Butterfly Week
Family friendly educational activities all week, changing daily. Check in at the Visitor Center. All activities are rain or shine. Bring a picnic lunch! Become a Citizen Scientist during Butterfly…
UNESCO International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
UNESCO International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition August 23rd | 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. As a UNESCO Slave Route Site of Remembrance, Historic…
Barn Bash & Craft Beer Tasting
Craft Beers, Local BBQ, Live Music and More! A fun night out with live music, beer and dancing! Our good friends Sunny Malhotra of Taphouse 1637/Bollywood Masala and Josh Peeling of…
2019 Speaker Series: Historic Preservation and Place-based Teaching
HISTORIC PRESERVATION AND PLACE-BASED TEACHING: The Importance of Knowing our History and Culture in Order to Preserve our Democratic Republic O. James Lighthizer - President of the American Battlefield Trust…
Labor Day
Our site will be closed on Monday, September 2 in observance of Labor Day.
Building Bridges To Common Ground
Save The Date! Program description coming soon.
Building Bridges To Common Ground
Save The Date! Program description coming soon.
Building Bridges To Common Ground
Save The Date! Program description coming soon.
Home School Day
"Slavery To Freedom" - students learn to appreciate what the life of an American enslaved family was like, who lived and labored at Sotterley during the Civil War. Hands-on activities.…
2019 Speaker Series: Spy Pilot
SPY PILOT Gary Powers, Jr. - Author, Historian One of the most talked-about events of the Cold War was the downing of the American U-2 spy plane piloted by his…
Birdwalk “Birding the Fields & Trails”
Experience the beauty of fall on a birding excursion on Historic Sotterley’s scenic and historic Patuxent River property. Bald Eagles, migrant songbirds, lingering meadowlarks, sparrows and waterfowl can be found…
Riverside WineFest
MARK YOUR CALENDAR for the best party of the Fall: the 17th Annual Riverside WineFest at Sotterley! Let's celebrate the best Maryland wines (and coolest Beer Cave around) while enjoying…