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Beltsville Ag. Research Visitor Center

003-3 When in the Washington, D.C. area, you may want to arrange for a guided tour of ARS research as it is represented at the 7,000 acre Beltsville Agricultural Research Center. Beltsville is the largest and most prominent of ARS 100-plus sites. It is a dynamic, highly diversified research facility, dating back to livestock experiments in 1910. While visiting, you might also ask about agricultural research in your home state.

Activities
A trip to the ARS Visitor Center will provide guests a broad picture of agricultural research in America. The center also plays a major ambassadorial role. Each of the foreign embassies in Washington, D.C. handles requests from official visitors to meet with or visit with ARS scientists, particularly at Beltsville. There are many cooperative research agreements between ARS scientists and those of other nations.

Our laboratories also employ visiting foreign scientists. If interested in such foreign activities, call the ARS Office of International Research Programs to learn which nations are currently sharing scientists with ARS at 301-504-5605.

Reservations are required for tours. Call the Visitor Center at 301-504-9403 to schedule a tour.

Location
10300 Baltimore Ave.
Beltsville, Maryland 20705

College Park Aviation Museum

The College Park Aviation Museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is located on the grounds of the world's oldest continuously operating airport in College Park. Visitors to the museum step into an open 1.5 story exhibit space, which highlights the display of unique aircraft and tells the story of flight from the Wright Brothers to today.

The museum gallery contains historic and reproduction aircraft associated with the history of the airfield, as well as hands-on activities and experimentation areas for children of all ages. Changing exhibits and new programs every month keep visitors coming back to this fascinating place.

Location
1985 Corporal Frank Scott Drive
College Park, MD 20740

Beltway Plaza Mall

The Greenbelt Arts Center

Greenbelt Museum

museum Friends of the Greenbelt Museum (FOGM), a non-profit organization, maintains an original 1937 residential unit as a house museum representing early Greenbelt. The Greenbelt Museum is a two story building of cinder block construction. It sits on a rolling green of open space and walkways, reflecting the harmony of housing and nature within the planned community.

Location
10-B Crescent Road
Greenbelt, MD 20770

Hours
Sundays from 1 - 5 p.m. and by appointment
You may leave a message at 301-474-1936

Other Exhibitions
The Greenbelt Museum also maintains exhibition space at the Greenbelt Community Center. located at 15 Crescent Road. In addition to this, they provide a bimonthly lecture series focusing on the New Deal era.

Greenbelt Park

Greenbelt Park is a retreat from the pressures of city life and a refuge for native plants and animals just twelve miles from Washington, D.C.

Make plans to visit Washington, D.C. and stay at Greenbelt Park's campground for only $14 a night. The Greenbelt campground is known for its safety, affordability, peaceful surroundings, and National Park Service hospitality. Visit their website for much more information about this local treasure, or call 301-344-3944 for visitor information.

Location
6565 Greenbelt Road
Greenbelt, MD 20770

Greenbelt Trails Map

Greenway Center

NASA Goddard Visitor Center

E_LowAngle_304_crop The NASA Goddard Visitor Center offers unique and interactive exhibits, programs, and special events that highlight Goddard's contributions to America's space program and provide inspiring and captivating experiences for all ages. Goddard Space Flight Center contributes to the knowledge of the Earth and the universe through scientific discovery from space to enhance life on Earth. The visitor center demonstrates Goddard's innovative and exciting work in Earth science, astrophysics, heliophysics, planetary science, engineering, communications and technology development.

Join us for model rocket launches on the first Sunday of every month and Sunday Experiment on the third Sunday of the month during the school year. See the events page of our website for more programs and information.

Hours
The Goddard Visitor Center is open Tuesday through Friday from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday from 12 – 4 p.m. Weekday hours are extended until 5 p.m. during July and August. The visitor center is closed Mondays, except for some federal holidays, as well as New Year’s Day, Easter Sunday, July Fourth, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Location
ICESat Road and Greenbelt Road
Greenbelt, MD 20771

The New Deal Cafe

NDC_Side_Door.0 The New Deal Cafe is a cooperative cafe located in historic Roosevelt Center features luscious desserts, captivating live entertainment, art, and an intimate community atmosphere; not to mention a decent cup of coffee. For more information on this fun place to catch up with your neighbors and upcoming entertainment schedules, please visit their website. They can be reached at 301-474-5642.

Location:
113 Centerway
Greenbelt, MD 20770

Old Greenbelt Theatre

ATM-Blog-Utopia-Selection-Old-Greenbelt-Exterior Old Greenbelt Theatre is a one-screen movie theatre located in the heart of Greenbelt, Maryland, showing contemporary films in addition to offering a schedule of diverse and community based film programming. Completed in 1938, the Old Greenbelt Theatre is an iconic building in Greenbelt, MD, a federally planned New-Deal-era community. The core of Old Greenbelt was declared a National Historic District in 1997, with the Theatre a prominent reminder of a bygone era of cinema as well as a living institution whose values of community service and collective responsibility continue to be pertinent and valuable.

The Theatre, like the supermarket and many other enterprises, initially was run as a cooperative, with members working together to staff the Theater, to make decisions about which films to show, and to determine what concessions to sell. The first screening, which took place on September 21, 1938, was Little Miss Broadway, a musical drama starring Shirley Temple. Admission prices were 30 cents for adults and 15 cents for children, and during this period the theater typically showed four new features per week.

The Theatre is remarkable not only for its original design but also for having survived eras of economic instability without being split into a duplex or a different kind of venue altogether, as has been the fate of so many historic single-screen cinemas. The Old Greenbelt Theatre is both a reminder of a bygone era of cinema exhibition as well as a living institution whose values of community service and collective responsibility are as pertinent and valuable as ever.

Remodeled in 2014-2015 by the City of Greenbelt, today the Theatre has 380 seats, a 40’ CinemaScope screen, two Simplex XL 35mm projectors, a Christie 4K digital projector, and a Dolby Digital 5.1 sound system. In 2015, Friends of Greenbelt Theatre signed a contract with the City of Greenbelt to operate the Theatre as a non-profit organization.

Location
132 Centerway
Greenbelt, MD 20770

Prince George's County Memorial Library

library History of the Library

The Greenbelt Branch Library, a part of the Prince George's County Memorial Library System (PGCMLS) since 1955, opened its doors in 1939 in two classrooms in Center School. The current building at 11 Crescent Road was opened in 1970 and recently re-opened after a partial renovation in late November 2010. The collection includes books, magazines, newspapers, business resources, compact discs, recorded books, DVDs, and internet access. Customers can renew books either over the telephone or from the library website.

Programs & Activities
Branch staff provide a variety of programs including weekly story times, and monthly book discussion groups; one for children, and another for adults. Special programs are also offered throughout the year, such as the Teddy Bear's Picnic and an adult poetry program in April. Each summer, the branch participates in the ATTP summer reading program for all ages, kids to adults.

Other Resources
The Tugwell Room, a special reference collection on city / urban planning, cooperatives, Greenbelt towns, and the city of Greenbelt history, is a resource for students, visiting planners, and community members. The Friends of the Greenbelt Library, a volunteer organization, manages the Novel Endings Book Store, supports library programs, raises funds for branch projects and equipment, and serves as advocates for the library.

For a fee, a meeting room and smaller conference room can be booked through the library system's central booking office at 301-699-3500, or on library website. For more information on any Greenbelt Library services, call 301-345-5800 and TTY 301-808-2061.

Location
Greenbelt Branch
11 Crescent Road
Greenbelt, MD 20770

Hours

Monday and Tuesday: 1 - 9 p.m.
Wednesday through Friday: 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1-5 p.m.

"The Space"

Greenbelt Historic Cemeteries

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