Museums in Maryland

Interactive displays to help you understand the workings of the human body and the development of medicine. Exhibits at this Washington, DC museum include the world's most extensive collection of medical instruments.

The National Capital Trolley Museum preserves the history of Washington, DC's electric street cars. The Trolley Museum is located in Silver Spring, Maryland, in the suburbs of Washington, DC.

This National Historic Site commemorates the life of Clara Barton, the founder of the American Red Cross. The house sits adjacent to Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, Maryland.

Two adjacent museums, located in Rockville, Maryland that highlight Montgomery County history. The Beall-Dawson House is the headquarters to Montgomery County Historical Society and features federal style funishings. The Stonecrest Musem features medical practices of the 19th century.

Museum of National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

Museum preserving the history of the streetcar with a collection of 17 trolleys that were originially used in the Washington, DC area.

A museum of the history of Sandy Spring, with exhibits demonstrating the changes in the community from social reform, to progressive farming techniques to inventions, education, and cultural achievement.

Plantation house featuring 18th-century paintings and furnishings.

An interactive museum of the airport in College Park, Maryland explores the history of flight from the Wright Brothers to today. Programs are child-friendly and change each month to keep visitors coming back.

A museum of a farm from the 1800s located in Oxon Hill, Maryland

Museum in Greenbelt, Maryland focused on the history of Ameican rocketry.

Museums that explore rural life in Prince George's County Maryland

Visit the Presidential Pet Museum, a family-friendly museum just 19 miles from the Washington, DC on Route 4 in Lothian, Maryland in Anne Arundel County. See photos and exhibits of famous pets from George Washington's Horse, Nelson, to the current White House Pets, Barney, a Scottish Terrier, and Spot, a Springer Spaniel.

This outdoor museum exhibits the rebuilt foundations of two former slave quarters of the Northampton plantation in Lake Arbor, Maryland in Prince George's County.

This musuem in Montgomery County, Maryland focuses on the heritage of African Americans, participation with the Underground Railroad, and the struggle for civil rights.

The museum displays artifacts and exhibits on health and medicine with a special emphasis on tri-service American military medicine.