Celebrate mom with an afternoon filled with history. Learn about the history of the mothers and mother figures who lived and worked at this former plantation.
Ticket Price: $ Mothers receive free admission. Adults: $5; Seniors: $4; Students: $2; Children 4 and under: Free
Join the Riversdale Kitchen Guild over the open hearth as they highlight 19th-century favorite recipes of mothers.
Ticket Price: Free
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.
Ticket Price: Free. No reservations required.
Learning about architecture and history, active engagement, walking, and staying fit.
Ticket Price: $$10 Residents & Members of Montpelier House Museum, $20 Non-resident
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!
Ticket Price: Free
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.
Ticket Price: Free. No reservations required.
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-resident. 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...
Ticket Price: Free
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...
Ticket Price: Free
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
Health and wellness, fostering community engagement, building trust, and learning diverse perspectives and inclusive history.
Ticket Price: $5 Residents; $7 Non-Residents; Free for Members of Montpelier House Museum
Join us for a Memorial Day tour as we interpret the history of the people who lived and worked at this former plantation.
Ticket Price: $ Free for Veterans; Adults: $5; Seniors: $4; Students: $2; Children 4 and under: Free
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...
Ticket Price: Free
Explore the different volunteering options that the museum has to offer, then meet current volunteers and learn about their roles.
Ticket Price: Free
Join the Riversdale Kitchen Guild over the open hearth as they highlight Preservation Month using 19th-century techniques.
Ticket Price: Free
Bring a lawn chair and a picnic dinner and join us on the lawn for our Summer Concert Series 2026.
Ticket Price: Free
Join us for a free, family-friendly block party dedicated to Prince George’s County—part of the nationwide America 250 commemoration.
Explore the College Park Airport up close! Enjoy a tour of the airport’s tarmac while learning about the many “firsts” that happened on the airfield and how the airport is used today.
Ticket Price: $10 for residents, $13 for non-residents
Bring a lawn chair and a picnic dinner and join us on the lawn for our Summer Concert Series 2026.
Ticket Price: Free
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.
Ticket Price: Free, donations are welcome.
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...
Ticket Price: Free
Some of the people who have made this country so awesome sometimes go unnoticed. To celebrate them and the incredible ways they have made this country better, each installment of this series pairs a storybook about overlooked American trailblazers with a fun...
Ticket Price: Free
Bring the whole family for live music, local artists and vendors, history exhibits, kids’ activities, food trucks, and much more!
Ticket Price: Free
"I scream, you scream, we all scream for..." history and ice cream! Celebrate National History Day and cool off at the College Park Aviation Museum with free scoops for kids generously provided by Flavor of Love Ice Cream Truck. Join educators as...
Ticket Price: Free
