Thursday, February 24, 7:30pm We are delighted to welcome back Lawana Holland-Moore, Program Officer at the National Trust for Historic...

Today, February 1 marks the start of Black History Month. This year, the Museum plans to amplify Black voices. Through our blog we will...

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s immense legacy is is acknowledged with a national holiday this Monday. The National Trust for Historic...

Two local cultural organizations are celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with upcoming events. The first is this Saturday, October 2,...

National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated each year from September 15 through October 15.* It celebrates "the histories, cultures...

We hope you'll join us for one of our favorite annual events - Retro Town Fair! On Sunday, September 5 of Labor Day Weekend, we invite...

On July 15, the Museum hosted a virtual event exploring Greenbelt, Maryland's Pride movement. We interviewed a founder of GreenBeLT...

When the federal government built defense housing at the planned community of Greenbelt, Maryland, it ended up with a town divided into...

Juneteenth, a combination of the words June and nineteenth, is a holiday that celebrates freedom from slavery in the United States. Many...

On June 6, the Greenbelt Museum hosted a virtual panel talk that explored how the New Deal transformed the greater Washington area...

Just a few miles down the road from Greenbelt at the University of Maryland in College Park, there exists a rich history of connection...

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI). As award-winning Asian American educator Elizabeth Kleinroc stated in an article she...

Earth Day’s origins can be traced back to peace activist John McConnell. Attending a UNESCO conference in San Francisco in 1969, he...

In the November 16, 1939, issue of the Greenbelt Cooperator, a short editorial statement appeared (see above). The statement was...

Did you know that our modern-day ironing board was invented by a Black woman who'd been born in 1832 to enslaved parents in North...

Did you have a chance to see Regina Shaw Small's Black History Artifacts Pop-up Museum that was on display in the Greenbelt Community...

Desegregating Greenbelt: Family Histories of the Community's First Black Residents is a Black History Month program offered by the...

In the 1930s, '40s and '50s, in a segregated Prince George’s County, local Black communities developed and supported their own...

We are watching the inspirational journey of the Mars rover today. Good luck, Perseverance! Black History at our neighbor, NASA Goddard,...

Watch this short film about African Americans and the Great Depression. To learn more about why FDR didn't support anti-lynching laws,...