Reston Museum is completely refurbished, and it continues to offer all sorts of educational and community activities for residents in the community.

Lynn Lilienthal, chairman of the board of the Reston Museum, said the museum works closely with Langston Hughes Middle School in Reston, especially with eighth grade students on their oral history projects in the spring.

"[We] try to encourage all the schools [to visit the museum]," Lilienthal said, "and show them what we have. A lot of people that live in Reston do not know that Lake Anne exists."

Lilienthal said that Forest Edge Elementary School usually has a treasure hunt around the plaza, and the museum is usually included in that.

Loren Bruce, volunteer tour guide at the Reston Museum, said the museum is not just for showing the history of the how Reston began, but how it revolutionized planning.

"There are a number of important things that happened," Bruce said. "Come by and read the history and the displays."

Nancy Davis, a resident of Reston who has lived in the community for 38 years, said the museum is educational not just for students but for all residents.

"They’ve done the historic story so beautifully," Davis said. "[Residents] can learn a lot how Reston began."

Davis said she visited Reston in 1971 and walked around the plaza and she saw the fountain and the people. She said she wanted to live in a city with contemporary architecture.

"This was a community," she said, "it was for everybody."

Lilienthal said the museum plans to offer evening programs, lectures and oral histories. She said if students are interested in internships and community service hours, they should contact the museum for more information.