Montgomery County Heritage Days are a great weekend activity for both the kids and the grown up History Channel fanatic in your family.  Music, kids’ activities, food – and history too!  There are over 40 sites throughout the County that are free to to the public.

Heritage Days events that look especially family-friendly:

Sandy Spring Museum – Saturday and Sunday. Story reading by children’s author Mary Hogan and The Little Gym of Olney will have special program on Saturday to lead audiences in an exercise routine based on chores that kids did on the farm.  17901 Bentley Road, Sandy Spring

Calleva Farm – Saturday only. Farm animals, free horse rides, group field games, pick your veggies and other farm-y fun.
19120 Martinsburg Road, Dickerson

Glen Echo Park -Saturday and Sunday. Kids can make crafts, ride the carousel, learn circle dances for children on Saturday 1-2pm. 7300 MacArthur Boulevard, Glen Echo

Gaithersburg-Washington Grove Volunteer Fire Dept. Museum – Saturday only. Firefighter fun for kids, Smokey the Bear and trucks galores. 13 East Diamond Avenue, (Old Fire House) Gaithersburg.

Agricultural History Farm Park – Saturday only. Take guided tours of the turn-of-the-century 455-acre historic farmstead. Enjoy historic farming demonstrations and old-fashioned games for all. 18400 Muncaster Road, Derwood

Oakley Cabin – Saturday and Sunday. Demonstrations of 19th century crafts, musical performances, and tours of the historic cabin that was been home to both slaves and African American free families. Hands-on activities for children and musical entertainment for the family.This African American historic site, built in the 1820s to house enslaved people, was later part of a roadside community. There will be Special Event on Saturday at 2:00 PM: Historical Theater Production’s Mother Wit performed by Colonial Williamsburg living history interpreters. 3610 Brookeville Road, Brookeville

King Barn Dairy MOOseum – Saturday and Sunday. Family activities include crafts, hands-on demonstrations, MOOsic, videos and dairy artifacts and joining the Washington Revels in a comMOOnity singalong. I just cut and pasted those puns. 18028 Central Park Circle, Germantown.

Visit the entire list of events for even MORE family fun this weekend!