Save Our Seminary

04/11/2026

Join us on Sunday, 19 April for our next tour of the Glen, from 1:30 to 4 PM. More details below, and on our website.

10/15/2025

On Saturday, October 25th from 7:00-9:30pm, join us in the National Park Seminary Ballroom for
🔮 Fortune Telling
💃 Dancing
👻 Ghostly Spritis
🎃 and Holiday Games
We will also be hosting a silent auction with historic NPS items, plus a costume contest with prizes!
$20 per person online by Tuesday, October 21
Get your tickets here:

Come join us for a haunting evening of fun in the Ballroom. Celebrate Halloween like the National Park Seminary (NPS) students did with fortune telling, a costume contest, dancing, and other spooky delights. Bid on historic NPS items of the era during our silent auction. Costumes and/or decorative m...

08/14/2025

This month’s tour on August 23rd will have a special focus on the years NPS spent as an army medical center and annex to Walter Reed General Hospital. Joining in leading this tour will be SOS board member Don Hall, who recently spoke on the subject at the nearby National Museum of Health and Medicine.

The tour will begin at 1 and last around two hours. Tours are free for SOS members and children 12 and under, and $10 for nonmembers. Reserve your spot on the tour by emailing us at [email protected]
We hope to see you there!

08/02/2025

On Sunday, August 3 at 2PM, SOS Board Member Donald Hall will be presenting on the conversion of the school to the Forest Glen Annex at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. Also streamed live on their page.

04/23/2025

Spring is here and a great time to enjoy this special tour of the Glen! You can better appreciate the terrain and special built features in the Glen before the full leafing out. Come and join us as we visit this enchanted area from a different access and viewpoint than other special Glen tours.

The tour will take place on April 27th and begin at 1:30pm. The tour will last 2 to 2.5 hours, is limited in size and to those 12 years old and older. Reservations are required with payment for this tour by April 24 on the SOS website at https://saveourseminary.org/special-glen-tour/.

The tour fee is $20 per person and includes a special commemorative map, access to a private SOS website page with almost 40 pages of historical photos of the Glen, as well as videos and other resources, and light refreshments.

Terrain of the Glen is rugged and uneven with stairs, streams and other obstacles. It is not handicap accessible. Wear sturdy, close-toed shoes as there may be mud and/or water.

Tour the Glen at National Park Seminary Sunday, April 27 at 1:30pm Spring is here and a great time to enjoy this special tour of the Glen! You can better appreciate the terrain and special built fe…

04/18/2025

Before it was housing, National Park Seminary was a resort, a school, and a military medical facility!

Come learn about this beautiful campus’ storied history on this month’s guided tour. The tour will take place on April 26th starting at 1:00pm and last about two hours. Tours are free for SOS members and children 12 and under, and $10 for nonmembers. Reserve your spot on the tour by emailing us at [email protected]
We hope to see you there!

03/20/2025

The Swiss Chalet was once the sorority house for NPS’ Zeta Eta Theta and was a design chosen by the students themselves.

Our first tour of the year is this weekend! Come see beautiful, unique buildings like the Chalet and hear the history behind them.

The tour will take place on March 22nd starting at 1:00pm and last about two hours. Tours are free for SOS members and children 12 and under, and $10 for nonmembers. Reserve your spot on the tour by emailing us at [email protected]

We hope to see you there!

10/31/2024

Join us for a tour of the Glen at National Park Seminary on November 10th. Come learn more about the paths, historic structures, and unique features still on our campus and see photos of others that are long gone. A few paved historic paths have recently been uncovered!

The tour begins at 1:30pm and will last around two hours. The tour is limited to those 12 years old and older, and the terrain is uneven with some obstacles, so please wear sturdy, close-toed shoes.

Spots on the tour are limited, so make sure to secure your spot by November 7th on the SOS website at https://saveourseminary.org/upcoming-events/

We hope to see you there!

09/26/2024

Join us this weekend on our next guided tour to learn about the Seminary's history. The tour will take place on September 28th starting at 1:00pm and last about two hours. Tours are free for SOS members and children 12 and under, and $10 for nonmembers. Reserve your spot on the tour by emailing us at [email protected]

08/30/2024

Get An Exclusive Look Inside
at National Park Seminary

Everyone is fascinated by the unique architecture of the historic buildings at National Park Seminary and can only imagine what lies inside those walls. However, these are private residences, so their many unique and diverse styles, features, and decor are off-limits.

Save Our Seminary is therefore pleased to provide an exclusive visit into the interiors of 8 of these private residences on our 2024 House Tour on Sunday, September 8, 1-4 pm.

The tour will include a sorority house, the music hall, the gymnasium, the chapel and 4 other locations that have been converted to private residences. We will also have a surprise additional historic feature to view.

Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 on the day of the tour. Before Thursday, September 5 please purchase tickets and see more tour details here:

September 8, 2024 from 1 to 4 PM Experience a self-guided tour of a variety of historic interiors renovated into unique private residences at the National Park Seminary, a former girls’ school. Thi…

08/13/2024

Join us next month for a special Seminary House Tour!

SOS is pleased to invite you to our 2024 House Tour. You will be able to visit a variety of historic interiors at National Park Seminary such as a sorority house, the music hall, the gymnasium, the chapel and 4 other locations that have been converted to private residences. We will also have a surprise additional historic feature to view.

The tour will take place on September 8th from 1 to 4pm. Tickets are $40 in advance and $50 on the day of the tour. Please purchase tickets and see more tour details at https://saveourseminary.org/house-tour-2024/ by Thursday, September 5.

September 8, 2024 from 1 to 4 PM Experience a self-guided tour of a variety of historic interiors renovated into unique private residences at the National Park Seminary, a former girls’ school. Thi…