The Greenbelt Museum
A look at a typical home in Greenbelt, Maryland during the Great Depression
In previous videos I had covered the historic area of Greenbelt, Maryland, a planned town that was built by the federal government during the Great Depression, whose downtown area featured the sculptures and reliefs of Lenore Thomas Straus.
Over the years many homeowners had remodeled or made additions to their townhouses. There was one building with two townhouses that remained as they were when they were originally built in the 1930s. Today that building houses the Greenbelt Museum, which includes period furniture, clothes, and toys from that era. It basically gives you an idea of how an average family lived in the days when money was tight and there was less consumerism overall.
The video has a runtime of nearly four minutes and it was first uploaded online on February 12, 2023. Here are the two formats of my same video. Pick the one that suits you the best.
Horizontal video (for computer monitors and TV sets)
Vertical video (for smartphones and other mobile devices)
Click here to learn more about the Greenbelt Museum. You can learn more about the history of Historic Greenbelt right here.
Check out the Archives for more ideas on what off-beat places to visit in the Baltimore-DC area (and sometimes beyond).
See you next time!