Heritage in Action: A Day Celebrating Community and Culture
Join us for a powerful day dedicated to honoring and preserving the voices, struggles, and triumphs of minority communities.
Ticket Price: Free
Activities & Events Calendar
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Events
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Souls Seeking Freedom Walking Tour: The Untold Story of Enslavement and Resistance at Montpelier
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
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Mother's Day Tours
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
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Riversdale Kitchen Guild: Mother's Day
Join the Riversdale Kitchen Guild over the open hearth as they highlight 19th-century favorite recipes of mothers.
Ticket Price: Free
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Hidden Spaces Tour
Learning about architecture and history, active engagement, walking, and staying fit.
Ticket Price: $$10 Residents & Members of Montpelier House Museum, $20 Non-resident
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Bilingual Cub Corner
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
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Herbs, Tea, and Potpourri: A Wellness Month Program
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.
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Cub Corner
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
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STEAM Hour
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
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From Wright "B" to F-4 Phantom II: Fighter Combat in Vietnam Living History Tour
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
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Souls Seeking Freedom Walking Tour: The Untold Story of Enslavement and Resistance at Montpelier
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
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Memorial Day Tours
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
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STEAM Hour
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
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Volunteer Open House
Explore the different volunteering options that the museum has to offer, then meet current volunteers and learn about their roles.
Ticket Price: Free
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Riversdale Kitchen Guild: Preservation Month
Join the Riversdale Kitchen Guild over the open hearth as they highlight Preservation Month using 19th-century techniques.
Ticket Price: Free
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RESCHEDULED - Riversdale Summer Concert Series
Bring a lawn chair and a picnic dinner and join us on the lawn for our Summer Concert Series 2026.
Ticket Price: Free
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250 Block Party: We the People
Join us for a free, family-friendly block party dedicated to Prince George’s County—part of the nationwide America 250 commemoration.
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Tarmac Tour
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
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Riversdale Summer Concert Series
Bring a lawn chair and a picnic dinner and join us on the lawn for our Summer Concert Series 2026.
Ticket Price: Free
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The African Odyssey Exhibition
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.
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A Legacy of Integration: The African American Citizen-Soldier and the Continental Army by Noel Poirier
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
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Unsung Heroes Who Shaped America
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
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Juneteenth 2026
Bring the whole family for live music, local artists and vendors, history exhibits, kids’ activities, food trucks, and much more!
Ticket Price: Free
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National History Day Ice Cream Social
"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
