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Accokeek Foundation

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Farm Buildings at Accokeek Foundation Colonial Farm

 

The Accokeek Foundation is a non-profit organization that works to preserve and promote the cultural and natural heritage of Piscataway Park and the Piscataway people, who are the original inhabitants of the land that is now Piscataway Park. Through a Cooperative Agreement with the Interior/National Park Service, the Foundation provides a variety of services to over 100,000 visitors every year, including organizing educational programming, interpreting the people and the land, restoring and maintaining historic structures and landscapes, protecting the natural environment including the Mount Vernon viewshed, conducting research in consultation with Piscataway tribal leaders, performing public outreach, and much more.

Additional Information

Accokeek Foundation Website

Planning Your Visit

Piscataway Park: 7 am-7 pm daily (hours are shortened in the winter and extended in the summer, check the website before you visit)
Visitor Center: Tues-Sun, 10 am-4 pm (open mid-March through mid-December)
Accokeek Foundation office: Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm

County: Prince Georges
Themes: Indigenous People and Culture, People, Places, and Our Southern Maryland Environment
Timeframes: 10,000 – 1606 Before settlers and colonization, 1607 – 1763 Colonization, 2000 – 2024 21st Century America
Audience: College, General Public, High School, Middle School, Teacher

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Type of Entry: Place To Experience
County: Prince Georges
Themes: Indigenous People and Culture, People, Places, and Our Southern Maryland Environment
Timeframes: 10,000 – 1606 Before settlers and colonization, 1607 – 1763 Colonization, 2000 – 2024 21st Century America
Audience: College, General Public, High School, Middle School, Teacher

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