Springsong Museum has been featured in a series of articles published in Pathways, a community magazine with a distribution of 15,000 copies. The final article in the series, Part Four: Reinvention, Naturally was published in the Spring 2025 Edition and shares some of Rachel Carson’s writings and philosophy.

Looking for a nearby immersive escape into nature this spring? Springsong Museum is excited to invite you on two hikes this Spring - each exploring the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River on either side of Colesville Road.

Founding Director of Springsong Museum Rebecca Henson was invited to write an article for My Green Montgomery, Green Living news from Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection.

In March, Springsong Founder and Executive Director, Rebecca Henson, was one of three panelists on a Women’s History Month seminar organized by the Rock Creek Conservancy about women leaders in Rock Creek Park.

Springsong Museum was honored to be selected as a contributing partner to Maryland Mosaic, the collection of Maryland 400th Anniversary “firsts” in Maryland’s rich history.

Springsong Museum is excited to offer hikes exploring the wonders of winter along the Northwest Branch of the Anacostia River on the Copperhead Run Trail, led by Senior Nature Educator Gina Gertner.

As we near the winter solstice here in the Northern Hemisphere – short, dark days that can have their challenges – Rachel Carson’s words remind us that the beauty of nature can buoy our spirits and energize us. Even when our forests are mostly browns and grays, there is drama in their starkness, allowing us to see more clearly the resident and visiting birds, the architecture of trees, the stunning red of the native winterberries, made all the brighter alongside the neutral tones of our winter landscape.

Springsong Museum is featured in a series of articles published in Pathways, a community magazine with a distribution of 15,000 copies. Part Three: Resolving Ourselves To Do Good in the Natural World is published in the Winter Edition and shares some of Rachel Carson’s writings and philosophy.

On October 22, 2024 Rebecca Henson of Springsong Museum delivered a presentation on Rachel Carson (1907-1964), world-renowned writer, biologist, and considered by many as the ‘Mother of the Modern Environmental Movement’ who lived her adult life in Silver Spring. Henson will provide an overview of Carson’s life and written works, discussing her courage, ecological philosophy, and clear-eyed wonder in the natural world around us, including right here in Montgomery County.