Dinosaur Park Open Houses are a free public program on the first and third Saturday of every month and the second Sunday in the summer. Join us and learn more about fossils, including the dinosaurs who used to call Maryland home.
Join us for a bilingual (Spanish and English) reading of "Avioncito" by May Clerici. After the story, little learners can fold their own paper planes and test them out on our paper plane launcher!
Dinosaur Park Open Houses are a free public program on the first and third Saturday of every month and the second Sunday in the summer. Join us and learn more about fossils, including the dinosaurs who used to call Maryland home.
Please join Annmarie Buckley for a hands-on presentation to learn about herbs for food and medicine, and how women, free and enslaved, used herbs and tea.
Ticket Price: $5/county resident & $7/non-county. Free for children under 12 years old.
Falling can help us learn to soar! Join us for a special reading of "After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again)," by Dan Santat, the inspiring story of Humpty Dumpty’s journey to overcome his fears. After the story, little learners can fold their own...
Join our educators at this hands-on activity table where creativity takes flight! Perfect for budding engineers and aviation enthusiasts, this interactive program allows visitors to design and build their own creations. Whether you’re constructing airplanes, airports, or inventing something entirely new, Saturday STEAM Hour encourages you to...
Experience the thrill of being a combat pilot and walk in the footsteps of those who flew from 1909 to 1970. This tour is led by a military historian clad in authentic, Vietnam War-era flight gear.
Ticket Price: $10/adult, $5 children/students with ID Non-Resident: $13/adult, $7 child/student with ID
Join our educators at this hands-on activity table where creativity takes flight! Perfect for budding engineers and aviation enthusiasts, this interactive program allows visitors to design and build their own creations. Whether you’re constructing airplanes, airports, or inventing something entirely new, Saturday STEAM Hour encourages you to...
Esteemed playwright Psalmayene 24 adapts the groundbreaking historical work, A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War.
Montpelier is honored to present, in collaboration with the Braxton Institute, Dr. Joanne Braxton’s moving photography of her odyssey to Ghana, Ivory Coast, and Senegal.
This lecture explores the often-overlooked contributions of African American soldiers in the Continental Army and reframes the narrative of the Revolutionary War by emphasizing the courage, sacrifice, and significance of African American citizen-soldiers in shaping America’s first...
Close out Trolley Trail Day with an epic museum concert featuring high energy performances and a special one-night collaboration between Laundry World and the College Park Chorale.
What are the differences between revolutions, rebellions, and acts of treason? Join the Surratt Historic Site & Museum as we take a long view of sparking change in American history.
Students will discover the origins of the American flag, from its inception at the dawn of the revolution to the many changes since, and learn about key figures who shaped the symbol of our nation.