This cooperative cafe located in historic Roosevelt Center features luscious desserts, captivating live entertainment, art, and an intimate community atomosphere...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. A WiFi Hotspot!

THE GREENBELT ARTS CENTER

123 Centerway
Greenbelt, MD 20770
301-441-8770

The Greenbelt Arts Center offers ongoing performances featuring local talent. To find out how you can get involved, for audition and class information, or to see the upcoming schedule, visit their website. Please call for ticket information.

OLD GREENBELT THEATER

Roosevelt Center
Greenbelt, MD 20770
301-474-9745

If you enjoy watching movies as they were meant to be seen, then visit the P & G Old Greenbelt Theatre, located in the historic Roosevelt Center shopping center. Provides one of the best film presentation venues in the Greater Washington area. With a 40 FOOT WIDE CINEMASCOPE SCREEN and a new state of the art DOLBY DIGITAL SOUND SYSTEM with 4,900 watts of power and 60 speakers!, this single screen, 500 seat house is a moviegoers dream come true!

The P & G Old Greenbelt is one of the areas best kept secrets, For more information on current shows and showtimes, you can listen to the recording on (301) 474-9744. If you need to speak to someone during theatre operating hours, you can call (301) 474-9745

GREENBELT NATIONAL PARK

6565 Greenbelt Road
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Headquarters
301-344-3948
Visitor Information
301-344-3944

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.

NASA GODDARD VISITORS CENTER

Soil Conservation Road
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Phone: 301-286-9041
Fax: 301-286-1781
Address: Code 130

The Visitor Center at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Visitor Center offers many unique programs, special events and presentations that highlight Goddard's contributions to America's Space Program. Goddard Space Flight Center contributes to the knowledge of the Earth and the universe through scientific discovery from space to enhance life on Earth. Come visit us to hear lectures, see exciting model rocket launches, and participate in one of our fun filled children's programs. We offer something for every one...

The Goddard Visitor Center hours are from 9am - 5pm, Tuesday through Friday, 12pm - 4pm Saturday and Sunday. Open all Holidays except Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Years day.

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY MEMORIAL LIBRARY

Greenbelt Branch
11 Crescent Road
Greenbelt, MD 20770
Tel: (301)345-5800
TTY: (301) 808-2061

Hours:
Mon. - Wed. 10am-9pm;
Thurs. 10am-6pm;
Fri. 12 noon-6pm;
Sat. 10am-5pm

The Greenelt 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. The collection includes books, magazines, newspapers, business reources, compact discs, books on tape, videos, and internet access. Customers can renew books over the telephone and from our website. The Children's Department schedules weekly story times. Adult Services offers a monthly Book Discussion and a monthly Poetry Workshop. Special programs are offered throughout the year. The Branch participates in a summer reading program for children and teens. 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 throu the Library System's Central Booking Office. For information on any Greenbelt Library service, call 301-345-5800.

HISTORIC CEMETERIES IN GREENBELT

The Hamilton Cemetery

Located at the end of Hamilton Place, it is marked with a display case holding the remains of the marble headstones from that site. The headstones date back to the early 1800's and include those of John Hamilton, who patented 240 acres of the land that is now included in Greenbelt; his wife, Jane; their son Colonel Samuel Hamilton who served in the Maryland House of Delegates and two of his wives.

The Walker Cemetery

Located behind the business area now known as the "Golden Triangle." It is thought to be the resting place of some of the descendents of the Walker family, early settlers of Grenbelt who had participated in the rebellion against George I. One of the descendents of thes family was Samuel Hamilton Walker who became the celebrated Captain Walker of Texas Ranger and Mexican war fame.

The Turner Cemetery

Located just off of Kenilworth Avenue on Cherrywood Lane. Shadrick Turner purchased a 125 acre farm in this area in 1864 which was know as Wild Cat. Wtih his wife, Sarah, he was known to be a zealous layman in founding Methodism in this part of Maryland. The Turner Cemetery has been expanded and is now part of the Greenbelt Cemetery, which is still in use today.

BELTSVILLE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER VISITORS CENTER

Information & Directions
301-504-9595 
10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, Maryland 20705

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.

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: (301) 504-5605.

Reservations are required for tours. Call the Visitor Center at (301) 504-9403.

COLLEGE PARK AVIATION MUSEUM

1985 Corporal Frank Scott Drive
College Park, MD 20740
301-864-6029

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, MD. Visitors to the museum step into an open 1½ 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.