Upcoming Events

Ball-Sellers House Opening Day

Ball-Sellers House 5620 3rd Street, South, Arlington VA 22204, VA, United States

During our 2025 season (April through October) the Ball-Sellers House will celebrate the 50th anniversary of becoming a free public museum and we are planning a series of commemorative events at the house starting with our opening day on Saturday, April 5 at 1:00 pm. The Ball-Sellers House is hosting the Early American music group, Bedlam, […]

Free

Who Owns the Potomac and Why?

Reinsch Library Auditorium, Marymount University 2807 North Glebe Road, Arlington

Have you ever looked at maps and wondered why the boundary line between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River is so odd? It is not in the middle of the river, like it is in most places, and it doesn't really follow the curves of one shoreline or the other. Michael Nardolilli, the Executive […]

Spring Celebration with the Glencarlyn Community Garden

Ball-Sellers House 5620 3rd Street, South, Arlington VA 22204, VA, United States

The Arlington Historical Society/Ball-Sellers House is partnering with the Glencarlyn Library Garden to celebrate gardening. We are in TWO locations for this fun event: The Ball-Sellers House at 5620 3rd St., South, 10 - 4 Glencarlyn Library at 300 S. Kensington St. South, 10 - 3  At the Ball-Sellers House you'll see how colonial gardeners […]

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