah Henson Site
11420 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852
(301) 650-4373
web: www.montgomeryparks.org/PPSD/Cultural_Resources_Stewardship/heritage/josiahhensonsp.shtm

Josiah Henson Site, 11420 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, Maryland, May 2010. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


[photo, Log wall structure, Josiah Henson Site, 11420 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, Maryland] Latvian Museum
Latvian Lutheran Church, 400 Hurley Ave., Rockville, MD 20850 - 3121
(301) 340-1914
e-mail: latvianmuseum@alausa.org
web: www.alausa.org/en/what-we-do/museums/

Log wall structure, Josiah Henson Site, 11420 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, Maryland, May 2010. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission
(four nature centers provide cultural & natural history programs & exhibits)
(301) 495-2500, (301) 495-2595 (Montgomery County); (301) 699-2255 (Prince George's County); fax: (301) 495-9340 (Montgomery County)
e-mail: MCP-Parks@montgomeryparks.org (Montgomery County); help4smartlink@pgparks.com (Prince George's County)
web: www.mncppc.org/commission_home.html

Montgomery County Historical Society
111 West Montgomery Ave., Rockville, MD 20850 - 4212
(301) 340-2825
e-mail: info@montgomeryhistory.org
web: http://montgomeryhistory.org/

National Capital Trolley Museum
1313 Bonifant Road, Colesville, MD 20905 - 5955
(301) 384-6088
web: www.dctrolley.org

National Park Seminary Historic District
Forest Glen Seminary, 9615 Dewitt Drive #68, Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 589-1715
e-mail: info@saveourseminary.org
web: www.saveourseminary.org/

Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation
Historic Red Brick Courthouse, Room 110
29 Courthouse Square, Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 762-0096
e-mail: info@peerlessrockville.org
web: www.peerlessrockville.org

Sandy Spring Museum
17901 Bentley Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860 - 1001
(301) 774-0022
e-mail: info@sandyspringmuseum.org
web: www.sandyspringmuseum.org

Seneca Schoolhouse Museum
16800 River Road, Poolesville, MD 20837
(301) 407-0777
e-mail: info@historicmedley.org
web: www.historicmedley.org/visit/seneca-schoolhouse/

Stonestreet Museum of 19th-Century Medicine
(on grounds of Beall-Dawson House)
103 West Montgomery Ave., Rockville, MD 20850 - 4212
(301) 762-1492
e-mail: info@montgomeryhistory.org
web: http://montgomeryhistory.org/stonestreet-museum-of-19th-century-medicine/

Weiner Judaic Museum
Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington
6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 881-0100

Woodlawn Manor Museum at Brookeville Academy (formerly Tusculum Farm Living History Museum)
5 High St. (Georgia Ave.), Brookeville, MD 20833
(301) 509-8470
e-mail: woodlawnmanormuseum@comcast.net
web: http://woodlawnmanormuseum.com/

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