MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

MUSEUMS

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY

mailing address: Department of Parks & Recreation, Natural & Historical Resources Division, 6600 Kenilworth Ave., Riverdale, MD 20737

Darnall's Chance, 14800 Gov. Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, October 2006. Photo by Diane F. Evartt

Battle of Bladensburg Visitor Center
4601 Annapolis Road, Bladensburg, MD 20710
(301) 627-2270
web: www.pgparks.com/3054/Battle-of-Bladensburg-Visitor-Center
(closed 2019)

Belair Mansion
12207 Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie, MD 20715 - 2340
(301) 809-3089
e-mail: sproctor@cityofbowie.org
web: www.cityofbowie.org/288/Belair-Mansion

Belair Stable Museum
2835 Belair Drive, Bowie, MD 20715 - 2340
(301) 809-3089
e-mail: sproctor@cityofbowie.org
web: www.cityofbowie.org/289/Belair-Stable-Museum

Billingsley House Museum
6900 Green Landing Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
(301) 627-0730; fax: (301) 627-7085
e-mail: billingsley@pgparks.com
web: www.pgparks.com/3024/Billingsley-House

Bowie Railroad Museum
8614 Chestnut Ave., Bowie, MD 20715 - 3732
(301) 809-3089; (240) 544-5677
e-mail: sproctor@cityofbowie.org
web: www.cityofbowie.org/293/Bowie-Railroad-Museum

Brentwood Arts Exchange (part of Gateway Arts Center)
3901 Rhode Island Ave., Brentwood, MD 20722
(301) 277-2863
e-mail: pgp-brentwood-arts@pgparks.com
web: http://arts.pgparks.com/1782/Brentwood-Arts-Exchange

College Park Aviation Museum
College Park Airport, 1985 Corporal Frank Scott Drive, College Park, MD 20740
(301) 864-6029; fax: (301) 927-6472
e-mail: aviationmuseum@pgparks.com
web: www.collegeparkaviationmuseum.com/1594/About-the-Museum

Columbia Air Center
16000 Croom Airport Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
(301) 627-6074
web: www.pgparks.com/3053/Columbia-Air-Center

Darnall's Chance, 14800 Gov. Oden Bowie Drive, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, October 2007. Photo by Diane F. Evartt

Dorsey Chapel
10704 Brookland Road, Glenn Dale, MD 20769
(240) 264-3415
e-mail: blackhistory@pgparks.com
web: www.pgparks.com/3047/Dorsey-Chapel
(open by appointment)

Fort Washington Park
13551 Fort Washington Road, Fort Washington, MD 20744 - 7044
(301) 763-4600; fax: (301) 763-1389
web: www.nps.gov/fowa/index.htm

Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center
ICESat Road, Greenbelt, MD 20771 - 2400
(301) 286-8981
e-mail: catherine.maynard@nasa.gov
web: www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/visitor/home/index.html

mailing address: 8800 Greenbelt Road - Code 130, Greenbelt, MD 20771

Greenbelt Museum
10B Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 20770
(301) 507-6582
e-mail: info@greenbeltmuseum.org
web: www.greenbeltmuseum.org/

John Wayne Museum
6860 Race Track Road, Bowie, MD 20715
(301) 526-3481
(closed in Jan. 2015)

Laurel Museum
Laurel Historical Society, 817 Main St., Laurel, MD 20707
(301) 725-7975
e-mail: info@laurelhistoricalsociety.com
web: www.laurelhistoricalsociety.org/

Marietta House Museum (U.S. Supreme Court Justice Gabriel Duvall)
5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, MD 20769
(301) 464-5291; fax: (301) 464-5654
web: www.pgparks.com/3072/Marietta-House-Museum

Maryland-National Capital Park & Planning Commission (Prince George's County)
(two nature centers provide natural history programs & exhibits)
Department of Parks & Recreation, 6600 Kenilworth Ave., Riverdale, MD 20737
(301) 699-2255
e-mail: customerservice@pgparks.com
web: www.mncppc.org/

Clearwater Nature Center (in Cosca Regional Park)
11000 Thrift Road, Clinton, MD 20735
(301) 297-4575
web: www.pgparks.com/Facilities/Facility/Details/-230

Watkins Nature Center (in Watkins Regional Park)
301 Watkins Park Drive, Upper Marlboro, MD 20774
(301) 218-6702
web: www.pgparks.com/Facilities/Facility/Details/-252

Montpelier Mansion
9650 Muirkirk Road, Laurel, MD 20708
(301) 377-7817; fax: (301) 377-7818
e-mail: montpeliermansion@pgparks.com
web: www.pgparks.com/3044/Montpelier-Mansion-Historic-Site

Mount Calvert Historical & Archaeological Park
16801 Mount Calvert Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
(301) 627-1286
web: www.pgparks.com/3007/Mount-Calvert-Historical-Archaeological-

National Capital Radio & Television Museum
2608 Mitchellville Road, Bowie, MD 20716
(301) 390-1020
e-mail: info@ncrtv.org
web: https://ncrtv.org/

National Children's Museum
web: http://nationalchildrensmuseum.org/
(reopening Nov. 2019 at Ronald Reagan Building & International Trade Center, 1300 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, DC)

Red Devon Cattle, National Colonial Farm Museum, Accokeek, Maryland, May 2011. Photo by Diane F. Evartt

Newton White Mansion
2708 Enterprise Road, Mitchellville, MD 20721
(301) 249-2004; fax (301) 249-8009
e-mail: newton.white@pgparks.com
web: www.pgparks.com/3008/Newton-White-Mansion

Northhampton Slave Quarters Archaeological Site
10915 Water Port Court, Bowie, MD 20721
(301) 627-1286
web: www.pgparks.com/3009/Northampton-Plantation-Slave-Quarters

Nottingham School
17410 Nottingham Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772
(301) 464-5291
web: www.pgparks.com/3015/Nottingham-School

Oxon Cove Park & Oxon Hill Farm
6411 Oxon Hill Road, Oxon Hill, MD 20745 - 1100
(301) 839-1176; fax: (301) 567-8050
web: www.nps.gov/oxhi/index.htm

mailing address: National Capital Parks - East / Oxon Cove Park, 1900 Anacostia Drive, SE, Washington, DC 20020

Patuxent Research Refuge
web: www.fws.gov/refuge/Patuxent/

National Wildlife Visitor Center - South Tract
10901 Scarlet Tanager Loop, Laurel, MD 20708 - 4027
(301) 497-5763
e-mail: jennifer_chin@fws.gov


Visitor Contact Station - North Tract
230 Bald Eagle Drive, Laurel, MD 20724
(301) 497-5770
e-mail: kaitlyn_baligush@fws.gov

W. Henry Duvall Tool Museum, Patuxent River Park, 16000 Croom Airport Road, Upper Marlboro, Maryland, April 2014. Photo by Diane F. Evartt