MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

WASHINGTON COUNTY


[photo, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, City Park, Hagerstown, Maryland] Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, City Park, Hagerstown, Maryland, June 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center
P. O. Box 158
5831 Dunker Church Road, Sharpsburg, MD 21782 - 0158
(301) 432-5124
web: www.nps.gov/anti/index.htm

Barron's C&O Canal Museum
5632 Mose Circle, Sharpsburg, MD 21782
(301) 432-8726
web: www.visitmaryland.org/listing/history-heritage/barrons-co-canal-museum-store

Beaver Creek School Museum
9702 Beaver Creek Church Road, Hagerstown, MD 21740
(closed in 2016)

Boonsborough Museum of History (Doug Bast Collection)
113 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713
(240) 816-0488
e-mail: boonsboroughmoh@gmail.com
web: https://boonsboroughmoh.org/

Bowman House
P. O. Box 213
Boonsboro Historical Society, 323 North Main St., Boonsboro, MD 21713 - 0213
(301) 432-5889
e-mail: info@boonsborohistoricalsociety.org
web: http://boonsborohistoricalsociety.org/bowman-house/

Clear Spring District Historic Association Museums
P. O. Box 211
Clear Spring, MD 21722 - 0211
(301) 842-2342
e-mail: clearspringhistory@gmail.com
e-mail: dwhileshistory@verizon.net

Discovery Station
101 West Washington St., Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 790-0076
e-mail: info@discoverystation.org
web: https://discoverystation.org/

Doleman Black Heritage Museum
33-35 West Washington St., 2nd floor, Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 797-5019
e-mail: info@dolemanblackheritagemuseum.org
web: www.dolemanblackheritagemuseum.org/


[photo, Fort Frederick, Washington County, Maryland] Fort Frederick State Park (includes Civilian Conservation Corps Museum)
11100 Fort Frederick Road, Big Pool, MD 21711
(301) 842-2155
e-mail: fortfrederick.statepark@maryland.gov
web: http://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/western/fortfrederick.aspx


Fort Frederick, Washington County, Maryland, November 2013. Photo by Sarah A. Hanks.


[photo, Geiser-Mason Farm Museum, Smithsburg, Maryland] Geiser-Mason Farm Museum
(behind Town Hall, 21 West Water St.)
22 Newman Lane, Smithsburg, MD 21783
(closed)



Geiser-Mason Farm Museum, Smithsburg, Maryland, January 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


Hagerstown Aviation Museum
18450 Showalter Road, Building 8, Hagerstown MD 21742
(301) 733-8717
e-mail: info@hagerstownaviationmuseum.org
web: www.hagerstownaviationmuseum.org/

Hagerstown Museums
Parks & Recreation Division, 351 North Cleveland Ave., Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 739-8577, ext. 170


[photo, Jonathan Hager House, City Park, Hagerstown, Maryland]

Jonathan Hager House, City Park, Hagerstown, Maryland, August 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


Hagerstown Roundhouse Museum
296 South Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown, MD 21741
(301) 739-4665
e-mail: info@roundhouse.org
web: www.roundhouse.org/

Hancock Museums
Town Hall, 126 West High St., Hancock, MD 21750
(301) 678-5622, (301) 678-7377
e-mail: townclerk@townofhancock.org


[photo, Hancock Museum, Town Hall and Community Center, 126 West High St., Hancock, Maryland]
Hancock Museum
Town Hall, 126 West High St., Hancock, MD 21750
web: www.townofhancock.org/tourism/page/hancock-museum

Hancock Visitor Center
46 West Main St., Hancock, MD 21750
(closed)

Hancock Museum, Town Hall, 126 West High St., Hancock, Maryland, April 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


[photo, Kennedy Farmhouse, 2406 Chestnut Grove Road, Sharpsburg, Maryland]

Kennedy Farmhouse (John Brown's Raid Headquarters)
2406 Chestnut Grove Road, Sharpsburg, MD 21782
web: https://johnbrown.org/
(closed for renovation)

Kennedy Farmhouse, 2406 Chestnut Grove Road, Sharpsburg, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


Mansion House Art Gallery
Valley Art Association, 480 Highland Ave., Hagerstown City Park, Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 797-2867
web: www.valleyartassoc.com/?page=mansion_house
[photo, Miller House, 135 West Washington St., Hagerstown, Maryland]

Miller House Museum
Washington County Historical Society, 135 West Washington St., Hagerstown, MD 21740
(301) 797-8782
e-mail: info@washcohistory.org
web: https://washcohistory.org/miller-house/

Miller House, 135 West Washington St., Hagerstown, Maryland, June 2004. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


National Road Heritage Foundation Museums
P. O. Box 71
Boonsboro, MD 21713 - 0071
e-mail: info@thehistoricnationalroad.org
web: https://nationalrdfoundation.org/


[photo, National Road Museum, 214 North Main St., Boonsboro, Maryland]

National Road Museum, 214 North Main St., Boonsboro, Maryland, October 2019. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


Newcomer House (includes Heart of Civil War Heritage Area Exhibit & Visitor Center)
Antietam National Battlefield, 18422 Shepherdstown Pike, Keedysville, MD 21756
(301) 432-6402, (240) 608-5177
e-mail: info@heartofthecivilwar.org
web: www.heartofthecivilwar.org/newcomer-house

Pry House Field Hospital Museum
18906 Shepherdstown Pike, Keedysville, MD 21756
(301) 432-6352, (301) 416-2395; fax: (301) 695-6823
web: www.civilwarmed.org/pry/plan/

Sharpsburgh Museum of History (formerly Sharpsburg Heritage Museum)
P. O. Box 368
Town Hall, 106 East Main St., 2nd floor, Sharpsburg, MD 21782 - 0368
(301) 800-6877
e-mail: loveshistory.1866@gmail.com
web: https://sharpsburgmd.com/sharpsburgh-museum-of-history/

Smithsburg Town Museum
20 East Water St., Smithsburg, MD 21783 - 0403

Tolson's Chapel
P.O. Box 162
111 East High St., Sharpsburg, MD 21782 - 0162
e-mail: tolsons.chapel@gmail.com
web: www.tolsonschapel.org/

Train Room Museum
360 South Burhans Blvd., Hagerstown, MD 21740
(closed in July 2019)

Washington County Museum of Fine Arts
401 Museum Drive, Hagerstown City Park, Hagerstown, MD 21741
(301) 739-5727
e-mail: info@wcmfa.org
web: http://wcmfa.org/

Washington County Rural Heritage Museum
Agricultural Education Center, 7313 Sharpsburg Pike (Route 65), Boonsboro, MD 21713
(240) 420-1714
web: www.ruralheritagemuseum.org/

Washington Monument Museum
Washington Monument State Park, 6620 Zittlestown Road, Middletown, MD 21769
(301) 791-4767
web: https://dnr.maryland.gov/publiclands/Pages/western/Washington/History-Washington.aspx

Williamsport History Museum
Springfield Farm Tenant House, 12 Springfield Lane, Williamsport, MD 21795
e-mail: wmspthistory@gmail.com
web: https://wmspthistory.org/town-museum-of-williamsport

Wilson Village (General Store & One-Room Schoolhouse)
14921 Rufus Wilson Road, Clear Spring, MD 21722
(301) 582-4718
e-mail: bonniemills@myactv.net

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