Museums
Beall-Dawson Historic Park
103 W. Montgomery Avenue, Rockville MD, 20850
(301) 762-1492
Hours
Tuesday-Sunday, 12-4; closed major holidays.
Fees
Adults: $5
Students and seniors: $3
Children under 6: free
MCHS members: free
What You’ll Find
A visit to the Rockville campus of the Historical Society includes a tour of both the Beall-Dawson House (including any special exhibits) and the Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine. Our tours are docent-led, and generally last 45 minutes to an hour; no tours are begun after 3:30 (3:15 during December). For group tours, please schedule them in advance by calling our administrative offices at (301) 340-2825.
Summer visitors please note: the Beall-Dawson House is not air-conditioned.
The Rockville campus is also home to the Jane C. Sween Research Library, our main research facility.
Access
The main part of the Beall-Dawson House first floor is reached by several steps. Non-motorized wheelchairs can be conveyed into one of the first floor rooms, and the museum shop. The second floor is not handicapped accessible, but notebooks explaining the second floor tour and any special exhibits are available for anyone who cannot make it up the stairs.
The Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine has three steps leading up to the door; most of the one-room museum is visible from the entrance, however.
The Rockville campus does have a handicapped accessible restroom, available in the research library.
Waters House History Center
12535 Milestone Manor Lane, Germantown MD, 20876
(301)515-2887
Hours
Wednesdays and Saturdays, 10-4, or by appointment. Closed major holidays.
Fees
There is no admission charge for the Waters House History Center.
What You’ll Find
The Germantown campus of the Historical Society is made up of the Waters House, a ca. 1790s farmhouse (with later additions), and several original outbuildings. The Waters House includes exhibit galleries, a research library, and a museum shop. The house is not furnished as a traditional historic house museum. Tours of the exhibits are self-guided; a walking tour, also self-guided, of the grounds is available.
Access
The public areas of the Waters House are handicapped accessible.