Help save a masterpiece The Dumbarton Oaks Park Conservancy is in the midst of a campaign to win $75,000 from the “Partners in Preservation” $1 million giveaway in the Washington, D.C., […]
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OPEN HOUSE
Park Open House May 4th, 10-2 Activities: 10:15 Children’s Music and Dance with Levine School of Music 11:15 Children’s Story Hour 12:00 Grace Cavalieri Poetry Reading 1:15 […]
Partnership in Preservation Competition
The importance of restoring Dumbarton Oaks Park is reaching more people daily. News stories abound on the Partners in Preservation program (see links). Most of the articles are focusing on the […]
Dumbarton Oaks Park Open House May 4th, 10am – 2pm
Park Open House May 4th, 10 am – 2 pm There will be lots to do and enjoy during the Open House. All children and their families are welcome! You and […]
In The Beauty of the City: Dumbarton Oaks Park, Washington DC.
Grace Cavalieri read her gift to the Park at the home of Ambassador and Mrs. Bisogniero during their Celebration of the Parks, Dumbarton Oaks Park and Rock Creek Park. Please […]
Vote Every Day for Preservation of Dumbarton Oaks Park Stonework
Today, American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that Dumbarton Oaks Park has been chosen to participate in Partners in Preservation, a community-based initiative that will award […]
Invasive Weed Pull April 25th, 10 – 2
Need a workout? Come join the Conservancy for a weed pull on Thursday, April 25th from 10 – 2. Meet at the top of Lovers’ Lane at 10 for training […]
Visit the Park!
Most people take a short stroll downhill along an asphalted pedestrian-only lane, Lovers’ Lane, which descends from R Street in north Georgetown two hundred feet east of R and 31st […]
Welcome to Dumbarton Oaks Park
Dumbarton Oaks Park was opened to the public on April 12th, 1941 on the anniversary of Mildred and Robert Bliss and the donors of the Park. This wonderful, secluded, designed […]
Beatrix Farrand’s Masterpiece: Dumbarton Oaks Estate and the Park Within
Check out Jared Green’s blog on the recent symposium on Beatris Farrand and her role in Landscape Architecture and design. http://dirt.asla.org/?s=farrand
