May 9, 2026 – Historic Sotterley is offering an opportunity to celebrate the important women in your life with an afternoon tea service. The service will be held in the beautifully restored Historic Barn event space and feature special guest Maria Derisavi to talk about her year being Miss Maryland 2025.

The afternoon’s menu will include delicate tea sandwiches, artful scones, a variety of sweets, and an array of chocolates paired with three delicious varieties of tea and lemonade. There will be special door prizes.

Date: May 9^th, 2026
Time: 1:00 pm
Price: $50 | $35 for students | $25 for children under 16
Location: 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD 20636

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Ticket price also includes a curator’s choice Women of Sotterley guided tour with Historic Sotterley’s Interpretive Programs Manager, Katherine Humphries. Historic Sotterley’s guided tours allow visitors an intimate perspective of the lives and cultures of those that owned, lived, and worked in the historic Manor House, enslaved or free, over three centuries of American history. Tours this weekend will have an extra focus on the women of Sotterley, from Rebecca Bowles, the second wife of Sotterley’s first owner, to Ruth Barber, one of Sotterley’s last residents. Attendees will learn about how these women influenced Sotterley’s history and set the course for its future, with special additions and commentary from the creator of the tour herself.

Tour times are available at:

10:30 am
11:00 am
12:00 pm
12:30 pm
1:30 pm
2:00 pm
2:30 pm

You can take your tour at any of these tour times throughout the day. Please just arrive at the Visitor Experience Center and provide the name on your tea RSVP to the shop staff.