NEW!! Updated Learning Resources in the time of COVID-19 and beyond (check back often for updates)
Coloring Book and Pages
Click here for a coloring book of sketches done by Assistant Director Monica Sturdivant that shows some items on display in our exhibit. We would love to see your creations - share with us by email at info@laurelhistoricalsociety.org or online using #ColorOurCollections and @LaurelHistory. Once the Museum opens again, we will give out small prizes to anyone who participates.
Grab 'n' Go Coloring Book with Prince George's County History Consortium sites
Coloring Pages - Everyday items of the Past - celebrating 150 years of life in Laurel and beyond!
Buying Food in the 1800s
Toys of the 1950s
Toys of the 1960s
Toys of the 1970s
Toys of the 1980s
Curious how Monica drew the sketches? Check out her time-lapse videos !
Shoes & Boots
Centennial Dress
Kid Curators
Catalog artifacts, design exhibits, and curate your own collections while you #MuseumFromHome!
Artifact Catalog
Curate a Collection
Build your own artifact display case - from Luci Creative
Mini Museum - While the Laurel Museum is temporarily closed, here is a way to make your own museum following an easy template. Just color, cut, and assemble!
Spot the Difference!
Can you find the differences between the two pictures of our exhibit areas? We'll award small prizes once the Museum opens again to the first five people* who submit the correct answers to info@laurelhistoricalsociety.org. Please note that differences due to photo cropping or camera positioning/angles do not count.
* Only one award per person.
Rightfully Hers spot the difference #1
Entertainment - Spot the Difference #2
Home Life - Spot the Difference #3
Home Life 2 - Spot the Difference #4
City of Laurel - Spot the Difference #5
Diven's Den - Spot the Difference #6
One Take Tours
Join Executive Director Ann Bennett on a fast and informal tour of different sections of Unpacking Laurel's Past: 150 Years on Display. We will go through in one take - no video editing here!
Laurel Before 1870
Community
Transportation
Entertainment
Business
Grade School
Home
Faith
Coronavirus Diary
We are living in historic times and sharing a single event with the entire world. We encourage you to use this diary template to record your thoughts, feelings, and activities during this time. You can write stories, draw pictures, or even take videos! As the stewards of Laurel's history, it is important to collect and document what is happening in the world around us as it takes place. Please consider sharing your diaries, pictures, and stories with the Laurel Historical Society so we can preserve them for future generations! Send your submission to info@laurelhistoricalsociety.org.*
*Note: By sending your story or photo to us you are making an unconditional donation of the material to the Laurel Historical Society. The LHS reserves the right to keep, lend, or otherwise dispose of the donated material, and may use the material on our website, for social media or other postings, in promotional materials or in future exhibits or outreach activities.
Scavenger Hunt & Word Puzzles
Learn more about the Laurel Museum and the City of Laurel with a Virtual Scavenger Hunt!
If you get stuck, you can find the answers HERE.
Click here for a word puzzle based on the Laurel Cotton Mill.
Find the names of local businesses in this word puzzle.
Find the names of local restaurants in this word puzzle.
Learn more about the Laurel Museum and the City of Laurel with a Virtual Scavenger Hunt!
If you get stuck, you can find the answers HERE.
Click here for a word puzzle based on the Laurel Cotton Mill.
Find the names of local businesses in this word puzzle.
Find the names of local restaurants in this word puzzle.
Old-fashioned Family Fun
Try out these crafts and activities inspired by children's pastimes and games of the past!
Paper Chain
Scrapbook
Food Shopping in the 1800s
Try out these crafts and activities inspired by children's pastimes and games of the past!
Paper Chain
Scrapbook
Food Shopping in the 1800s
The Laurel Historical Society offers a variety of educational resources for teachers, educators, and youth leaders. We work with public and private schools, home school groups, scout groups, and summer camps. Please contact the Museum to make arrangements for your group!
Click here for our Educator's Resource brochure.
Diven's Den: Now temporarily closed.
This interactive, STEAM-based children's area is perfect for all ages. It is open during the Museum's normal open hours, Wednesdays/Fridays 10-2 and Sundays 1-4. Please read more information here.
Tours: Not currently offered.
The Museum is a great destination for field trips! Subjects can include history and social studies, math, science, engineering, and environmental science. Students can learn about the current exhibit, play in Diven's Den, and take a hike over to the mill dam ruins or Casula Point. Activities can include a scavenger hunt or letterboxing.
We are happy to work with educators to match tours and activities to fit specific curriculum needs. Examples of programs include:
- Mill life
-Tools of the trade
-Native cultures and archaeology
-Maryland
Special Needs:
We strive to make the Museum accessible to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We have sensory resource kits available for use at the Museum and the public spaces on the first floor and basement levels are wheelchair accessible.
Internships:
The Laurel Historical Society has a need and desire to work with college interns and student volunteers to complete projects at the Museum that will provide real-world applications for studies in history, library science, and the humanities. More information about potential projects can be found here. Interested students should contact the Executive Director.
Please check back for updated information and additional resources. All materials unless otherwise indicated are copyright of LHS.
Click here for our Educator's Resource brochure.
Diven's Den: Now temporarily closed.
This interactive, STEAM-based children's area is perfect for all ages. It is open during the Museum's normal open hours, Wednesdays/Fridays 10-2 and Sundays 1-4. Please read more information here.
Tours: Not currently offered.
The Museum is a great destination for field trips! Subjects can include history and social studies, math, science, engineering, and environmental science. Students can learn about the current exhibit, play in Diven's Den, and take a hike over to the mill dam ruins or Casula Point. Activities can include a scavenger hunt or letterboxing.
We are happy to work with educators to match tours and activities to fit specific curriculum needs. Examples of programs include:
- Mill life
-Tools of the trade
-Native cultures and archaeology
-Maryland
Special Needs:
We strive to make the Museum accessible to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. We have sensory resource kits available for use at the Museum and the public spaces on the first floor and basement levels are wheelchair accessible.
Internships:
The Laurel Historical Society has a need and desire to work with college interns and student volunteers to complete projects at the Museum that will provide real-world applications for studies in history, library science, and the humanities. More information about potential projects can be found here. Interested students should contact the Executive Director.
Please check back for updated information and additional resources. All materials unless otherwise indicated are copyright of LHS.
