Guided Tour Season Opens
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 2, 2025 - Historic Sotterley's Tour Season officially begins on Friday, May 2nd! Guided tours of our Historic Manor House will be offered Friday through Saturday - specific tour times coming soon. Tickets can be purchased at our Visitor Center the day of the tour. Exhibits will also be opened for self-guided tours. For…
Southern Maryland Heritage Festival
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 17 & 18, 2025 - Historic Sotterley is excited to host the 2nd Southern Maryland Heritage Festival. Join us for an unforgettable two-day celebration of Southern Maryland’s rich history and culture, and the incredible people who make it unique. This festival promises something for everyone, so mark your calendars and get ready for an…
Southern Maryland Heritage Festival
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 17 & 18, 2025 - Historic Sotterley is excited to host the 2nd Southern Maryland Heritage Festival. Join us for an unforgettable two-day celebration of Southern Maryland’s rich history and culture, and the incredible people who make it unique. This festival promises something for everyone, so mark your calendars and get ready for an…
Creating our own Natural Brushes with Jami Faith
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 23, 2025 - You don't need expensive brushes to create art, you can do it with things you forage around you! Creation Guide Jami will take us out on the grounds, as we walk about the garden and surrounding areas to gather leaves, twigs, pine needles etc. Once we have acquired our own items…
Create Artwork from Nature All Around You with Jami Faith
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 6, 2025 - Create art at Historic Sotterley by using objects found in nature. Creation Guide Jami will provide small accordian style books and guidance to our guests as we create prints from leaves and other natural elements. We will do a short walkabout on the grounds of Historic Sotterley , gathering items -…
Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Jennifer Rittenhouse
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 11, 2025 - When white newspaper editor Jonathan Daniels set out to "discover the South" in his stately black Plymouth in the summer of 1937, he especially hoped to find the land that existed somewhere between the mythical old plantation and the sharecropper's cabin, between Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind and Erskine Caldwell's…
Juneteenth Weekend Tours
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 19-22, 2025 - In honor of Juneteenth, Historic Sotterley will offer guided tours focusing on stories of strength and resilience. Learn about how over the centuries, the enslaved at Sotterley resisted against slavery, how they maintained strength and identity when it had been denied to them, how they built families and communities, and discover…
Colorful Creative Collage Card with Jami Faith
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 20, 2025 - Make a lovely collage card inspired by the nature around Historic Sotterley. Creation Guide Jami will walk with our guests through Sotterley's beautiful and colorful flower garden for our inspiration to create a beautiful collage card. We will use a variety of colorful paper ephemera as well as a variety of…
Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Dr. Tayzhuan Glover
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJuly 16, 2025 - During the War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain, hundreds of enslaved men, women, and children in the Chesapeake, Georgia, Florida, and Louisiana were able to secure their freedom by offering aid to the British. Following the war, many of these freedom-seekers were resettled in Nova Scotia and…
Day of Unity and Healing
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesAugust 23, 2025 - This year's Day of Unity and Healing is extra special because we will be hosting it on the UNESCO Day of Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition. While we always commemorate this important observance at the event, it's not every year that the two fall on the same day!…
Birding the Fields and Trails of Historic Sotterley
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesSeptember 20, 2025 - Join us for an excursion to this scenic and historic Patuxent River property, sponsored jointly by SMAS and Historic Sotterley. Bald Eagles, migrant songbirds and lingering meadowlarks and sparrows can be found via Sotterley’s trails and river views. The walk starts promptly at 9:00 am, please arrive 10-15 minutes prior in…