Planned Communities

Jan 20, 20201 min read

Lecture Series: Iconic Communities

Greenbelt scholars Mary Corbin Sies and Isabelle Gournay (along with Robert Freestone), are the editors of the new book Iconic Planned...

Jul 24, 20191 min read

Radical Suburbs Lecture

As part of our 2019 Lecture Series, on July 18 the Greenbelt Museum presented a lecture and book signing by Amanda Kolson Hurley, author...

Aug 7, 20181 min read

"The City" Screening & Walking Tour

This past Sunday, August 5, the Greenbelt Museum partnered with the Old Greenbelt Theatre for a special screening of the 1939 documentary...

Mar 16, 20181 min read

Women's History Month: Catherine Bauer

As part of on ongoing celebration of Women's History Month and the women who have been important to Greenbelt's history, let's talk about...

Mar 9, 20181 min read

Women's History Month: Eleanor Roosevelt

For Women's History Month, let's talk about the women who have been important to the history of Greenbelt, Maryland! Let's start with...

Feb 16, 20181 min read

African American History Month: Rossville Rural Development Homesteads

This c. 1937 Lenore Thomas Straus photograph is of African American laborers at what is now the Community Center. Her "Promote the...

Feb 9, 20181 min read

Black History Month: Aberdeen Gardens

Another African American New Deal community in the mid-Atlantic region is Aberdeen Gardens in Hampton, VA. It was originally named...

Feb 2, 20181 min read

African American History Month: Langston Terrace Dwellings

Did you know that there are African American New Deal communities in our region too? Let's learn more about the Langston Terrace...