The Strathmore historic Mansion featured small performances and art exhibitions since 1983 and began developing the plan for the Music Center shortly after. The Music Center at Strathmore opened on February 5, 2005. The concert hall seats 1,976 and the education center offers more than 75 arts and music education classes every week. The grounds surrounding the mansion and music center includes several sculptures, including the Tetra Con Brio, a 4,500 pound sculpture.
In addition to musical, arts and entertainment events, the Strathmore is available for private event rentals for weddings, corporate events, intimate gatherings and more.
Strathmore presents a lively and diverse program of art exhibitions, concerts and performing arts programs, as well as literary lectures and events. Artistic offerings presented in the Music Center include world-class performances by major national folk, blues, pop, jazz and classical music artists.
Strathmore is home to the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra at Strathmore, National Philharmonic, Washington Performing Arts Society, Levine School of Music, CityDance Ensemble, Maryland Classic Youth Orchestras and interPLAY; see the Strathmore website for schedule information. The Prelude Cafe is open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon snacks and pre-concert meals. The Strathmore Tea Room is open on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Strathmore is accessible from the Grosvenor/Strathmore Metro stop and via car, with a parking structure across the street.
Beall-Dawson House Park is a three acre park that is home to the historic Beall-Dawson House. It also has parking and benches.
Peerless Rockville works to preserve local history found in buildings, objects, writings and records. Its tools are education, example, advocacy and community involvement. It represents this commitment with the organization's office built it 1891, the old court house.
The organization has worked to preserve local historic landmarks such as the B&O Railroad Station, Red Brick Courthouse and Wire Hardware. It also helps residents and property owners research their property and get historic preservation status when possible. This is possible with their archives with more than 4,000 photographs, verbal histories and research materials.
The non-profit organization gets its name from a 1890 real estate promotional booklet to get people to move to the then-new Rockville subdivision of West End Park.