Sandy Spring Museum

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Sandy Spring Museum
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Sandy Spring Museum
EstablishedJanuary 5, 1981;41 years ago (1981-01-05) [1] [2]
Location Sandy Spring, Maryland, U.S.
Coordinates 39°08′58″N77°01′17″W / 39.149577°N 77.021271°W / 39.149577; -77.021271 Coordinates: 39°08′58″N77°01′17″W / 39.149577°N 77.021271°W / 39.149577; -77.021271
Type 501(c)(3) nonprofit history museum [3]
DirectorAllison Weiss [4]
PresidentDavid Hickson [4]
Website www.sandyspringmuseum.org

Sandy Spring Museum was founded as a local history museum, preserving the history of the surrounding area of Sandy Spring, MD. Today, by supporting community-driven cultural arts and educational programs, they gather community to build a sense of place and belonging. [5]

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History

An insurance salesman and auctioneer named Delmas Wood started the Sandy Spring Museum in 1981 because he thought Sandy Spring's history was gradually being lost as older residents died. [1] [2] Wood wanted a place to preserve antique furniture, farm equipment, photographs, paintings, and documents of the Sandy Spring area. [6] Florence Virginia Barrett Lehman also helped found the museum. [7]

The museum was originally located in the basement of a Sandy Spring National Bank branch in Olney. [8] In October 1986, [9] it moved to Tall Timbers, a brick four-story Colonial house that had been the home of Gladys Brooke Tumbleson, who had died earlier that year. [2] Tumbleson descended from the Brooke family, for which nearby Brookeville was named. [2] Tumbleson sold the building to the museum for less than market value. [2]

Mary Jane Forman Rice founded the Sandy Spring Museum Garden Club, a group of volunteers who tend to the museum's courtyard garden, in 1992. [10]

Helen Bentley, the widow of baseball star Jack Bentley, donated 7.5 acres (30,000 m2) of land on Bentley Road in Sandy Spring to the museum in 1994. [6] The Bentleys' ancestors had lived in Sandy Spring since the late 18th century. [11] Almost the entire cost of the new location was contributed by local donors. [12] The building was designed by local architects Miche Booz and Thomas Bucci. [12] [13] They based the design local 18th century barns and houses in order to make sure it would blend in with the area. [12] The arched walkway was originally planned from the road to the entrance, but it was shortened to save costs. [12] The architects gave a distinctive feel to each room of the building, and Booz called the central courtyard the "best room in the museum". [12]

The museum's new building on Bentley Road opened in 1997, providing more room for the museum's exhibits. [8]

Maryland Historical Trust awarded the Educational Excellence Award to Sandy Spring Museum for its interactive exhibit and web site in 2001. [14]

In 2007, a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) addition opened, providing a research library and a collections storage facility for the museum. [11] [15]

Exhibits

Sandy Spring Museum's exhibits include a replica of a 19th-century classroom, a replica of a blacksmith's shop, a replica of a general store, and a tractor made from a Model T Ford. [8] [6] The museum has archived more than 15,000 artifacts and photographs from the area around Sandy Spring. [6] Some of its collection dates back to 1650. [6]

There are temporary exhibitions that rotate quarterly which often focus on art and history or art and current events. [16] The artists featured are frequently but not exclusively local.

A windowed gallery displays art by the faculty of Montgomery College. [6]

Two new exhibits were designed by locals in 2014. [17] One of the exhibits is about veterans transitioning from life in a combat zone to life as a civilian. [17] Another exhibit recreated an existing exhibit about community gathering spaces. [17]

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  12. 1 2 3 4 5 Forgey, Benjamin (January 10, 1998). "Sandy Spring Displays Its Past". The Washington Post. p. B1.
  13. ↑ Rogers, Patricia Dane (October 31, 2002). "Still Standing After All These Years; An Old Stone House Dresses Up for a New Century". The Washington Post. p. H1.
  14. ↑ Jones, Mark (May 3, 2001). "Honors and Awards". The Washington Post. p. T31.
  15. ↑ "Note: County planning". The Washington Post. July 28, 2005. p. T9.
  16. ↑ "Current Exhibits". Sandy Spring Museum. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  17. 1 2 3 Hogan, Terri (March 20, 2014). "Museum's makeover leaves history intact". The Washington Post. p. T20.
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