MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Bender Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington Museums
6125 Montrose Road, Rockville, MD 20852
(301) 881-0100

Goldman Art Gallery
web: www.benderjccgw.org/arts-culture-jewish-life/goldman-art-gallery/

Weiner Judaic Museum

Boyds Negro Schoolhouse (1896-1936)
P. O. Box 161
19510 White Ground Road, Boyds, MD 20841 - 0161
e-mail: info@boydshistory.org
web: www.boydshistory.org/bns/

Button Farm Living History Center
The Menare Foundation, Inc., 16820 Black Rock Road, Germantown, MD 20874
(202) 903-4140
e-mail: info@buttonfarm.org
web: http://buttonfarm.org/

Clara Barton National Historic Site (founder of American Red Cross)
5801 Oxford Road, Glen Echo, MD 20812 - 1201
(301) 320-1410
web: www.nps.gov/clba/index.htm

mailing address: Superintendent, c/o Turkey Run Park, 700 George Washington Memorial Parkway, McLean, VA 22101

Damascus Heritage Society Museum
9701 Main St., Damascus, MD 20872
(301) 253-2014
web: https://dhsm.org/

Dr. Gene R. Alston Memorial Camp Museum
Peach Orchard Christian Retreat Center and Campgrounds, 15712 Peach Orchard Road, Silver Spring, MD 20905
(301) 384-3305
e-mail: peachorchardretreat@yahoo.com
web: www.peachorchardcamp.com/

Gaithersburg Community Museum (includes Freight House, History Park & Rolling Stock)
9 South Summit Ave., Gaithersburg, MD 20877 - 2038
(301) 258-6160
e-mail: museum@gaithersburgmd.gov
web: www.gaithersburgmd.gov/about-us/city-facilities/gaithersburg-community-museum

Gaithersburg - Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Department Fire Museum
13 East Diamond Ave., Gaithersburg, MD 20877
(301) 646-1222
e-mail: info@gwgvfd.org
web: www.gwgvfd.org/content/museum/

mailing address: P. O. Box 2748, Gaithersburg, MD 20886 - 2748

George Meany Memorial AFL-CIO Archive (labor history)
Special Collections & University Archives
Hornbake Library, Room 1202, University of Maryland, College Park, 4130 Campus Drive, College Park, MD 20742 - 7011
(301) 405-9212
e-mail: askhornbake@umd.edu
web: www.lib.umd.edu/collections/special/labor

Glen Echo Park (early amusement park exhibits)
7300 MacArthur Blvd., Glen Echo, MD 20812 - 1201
(301) 320-1400
web: www.nps.gov/glec/index.htm

mailing address: Superintendent, c/o Turkey Run Park, 700 George Washington Memorial Parkway, McLean, VA 22101

Glenstone Art Museum
12100 Glen Road, Potomac, MD 20854
(301) 983-5001
e-mail: info@glenstone.org
web: www.glenstone.org/

Glenview Mansion
Rockville Civic Center Park, 603 Edmonston Drive, Rockville, MD 20851
(240) 314-8660
e-mail: glenview@rockvillemd.gov
web: www.rockvillemd.gov/389/Glenview-Mansion

Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center (1828-1924)
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, 11710 MacArthur Blvd., Potomac, MD 20854 - 1659
(301) 739-4200
web: www.nps.gov/choh/planyourvisit/greatfallstavernvisitorcenter.htm

Historic Medley District Museums
P. O. Box 232, Poolesville, MD 20837 - 0232
(301) 407-0777
e-mail: info@historicmedley.org
web: https://www.historicmedley.org/

John Poole House & General Store Museum (18th-century log building)
19923 Fisher Ave., Poolesville, MD 20837
web: www.historicmedley.org/visit/john-poole-house/


Old Town Hall Bank Museum & Exhibit Hall
19933 Fisher Ave., Poolesville, MD 20837
web: www.historicmedley.org/visit/town-hall/

Seneca Schoolhouse Museum
16800 River Road, Poolesville, MD 20837
web: www.historicmedley.org/visit/seneca-schoolhouse/

Hyattsville Mill
Hyattstown Mill Arts Project, 14920 Hyattstown Mill Road, Hyattstown, MD 20871
e-mail: bd@hyattstownmill.org
web: www.hyattstownmill.org/index.htm

Josiah Henson Museum & Park (part of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom)
11410 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, MD 20852
(301) 765-8790
e-mail: hensonprograms@montgomeryparks.org
web: www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/josiah-henson-park/

Josiah Henson Site, 11420 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, Maryland, May 2010. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Latvian Museum
Latvian Lutheran Church, 400 Hurley Ave., Rockville, MD 20850 - 3121
(301) 340-8174
e-mail: museum@alausa.org
web: https://alausa.org/en/our-work/latvian-museums-in-the-u-s/
(open by appointment)

Log wall structure, Josiah Henson Site, 11420 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, Maryland, May 2010. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

Black Hill Discovery Center (in Black Hill Regional Park)
20926 Lake Ridge Drive, Boyds, MD 20841
(301) 528-3480
web: www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/black-hill-nature-programs/

Brookside Nature Center (in Wheaton Regional Park)
1400 Glenallen Ave., Wheaton, MD 20902
(301) 962-1480
e-mail: mcp-brooksidenc@montgomeryparks.org
web: www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/brookside-nature-center/


Locust Grove Nature Center (in Cabin John Regional Park)
7777 Democracy Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20817
(301) 765-8660
e-mail: mcp-locustgrove@montgomeryparks.org
web: www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/cabin-john-regional-park/locust-grove-nature-center/

Meadowside Nature Center (in Rock Creek Regional Park)
5100 Meadowside Lane, Rockville, MD 20855
(301) 258-4030
e-mail: meadowside@montgomeryparks.org
web: www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/rock-creek-regional-park/meadowside-nature-center/
(closed for renovation)

Montgomery County Historical Society Museums
111 West Montgomery Ave., Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 340-2825
e-mail: info@montgomeryhistory.org
web: https://montgomeryhistory.org/visit/

Beall-Dawson House
103 West Montgomery Ave., Rockville, MD 20850 - 4212
web: https://montgomeryhistory.org/the-beall-dawson-house/
(closed for conservation)

Stonestreet Museum of 19th-Century Medicine (on grounds of Beall-Dawson House)
103 West Montgomery Ave., Rockville, MD 20850 - 4212
e-mail: stonestreet@montgomeryhistory.org
web: https://montgomeryhistory.org/exhibit/stonestreet-museum-of-19th-century-medicine/
(open by appointment)

Museum of Banking History
19330 Mateny Hill Road, Germantown, MD 20874
(301) 972-2707
e-mail: germantownmdhistory@gmail.com
web: https://germantownmdhistory.org/museum-of-banking-history
(under development)

mailing address: Germantown Historical Society, Inc., P. O. Box 475, Germantown, MD 20875 - 0475

National Capital Trolley Museum
1313 Bonifant Road, Colesville, MD 20905 - 5955
(301) 384-6352
e-mail: contact@dctrolley.org
web: www.dctrolley.org/

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Museums
9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892

DeWitt Stetten, Jr. Museum of Medical Research
Office of NIH History & Stetten Museum, 1 Cloister Court, Mary Woodard Lasker Center for Health Research and Education (Building 60), Suite 230, Bethesda, MD 20814 - 1460
(301) 496-6610
e-mail: history@nih.gov
web: https://history.nih.gov/collections/objects/ (exhibits & displays located across Bethesda campus; archives open by appt.)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Visitor Center & Nobel Laureate Exhibit Hall
Natcher Building (Building 45) Lobby, 9000 Rockville Pike, Room 1AS-13, Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 496-1776
web: www.nih.gov/about-nih/visitor-information/nih-visitor-center-nobel-laureate-exhibit-hall

National Museum of Health & Medicine
2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 319-3300
e-mail: USArmy.Detrick.MEDCOM-USAMRMC.List.Medical-Museum@mail.mil
web: https://medicalmuseum.health.mil/

National Park Seminary Historic District
Save Our Seminary at Forest Glen, 9615 Dewitt Drive #68, Silver Spring, MD 20910
(301) 589-1715
e-mail: info@saveourseminary.org
web: www.saveourseminary.org/

Oakley Cabin African American Museum & Park
3610 Brookeville Road, Olney, MD 20832
(301) 650-4373
e-mail: info@montgomeryparks.org
web: https://montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/oakley-cabin-african-american-museum-park/

Peerless Rockville Historic Preservation
Historic Red Brick Courthouse, Room 110
29 Courthouse Square, Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 762-0096
e-mail: info@peerlessrockville.org
web: www.peerlessrockville.org/
(open by appointment)

mailing address: P. O. Box 4262, Rockville, MD 20849 - 4262

Ratner Museum
10001 Old Georgetown Road, Bethesda, MD 20814
(301) 897-1518
web: www.visitmaryland.org/listing/visual-arts/ratner-museum

Sandy Spring Museum
17901 Bentley Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860 - 1001
(301) 774-0022
e-mail: info@sandyspringmuseum.com
web: www.sandyspringmuseum.org/

Sandy Spring Slave Museum & African Art Gallery
18524 Brooke Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860
(301) 774-4066
e-mail: sssm.contact@gmail.com
web: www.sandyspringslavemuseum.org/

Warren Historic Site (includes African American church, school, & hall)
22625 Whites Ferry Road, Dickerson, MD 20842
e-mail: info@warrenhistoricsite.org
web: https://warrenhistoricsite.org/
(open to public for special events)

Woodend Nature Sanctuary
Nature Forward Headquarters, 8940 Jones Mill Road, Chevy Chase, MD 20815
(301) 652-9188
e-mail: contact@natureforward.org
web: https://natureforward.org/visit/

Woodlawn Manor Cultural Park (Woodlawn Manor House, Woodlawn Museum, & Underground Railroad Experience Trail Hikes)
16501 Norwood Road, Sandy Spring, MD 20860
(301) 929-5989
e-mail: mcp-woodlawnprograms@montgomeryparks.org
web: www.montgomeryparks.org/parks-and-trails/woodlawn-manor-cultural-park/

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