Springsong Museum Founder and Executive Director Rebecca Henson was recently recognized in Maryland State Representative Jamie Raskin’s Local Hero Video Series, which highlights individuals making a meaningful impact in the community.

The Springsong team is grateful to the hundreds of community members who shared their excitement and input with us at our first Meet & Greet event at the future museum site.

For the past year, Springsong Museum has hosted free educational nature hikes along the Northwest Branch Trail of the Anacostia River.

Bethesda Today published Springsong Museum’s project and partnership with Montgomery Parks.

Springsong Museum now has a page on Montgomery Parks' website, complete with a project timeline and video about the project. As Parks will be leasing part of the Burnt Mills East Park property to Springsong, they launched an online survey to solicit public input about the future museum. Survey results available here!

Throughout the spring, the Springsong Museum team gave presentations to hundreds of local community members on Rachel Carson's life and legacy and the plans for Springsong Museum. Groups included multiple garden clubs, a public middle school, a local American Association of University Women chapter, and three senior living communities.

In April 2025, Springsong staff and a volunteer archivist visited the National Conservation Training Center to document and research Rachel Carson artifacts.

Rebecca Henson spoke at the annual meeting of the American Society of Environmental History on a panel entitled Rachel Carson Revisited. She was joined by renowned author Janice Nimura, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service national historian Mark Madison, and Rachel Carson Council President Bob Musil.

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.