As a multi-disciplinary arts center, the mission is to provide exceptional opportunities for lifelong community participation in arts education, the visual arts and performing arts.

Twenty-eight mile-long trail runs from Big Pool along the Potomac River and the C&O Canal Towpath, past Sideling Hill, to Little Orleans. Paved trail popular for cycling, in-line skating and walking.

This Smithsonian affiliate offers exhibits, musical performances, films, kids' workshops, genealogy resources, lectures, and a soul food cafe'. Emphasis on Maryland African-American history and culture. On Maryland's Frederick Douglass Driving Tour. A National Park Service National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom site.

CTSMD engages, inspires, entertains, and challenges participants with theatrical productions; we train and support the next generation of theatre artists, providing arts education opportunities covering all aspects of a theatre production.