January is not just a time to plan for the new year, it's also a time to take a moment to look back on the year that has passed. We put together a short slideshow of highlights from 2025 including Museum programs, visits from campers, and so much more. Less exciting are the hours spent writing newsletters or blog posts or corresponding with potential lecturers and scheduling volunteers, but know that all of that takes place behind the scenes as well! Thank you so much to all

Greenbelt Before Greenbelt: Histories and Mysteries The archeological and historical record documents thousands of years of human presence on the land we now call Greenbelt, most intensely in the past 400 years. This slide talk by historian, Alan Virta, will present a broad overview of the black, white, and Native American people who lived here before the New Deal green town was built and how they made a living off the land, with stories about representative individuals and f

We hope you'll join us for our annual evening open house, Deco the Halls, on Friday, December 5, 7:30-9pm following the city's annual tree lighting. The house glows with vintage holiday decorations and the gift shop is freshly stocked with new merchandise!  Our holiday decor includes items a typical family would have used between roughly 1937-1952 (the era that the Museum primarily interprets) including a vintage table setting, holiday cookie cutters, handmade aprons, greetin

We hope many of you will join us over Labor Day weekend at the Museum. We have a variety of fun events planned! Greenbelt homes....

Community Meeting: Master Preservation Plan for the Hamilton, Walker, and Turner Cemeteries  Wednesday, July 23, 2025, 7pm Purpose:...

Please join us via Zoom on Thursday, July 31 for our quarterly lecture series.  We  are so pleased to welcome speaker Lauren Arrington...

The summer is speeding by, so start thinking about what you'd like to enter into this year's Retro Town Fair! Download the form below or...

Courtesy Danielle Towers .  Artist's talk will take place April 24, 7-8:30pm in the Greenbelt Community Center, Room 112. Exhibit will...

While you're visiting, take a free quick tour of the Museum house to see spring decorations and the start of a small demonstration...

In celebration of Black History Month, the Greenbelt Museum was pleased to present Martha M. Williams  and Nate Cody who discussed the ...

WPA women at the garden. Courtesy Norfolk Botanic Garden In celebration of Black American History Month, the Greenbelt Museum invites you...

Huge thanks to everyone who stopped by our Valentine's Day open house February 2. We had 72 people attend! Most folks took a pledge to...

Join us for Be Our Valentine, a free Museum open house on Sunday, February 2 from 1pm-5pm. Visit for a quick tour and a lighthearted look...

We hope everyone had happy and safe winter holidays over the past month! The Museum's holiday open house, Deco the Halls, took place on...

In honor of Maryland's Emancipation Day, the Greenbelt Black History and Culture Committee (GBHCC) is presenting a panel discussion about...

by Sheila Maffay-Tuthill   The Greenbelt Museum is aglow and decorated for Halloween. Come out for a tour of the festive house at 10-B...

Many thanks to all who participated in the 2024 Retro Town Fair! Below, please find our list of winners! RTF 2024 Winners List Flower...

We hope many of you will join us over Labor Day weekend at the Museum. We have a variety of fun events planned! On Saturday, August 31,...

Greenbelt’s community gardens, part of the design plan from the start, are mostly tucked away at the edges of this historic town, easy to...

The Museum's first Pride Day took place on Sunday, June 23 and we welcomed about 30 visitors over the course of the day! Our guests had...