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Copyright © 2009 Friends of the Greenbelt Museum, Inc. |
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Greenbelt Museum |
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Resettlement Administration Booklet, 1936 |
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Greenbelt, Maryland is a National Historic Landmark planned community built in 1937 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. Greenbelt was designed as a cooperative garden suburb that would be a model of modern town planning in America. The Greenbelt Museum allows visitors to experience Greenbelt’s beauty and rich history through tours of an historic home, award-winning exhibits, public lectures, educational programs for children, and walking tours of the historic town. Join us for a Holiday Open House! Friday, Dec. 4th from 6pm-9pm come by the Greenbelt Museum's historic house at 10B Crescent Road. Take a free tour of the house decorated for the holidays and shop in the gift shop which will be freshly stocked with new holiday merchandise. For more info., email museum@greenbeltmd.gov or call 301-507-6582. he museum’s historic home is open every Sunday from 1-5pm for guided tours. Experience what life was like for a family of moderate income during the Great Depression. See how FDR’s New Deal administration created a utopian cooperative community that still thrives. Small admission fee. |
