MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

Darnall's Chance, 14800 Gov. Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, October 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt

Battle of Bladensburg Visitor Center
4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg, MD 20710
(closed in 2019)

Billingsley Historic Site
6900 Green Landing Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
(301) 627-0730
e-mail: billingsley@pgparks.com
web: www.pgparks.com/facilities/billingsley-historic-site-historic-site

Bowie Museums
Belair Mansion, 12207 Tulip Grove Dr., Bowie, MD 20715
(301) 809-3089
e-mail: sproctor@cityofbowie.org
web: https://www.cityofbowie.org/106/Museums

Belair Mansion
12207 Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie, MD 20715 - 2340
web: www.cityofbowie.org/288/Belair-Mansion

Belair Stable Museum
2835 Belair Drive, Bowie, MD 20715 - 2340
web: www.cityofbowie.org/289/Belair-Stable-Museum

Bowie Railroad Museum
8614 Chestnut Ave., Bowie, MD 20715 - 3732
(301) 832-7126
web: www.cityofbowie.org/293/Bowie-Railroad-Museum

Brentwood Arts Exchange (part of Gateway Arts Center)
3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood, MD 20722
(301) 277-2863
e-mail: brentwoodarts@pgparks.com
web: www.pgparks.com/facilities/brentwood-arts-exchange

College Park Aviation Museum
College Park Airport, 1985 Corporal Frank Scott Drive, College Park, MD 20740
(301) 864-6029
e-mail: collegeparkaviation@pgparks.com
web: www.pgparks.com/facilities/college-park-aviation-museum

Columbia Air Center
16000 Croom Airport Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
(301) 627-6074; fax: (301) 952-9754
(interpretive signs & map only)

Darnall's Chance, 14800 Gov. Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, October 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt

Dorsey Chapel
10704 Brookland Road, Glenn Dale, MD 20769
(240) 264-3415
e-mail: dorseychapel@pgparks.com
web: https://www.pgparks.com/facilities/dorsey-chapel-historic-site
(open by appointment)

Fort Washington Park
13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744 - 7044
(771) 208-1555
web: www.nps.gov/fowa/index.htm

Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center
ICESat Road (9432 Greenbelt Road), Greenbelt, MD 20771 - 2400
(301) 286-8981, (301) 286-3978
e-mail: gsfc-visitorcenter@mail.nasa.gov
web: www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/visitor/home/index.html

mailing address: Public Inquiries, Mail Code 130, Greenbelt, MD 20771

Greenbelt Museum
10B Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770
(301) 507-6582
e-mail: info@greenbeltmuseum.org
web: www.greenbeltmuseum.org/

Lenore Thomas Straus Exhibit
Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770

John Wayne Museum
6860 Race Track Road, Bowie, MD 20715
(closed in Jan. 2015)

Laurel Museum
Laurel Historical Society, 817 Main St., Laurel, MD 20707
(301) 725-7975
e-mail: info@laurelhistoricalsociety.com
web: www.laurelhistoricalsociety.org/

Marietta House Museum (U.S. Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Duvall)
5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, MD 20769
(301) 464-5291
e-mail: mariettahouse@pgparks.com
web: www.pgparks.com/facilities/marietta-house-museum

Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (Prince George's County)
(two nature centers provide natural history programs & exhibits)
Department of Parks & Recreation, 6600 Kenilworth Ave., Riverdale, MD 20737
(301) 699-2255
e-mail: customerservice@pgparks.com
web: www.mncppc.org/

Clearwater Nature Center (in Cosca Regional Park)
11000 Thrift Road, Clinton, MD 20735
(301) 297-4575
e-mail: clearwaternaturecenter@pgparks.com
web: https://pgparks.com/facilities/clearwater-nature-center


Watkins Nature Center (in Watkins Regional Park)
301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
(301) 218-6702
e-mail: watkinsnaturecenter@pgparks.com
web: www.pgparks.com/facilities/watkins-nature-center

Montpelier House Museum
9650 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, MD 20708
(301) 377-7817
e-mail: montpeliermansion@pgparks.com
web: www.pgparks.com/facilities/montpelier-house-museum

Mount Calvert Historical & Archaeological Park
16801 Mount Calvert Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
(301) 627-1286
e-mail: archaeology@pgparks.com
web: www.pgparks.com/facilities/mount-calvert-historic-site
(closed for renovations)

National Capital Radio & Television Museum
2608 Mitchellville Road, Bowie, MD 20716
(301) 390-1020
e-mail: info@ncrtv.org
web: https://ncrtv.org/

National Children's Museum
web: http://nationalchildrensmuseum.org/
(moved in Nov. 2019 to 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC)

Red Devon Cattle, National Colonial Farm Museum, Accokeek, Maryland, May 2011. Photo by Diane F. Evartt

Newton White Mansion
2708 Enterprise Road, Mitchellville, MD 20721
(301) 249-2004
e-mail: newtonwhitemansion@pgparks.com
web: /www.pgparks.com/facilities/newton-white-mansion

Northampton Slave Quarters & Archaeological Park
10915 Water Port Court, Bowie, MD 20721
(301) 627-1286

Nottingham School
17410 Nottingham Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
(301) 464-5291

Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
6411 Oxon Hill Road (Bald Eagle Road), Oxon Hill, MD 20745 - 1100
(771) 208-1536
web: www.nps.gov/oxhi/index.htm

Patuxent Research Refuge
web: www.fws.gov/refuge/Patuxent/

National Wildlife Visitor Center - South Tract
10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD 20708 - 4036
(301) 497-5772


Visitor Contact Station - North Tract
230 Bald Eagle Drive, Laurel, MD 20724
(301) 497-5770

W. Henry Duvall Tool Museum, Patuxent River Park, 16000 Croom Airport Road, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, April 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt