Today, by supporting community-driven cultural arts and educational programs, they gather community to build a sense of place and belonging.

[2][3] Wood wanted a place to preserve antique furniture, farm equipment, photographs, paintings, and documents of the Sandy Spring area.

[7] The museum was originally located in the basement of a Sandy Spring National Bank branch in Olney.

[8] In October 1986,[9] it moved to Tall Timbers, a brick four-story Colonial house that had been the home of Gladys Brooke Tumbleson, who had died earlier that year.

[12][13] They based the design local 18th century barns and houses in order to make sure it would blend in with the area.

[14] In 2007, a 3,500-square-foot (330 m2) addition opened, providing a research library and a collections storage facility for the museum.