What’s Soaring at Sotterley Birdwalk
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesApril 20, 2024 - Historic Sotterley and Southern Maryland Audobon Society are joining in partnership to bring you this FREE Event being led by Dean Newman, Director of the Southern Maryland Audobon Society. Celebrate Earth Day with a bird walk at this scenic and historic Patuxent River property as the annual surge of migrating birds…
Garden Guild Plant Sale
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesFrom nurturing and maintaining our exquisite Colonial Revival Gardens - to giving fun and informative workshops, and bringing extra flair and beauty to the site. The Sotterley Garden Guild are dedicated volunteers who do so much! Please stop by, support, and shop at their Annual Plant Sale! Here is your chance to buy plants lovingly…
Garden Guild Plant Sale
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesFrom nurturing and maintaining our exquisite Colonial Revival Gardens - to giving fun and informative workshops, and bringing extra flair and beauty to the site. The Sotterley Garden Guild are dedicated volunteers who do so much! Please stop by, support, and shop at their Annual Plant Sale! Here is your chance to buy plants lovingly…
Southern Maryland Equity in History Coalition: Accessing the Diverse History of Southern Maryland Website Launch
St. Mary's College of Maryland Dodge Performing Arts Center 47855 College Dr, St. Mary's City, MD, United States**This is an event by our partners at the Southern Maryland Equity in History Coalition** Join in to celebrate the launch of the Southern Maryland Equity in History Coalition's program and website "Accessing the Diverse History of Southern Maryland." The program's purpose is to elevate the history of Black, Indigenous and other people of color…
Tour Season Opening Weekend
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 2, 2024 - Historic Sotterley's Tour Season officially begins on Thursday, May 2nd! Guided tours of our Historic Manor House will be offered Thursday through Saturday at 10:30, 11:30, 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00 and on Sunday at Noon, 1:00, 2:00, and 3:00. Tickets can be purchased at our Visitor Center the day of the…
Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Donald Barber, David Brown, and Janice Walthour
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 8, 2024 - Historic Sotterley’s next Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives event will introduce a new book, The Barber Family: From Slavery, Through Segregation, and The Civil Rights Movement, by Donald Barber and David Brown. The Barber family are Sotterley Descendants, and the book tells their story against the backdrop of their challenges with…
Women of Sotterley Specialty Tour
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesMay 10th, 2024 - In honor of Mother's Day weekend, we are offering a tour focusing on the lives and legacies of ten remarkable women who lived at Sotterley over the course of 300 years. Learn about the lives of the women of Sotterley including Rebecca Bowles, Elsa Bond, Mabel Ingalls, and Agnes Kane Callum.…
Mother’s Day Weekend Tours – Moms get in FREE!
May 11 & 12, 2024 - Looking to spend time with your mom this Mother’s Day? Spend the day at Historic Sotterley! Historic Sotterley will have an extra focus on the women of Sotterley on Saturday, May 11 and Sunday, May 12. To make the day extra special, Moms get their tours for free! Tickets…
Learn How To Bird – SMAS Class on Birdwatching
May 18, 2024 - Come learn about identifying birds, how your smart phone can make you an identification expert and how to properly use your binoculars. Immediately following the presentation, Dean Newman, an avid wildlife photographer, speaker and veteran bird guide, will lead a walk around the Historic Sotterly grounds helping you put into practice…
Habitat Scavenger Hunt
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 8, 2024 - Historic Sotterley and Southern Maryland Audubon Society are partnering to bring you a family-friendly morning of environmental learning. Learn about all the things birds and other animals in our ecosystem need to survive, and then set out on a scavenger hunt to locate those things here at Historic Sotterley. Afterwards, there…
Sotterley Presents: People & Perspectives with Patricia Samford
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 12, 2024 - Join us and Dr. Patricia Samford for a speaker event all about the James Adams Floating Theater. In the days before television and computers, residents of coastal Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina anxiously awaited the arrival of the James Adams for an evening of diverting musical and theatrical entertainment. An inspiration…
Father’s Day Weekend – Dads get in FREE!
Historic Sotterley 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD, United StatesJune 15 & 16, 2024 - Spend the day with Dad at Historic Sotterley for Father's Day! To make the day extra special, Dads get their tours for free! Tickets can be purchased at Sotterley’s Visitor Center on the day of the tour. Tours over this weekend will have an extra focus on the history…