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Lecture Series: Iconic Communities
Greenbelt Museum Staff
  • Jan 20, 2020
  • 1 min

Lecture Series: Iconic Communities

Greenbelt scholars Mary Corbin Sies and Isabelle Gournay (along with Robert Freestone), are the editors of the new book Iconic Planned...
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Greenbelt School Building Wayside Panel
Greenbelt Museum Staff
  • Jun 6, 2019
  • 1 min

Greenbelt School Building Wayside Panel

Unveiled on June 1, the City of Greenbelt's newest wayside panel is now up! The Greenbelt Museum was instrumental in the creation of a...
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"The City" Screening & Walking Tour
Greenbelt Museum Staff
  • Aug 7, 2018
  • 1 min

"The City" Screening & Walking Tour

This past Sunday, August 5, the Greenbelt Museum partnered with the Old Greenbelt Theatre for a special screening of the 1939 documentary...
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Preservation Month: Parkbelt Homes
Lawana Holland-Moore, Greenbelt Museum Staff
  • May 25, 2018
  • 1 min

Preservation Month: Parkbelt Homes

For our last post for Preservation Month, let's take a look at Parkbelt Homes! In 1938, General Houses of Chicago built 10 experimental...
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Preservation Month: Greenbelt's Civic & Commercial Buildings
Lawana Holland-Moore, Greenbelt Museum Staff
  • May 11, 2018
  • 1 min

Preservation Month: Greenbelt's Civic & Commercial Buildings

Let's look at the buildings of Greenbelt, Maryland's historic civic and commercial core! First up is the Community Center, completed in...
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Preservation Month: Greenbelt's Housing
Lawana Holland-Moore, Greenbelt Museum Staff
  • May 5, 2018
  • 1 min

Preservation Month: Greenbelt's Housing

The month of May is Historic Preservation Month! Let's talk about the types of homes in historic #Greenbelt, Maryland! The original 1937...
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Museum Week: Kids
Lawana Holland-Moore, Greenbelt Museum Staff
  • Apr 28, 2018
  • 1 min

Museum Week: Kids

The Greenbelt Museum Historic House is GREAT for kids! We're actually hands on! No ropes! Whether it is dressing up, doing activities...
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Museum Week: Heritage
Lawana Holland-Moore, Greenbelt Museum Staff
  • Apr 26, 2018
  • 1 min

Museum Week: Heritage

Greenbelt, Maryland was a planned community with cooperative businesses such as a food store, gas station, barber shop and theater. Its...
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Historic House

 

10B Crescent Rd.

Greenbelt, MD 20770

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Admission $5 or under

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Exhibition Gallery

 

Lenore Thomas Straus Exhibit

Greenbelt Community Center

15 Crescent Rd. 

Greenbelt, MD 20770

Open M-Sat 9am-10pm, 

Sundays 10am-7pm

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The strength of Greenbelt is diverse people living together in a spirit of cooperation. We celebrate all people. By sharing together all are enriched. We strive to be a respectful, welcoming community that is open, accessible, safe and fair.

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