Greenbelt Museum's historic house, 10B Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770

Sunday Tours

Current Museum schedule: The Greenbelt Museum will be closed on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012. We will resume regular Sunday hours on April 15.

Open Sundays from 1-5pm

The Greenbelt Museum’s historic house, located at 10B Crescent Road, is open for docent-led tours on Sundays from 1-5pm, please see schedule above for latest information. No reservations are required, but we do recommend that you arrive no later than 4:30pm. For group tours, please see information below. For an idea of what you’ll see on the tour, check out this mini-tour which was made by Bailey Henneberg for Patch.com:
http://greenbelt.patch.com/articles/greenbelt-museum-offers-a-walk-through-our-history#video-4750642

Interior of the Greenbelt Museum's historic house at 10B Crescent which features specially designed furniture.

The house has been restored and furnished with objects from the period of 1936-1952.  The furniture on display was designed by the Resettlement Administration’s Special Skills Division and made available to early Greenbelt residents.  The home also includes objects associated with everyday life of a middle-class family during these years such as Fiesta ware, depression glass, kitchen utensils, children’s toys, clothes, and linens.  Tours of the house provide visitors with a view of home life for ordinary Americans of modest means during the Great Depression and World War II.

 The museum house is open every Sunday from 1-5pm for tours. $3.00 General Admission, $2.00 Adults 55 and older, $1.00 Children under 12. FOGM members admitted free!

If you are visiting Greenbelt when the Museum house is not scheduled to be open, see below for information about booking tours, or take a self-guided walking tour  by downloading our Historic Greenbelt Walking Tour Trail Guide – Routes and Info. To access the corresponding map, click on the image below, or click here Historic Greenbelt Walking Tour Trail Guide map 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Group Walking Tours & Scheduled House Tours

Greenbelt Community Center, 15 Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770

Group tours are welcome!  The Greenbelt Museum is happy to schedule group walking tours (minimum of 5 people preferred) of the historic community throughout the week, as well as tours of our historic home on days other than Sundays.  We ask that you schedule your tour at least two weeks in advance by contacting our Education/Volunteer Coordinator, Sheila Maffay-Tuthill at greenbeltmuseumedu@gmail.com or 240-542-2064.

Your visit will begin at the Community Center with a 10-minute film about the history of Greenbelt. The tour includes a 30 to 45-minute outdoor walking tour, a visit to the Museum’s historic home furnished with artifacts from the everyday life of the Great Depression and World War II (including  a gift shop), and an optional visit to an interpretive exhibit in the Community Center (if available). Groups larger than 10 people will be divided into smaller groups.  Because the tour does involve some walking outdoors, if there is anyone in your group who is not ambulatory or is not able to walk 1/2 mile, please notify the museum as soon as possible, for alternative tour arrangements. Walking tours are conducted in all weather conditions except thunderstorms. Please remind participants to dress appropriately for the weather. The cost of the tour is $5/person, due on the tour date. If you require an invoice, please contact staff in advance. Free parking is available at the Community Center. Busses may park behind the Greenbelt Public Library.

Visitors at Museum house

Walking tours may be scheduled from 10am-5pm any day of the week, but we do ask that you schedule your tour 2 weeks in advance. The historic house is open for guided tours on Sundays from 1pm-5pm, and by special appointment at other times. The Community Center Exhibit Gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 9am-9pm and Sunday from 9am-7pm. To schedule a tour or make further inquiries, please call Sheila Maffay-Tuthill, Education/Volunteer Coordinator at 240-542-2064, or e-mail greenbeltmuseumedu@gmail.com.

 

 

 

Dining and facilities

Roosevelt Center, Historic Greenbelt’s small commercial area, provides several options for dining including the New Deal Cafe, a cooperatively owned business; Beijing, a Chinese restaurant; Generous Joe’s Deli; and Chef Lou’s Desserts. The town center also boasts a large screen movie theater (still in operation) and the Greenbelt Co-op Grocery Store, another cooperatively run business. Restroom facilities are available in the Community Center.

Self-Guided Walking Tours

Historic Greenbelt Walking Tour Trail Guide Routes and Info

Historic Greenbelt Walking Tour Trail Guide map

Getting Here

Greenbelt, Maryland is located approximately 15 miles outside of Washington, D.C. and is a stop on the WMATA Metrorail system http://www.wmata.com/ though bus service from the station to historic Greenbelt is severely limited on Sundays when the Museum is normally open.  The Greenbelt Museum’s historic house is located at 10B Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770. If driving, from the Capital Beltway, (495) heading South toward Richmond, take exit 23, turn left onto northbound Kenilworth Ave. (MD Route 201), turn right onto Crescent Road and proceed to 15 Crescent Road, the Greenbelt Community Center, where there is plenty of free parking. From the Beltway (495) heading North toward Baltimore, take exit 23, turn right onto northbound Kenilworth Ave. (MD Route 201), turn right onto Crescent Road and proceed to 15 Crescent Road. For directions from other points, click here http://greenbeltmuseum.org/about/