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Glen Echo Park |
Description:
Glen Echo began in 1891 as a National Chautauqua Assembly "to promote liberal and practical education, especially among the masses of the people; to teach the sciences, arts, languages, and literature; to prepare its patrons for their several pursuits and professions in life; and to fit them for the duties which devolve upon them as members of society."
By 1900, Glen Echo was on its way to becoming a premier amusement park, and it served the Washington area as such until 1968. Today the park has come full circle, the land and the historic buildings a back drop for a rich arts education program.
Since 1971, the National Park Service at Glen Echo Park has been offering year-round activities in dance, theater, and the arts for the surrounding communities and for
visitors from across the country. The park also administers an artist-in-residency program providing the public with an opportunity to see artists at work. There are concerts, demonstrations, workshops, and festivals during the warm months as a part of the Chautauqua Summer season.
In addition, the antique hand-carved and hand-painted Dentzel carousel, saved by community effort, operates four days a week from May through September, and the Gallery and Bookshop features park artists in its exhibits.
Activites:
Educational Programs | Nature Walks | And more.
Facilities:
Restaurant or Snack Bar | Picnic Areas | Comfort Stations | Tours & Guided Activities | And more.
Directions to Glen Echo Park
Car:
From I-495 to exit 40 - Cabin John Parkway and Glen Echo. Stay in the left most lane of the exit ramp and bear left at the 'Y'. Follow the Cabin John Parkway east, where it will merge with the Clara Barton Parkway. Stay in the left most lane. Make a sharp, hairpin left turn following the signs to MacArthur Blvd and Glen Echo. Immediately after the sharp left, get in the right lane and bear right at the 'Y'. The road will
curve to the right and then end at MacArthur Blvd at a stop sign. Turn left onto MacArthur Blvd, go one block past the Exxon Station at the intersection with Goldsboro Rd and turn left into the Glen Echo Park parking lot.
Public Transportation
Take Montgomery County Ride-On bus #29 operating daily from the Friendship Heights metro station on the Red Line.
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Contact Information for Glen Echo Park
7300 MacArthur Boulevard
Glen Echo, MD
20812
Phone: 301-492-6229
Fax:
Located in Glen Echo, MD
For more information on Glen Echo Park
Information on this page provided by the NPS.
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