The Garrett County Historical Society Museums
The Garrett County Historical Society combines many facets of Garrett County History into three museums with wide-ranging displays and presentations. The Garrett County Historical Museum features a variety of artifacts that will take you through generations of Garrett County History, the Grantsville Community Museum tells the compelling story of Grantsville and Western Maryland through their collection of photographs and artifacts donated by the community. A generous donation from the Howard and Audrey Naylor Family Trust Foundation enabled construction of the new Garrett County Museum of Transportation.
Also featured through the Garrett County Historical Society is a collection of Leo J. Beachy photography taken between 1905 and 1927. This collection from glass plate negatives, viewable on this website, is an expressive and eloquent window into lives of Garrett County’s past.
Our Garrett County Museums
Garrett County
Historical Museum
107 South Second Street
Oakland, MD 21550
Garrett County Museum of Transportation
108 E Liberty Street
Oakland, MD 21550
Grantsville
Museum
153 Main Street
Grantsville, MD 21536
Leo Beachy Photographic Archive
The Garrett County Historical Society hosts the photographic archive of Leo Beachy, a schoolteacher and poet who at the age of thirty-one turned to photography.
These pictures taken between 1905 and 1927 are an expressive and eloquent window into lives of Garrett County’s past and represent the life’s work of Leo J. Beachy. The photographs in the collection range from individual studio portraits to beautiful and expansive landscapes. This archive allows the entire community to share the visual, artistic and cultural heritage of Garrett County. View our galleries and purchase prints!
