Local Attractions

• College Park Aviation Museum - www.collegeparkaviationmuseum.com/home.htm

• All of Washington D.C.!

• Discover the largest science and environmental education center in the Department of the Interior. This unique U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service facility is located on the 12,841 acre Patuxent Research Refuge: www.fws.gov/northeast/patuxent/vcdefault.html

• The Henry A. Wallace Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, 10300 Baltimore Ave., Beltsville, MD 20705. “The World's Largest Most Diversified Agricultural Research Complex”; www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=12-00-00-00

• NASA captures your attention like no other organization. It offers unparalleled experiences, a key to knowledge, and a window to the future. The visitor center at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Md., provides inspiration and a captivating educational experience for all ages: http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/visitor/home/index.html

• At the National Archives in College Park, visitors experience the world's largest and most advanced archival facility: www.archives.gov/dc-metro/visit/tours-college-park.html

  • a multi-tiered research complex

  • expansive office areas

  • state-of-the-art conservation laboratories

  • the space-saving technology of the mobile shelving system