Greenbelt Museum 10-B Crescent Road, Greenbelt, MD 301-507-6582 / www.greenbeltmuseum.org 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 Laurel Museum 817 Main Street, Laurel, MD 301-725-7975 / www.laurelmuseum.org Discover the rich history of Laurel, Maryland, an historic town located on the Patuxent River halfway between Baltimore and Washington. The museum tells the story of Laurel’s mill town roots, its railroad connections, its African American community, and its early suburban experiences.
Marietta House Museum 5626 Bell Station Road, Glenn Dale, MD 301-464-5291 / www.pgparks.com Marietta, circa 1813, was constructed for Gabriel Duvall, an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Along with the handsome, Federalstyle brick home, Justice Duvall’s law office and the original root cellar remain. Today, Marietta operates as an historic house museum furnished to reflect the years in which Gabriel Duvall occupied the house.