Prince George's County Fall/Winter Travel Planner 2008

SITES & MUSEUMS O O O O AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER Places. For additional information, call 301-809-3089 or visit www.cityofbowie.org. 12207 Tulip Grove Drive, Bowie, MD 20715. BELAIR STABLE MUSEUM The Town of Bowie (originally Huntington City) grew up around the train station. The existing museum buildings were constructed in the early 1900s, but closed in 1989. The Railroad Museum is supported by the City of Bowie and the Huntington Heritage Society. For additional information, call 301-809-3089 or visit www.cityofbowie.org. 8614 Chestnut Avenue, Bowie, MD 20715. The Henry A. Wallace Agricultural Research Center at Beltsville is the largest research center operated by the United States Department of Agriculture. The National Visitor Center is housed in a charming log lodge built from blueprints for Yellowstone ski lodges and completed in 1937. Visitors can peer into the future of food and farm sciences in plant breeding, animal and human nutrition, products, and inventions of agricultural science. Ask about our film series. The staff offers tours of the research center by appointment. For additional information, call 301-504-9403 or visit www.ars.usda.gov/is/nvc/index.html. National Visitor Center, Powder Mill Road, Beltsville, MD 20705. THE OLD TOWN BOWIE WELCOME CENTER & INTERACTIVE CHILDREN’S MUSEUM Owned and operated by William Woodward, Belair Stable was part of the famous “Belair Stud,” one of the premier racing stables in the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. Belair Stable was home to Gallant Fox and Omaha, father-and-son horses that won the Triple Crown; to Nashua, who was “Horse of the Year” in 1955; and to many other well-known racehorses. Until its closing in 1957, Belair, whose history extends over 250 years, was the oldest continually operated racehorse farm in the United States. Today, the stable has been restored and opened as a museum. Like the Belair Mansion, the stable is supported by the City of Bowie and the Friends of Belair Estate. For additional information, call 301-809-3088 or visit www.cityofbowie.org. 2835 Belair Drive, Bowie, MD 20715. Located at the 1929 Bowie Building Association site adjacent to the historic Bowie Railroad Station and Huntington Museum it is filled with historic information about Bowie, as well as local, county, and state visitor information. Exhibits include historic objects and photos covering the community’s 125-year heritage. In addition, there are artifacts and experiments for children on aspects of life in an early-20th-century railroad town. For additional information, call 301-575-2488 or visit www.cityofbowie.org. 8606 Chestnut Avenue, Bowie, MD 20715. AIRMEN MEMORIAL MUSEUM The Airmen Memorial Museum (AMM) is a privately run museum that documents the men and women behind the growth of aviation. Founded in 1988 by the Air Force Sergeants Association, the AMM stands as a tribute to enlisted airmen for their sacrifices and contributions made while serving in the Signal Corps (1907-1918), the Army Air Service (1918-1926), the Army Air Corps (19261941), the Army Air Forces (1941-1947), and/or the U.S. Air Force (1947-present). The museum is dedicated to collecting artifacts, photographs, diaries, personnel records, letters, books, and other items pertaining to the service of enlisted airmen. The goals of the museum are to preserve these collections, tell the stories of enlisted personnel, and preserve the enlisted heritage of U.S. air and space power. For additional information, call 1-800-638-0594 or visit www.afsahq.org/AMM/amm-htm/mwelcome.htm. 5211 Auth Road, Suitland, MD 20746. BILLINGSLEY HOUSE MUSEUM Located on 430 acres of land overlooking the confluence of the Patuxent River and the Western Branch, Billingsley is an early plantation home of the Tidewater Colonial style. Built around 1740 as a home for the Weems family, the house is named for Maj. John Billingsley, who obtained the original land grant from the second Lord Baltimore in 1662. The house was owned by several prominent families and was renovated in the mid 19th century. For additional information, call 301-627-0730 or visit www.pgparks.com. 6900 Green Landing Road, Upper Marlboro, MD 20772. CLARICE SMITH PERFORMING ARTS CENTER BELAIR MANSION BOWIE RAILROAD STATION/HUNTINGTON MUSEUM The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is a grand venue for the very best in entertainment. It showcases young, emerging, unique, professional, and world-renowned artists and ensembles. Featuring outstanding university, regional, national, and international theater, music, and dance, the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center has received rave reviews. It is one of the largest venues in the region and second only to the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, in number of performances. For additional information, call 301-405-ARTS or visit www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu. University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. COLLEGE PARK AVIATION MUSEUM This magnificent structure represents the history of Bowie circa 1745. The beautiful five-part Georgian plantation house was once the home of Samuel Ogle, provincial governor of Maryland. Enlarged in 1914 by the New York architectural firm of Delano and Aldrich, the mansion was also the home of William Woodward, a famous horseman in the first half of the 20th century. Restored to reflect its 250-year-old legacy, the mansion is listed on the National Register of Historic 8 PRINCEGEORGESCOUNTY • 2008-09 Located in historic Old Bowie, the station was relocated from its original site across the railroad tracks and restored in the 1990s. The Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company built the first station in 1872 at the junction of rail lines into Washington, DC, and southern Maryland. The lines were later integrated into the Pennsylvania Railroad Company system. The College Park Aviation Museum, an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution, is located on the grounds of the world's oldest continuously operating airport. The airport, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, was founded in 1909 when Wilbur Wright came here to give flight instruction to the first military aviators. Visitors to the museum step into an open one-and-a-half- http://www.cityofbowie.org http://www.cityofbowie.org http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/nvc/index.html http://www.cityofbowie.org http://www.cityofbowie.org http://www.pgparks.com http://www.afsahq.org/AMM/amm-htm/mwelcome.htm http://www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu

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