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March 2023

OHS March 2023 Open House

March 5 |1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Odenton Heritage Historical Center, 1367 Odenton Road
Odenton, MD 21113 United States
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In a display opening Sunday, March 5th, the Odenton Heritage Society will explore Odenton’s role in making train travel safer since the 1880s. “Railroad Accidents and Safety” examines local train wrecks and responses by railroad companies, from dual tracks to switch towers at junctions, modern train signals, and preventive track maintenance. The contributions of Odenton railroad workers, including tower operators and African American track inspectors and track maintenance workers, will be presented. The Odenton Heritage Society Museum shows how Odenton…

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April 2023

OHS April Open House and Maryland Day Weekend 2023!

April 2 |1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Odenton Heritage Historical Center, 1367 Odenton Road
Odenton, MD 21113 United States
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Join us at our April Open house and as we participate in the Maryland Day Weekend 2023! Visit us on April 2nd from 1PM-4PM and learn about west Anne Arundel County’s colonial settlements in an educational experience, “Hidden in Plain Sight: Odenton’s 18th Century Past.” Costumed docents will provide a fun and engaging museum tour experience where visitors will have an opportunity to ask questions. See historical objects and displays that shed light on an early road network still in…

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May 2023

OHS May 2023 Open House

May 7 |1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Odenton Heritage Historical Center, 1367 Odenton Road
Odenton, MD 21113 United States
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On Sunday, May 7th, the Odenton Heritage Society will open a special display, "Famous Farewells: VIP Funeral Trains through Odenton." Funeral trains for American dignitaries were not new in the 20th century, but the Pennsylvania Railroad (today's Amtrak and MARC Penn Line) made this form of remembrance an institution. Along the tracks, ordinary citizens paid their respects to Presidents William McKinley, Warren Harding, and Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Douglas MacArthur, and Senator Robert F. Kennedy as the trains rolled by.…

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September 2023

OHS September Open House

September 3 |1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Odenton Heritage Historical Center, 1367 Odenton Road
Odenton, MD 21113 United States
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On Sunday, September 3, the Odenton Heritage Society will go back to school and back in time with Odenton Doo Wop Days, a look at Arundel High School student activities in the 1950s.  AHS grads from the Class of 1953 to the Class of 1958 will share stories about student life and after-school activities.  Photographs of school bands, popular “hangouts” (drive-in restaurants in Odenton), the Shamrock newsletter, “Best All Around” students, and Personality of the Month will be on display.…

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OHS at the Piney Orchard Street Festival

September 9 |11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Piney Orchard Street Festival, 2400 Stream Valley Drive
Odenton, MD 21113 United States
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Come visit us as we will be at the Piney Orchard Street Festival again this year!  

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