About

Greenbelt, Maryland is a National Historic Landmark planned community built in 1937 as part of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal. Greenbelt was designed as a cooperative garden suburb that would be a model of modern town planning in America.

The Greenbelt Museum allows visitors to experience Greenbelt’s beauty and rich history through tours of an historic home, award-winning exhibits, public lectures, educational programs for children, and walking tours of the historic town.  

The Greenbelt Museum’s historic house is open for tours on Sundays from 1pm to 5pm except for major holidays. The Museum is open by appointment only in January. For more information on tours, please click here http://greenbeltmuseum.org/tours/

Current Museum schedule:

December 11, 2012  Open 1-5pm

December 18 Open 1-5pm

December 25 CLOSED

January 1 CLOSED

January 8 Open 1-5pm in conjunction with City of Greenbelt Recreation Department Artful Afternoon & 75th Anniversary Year Kick-Off

January 15, 22, 29 Open by appointment only. Regular Sunday hours resume in February 2012. We apologize for any inconvenience.

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Mission

We are a community museum that provides gateways to the New Deal history and living legacy of Greenbelt, Maryland. The Greenbelt Museum inspires residents, students and visitors to explore this planned cooperative community.

Vision

We envision a cooperative society that is inspired and empowered by its awareness of history and uses its knowledge of the past to shape the future.