Bowie City Hall, police and museums switch to new summer hours

Bowie residents who handle city business before work or after lunch will have less room to do it once the new summer schedule starts June 1. City Hall and the Bowie Police Department will both operate Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., shortening the weekday public window at Bowie City Hall, 15901 Fred Robinson Way, from its current 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. schedule.

That change matters most for routine errands that cannot wait, including City Clerk business tied to Bowie’s District 1 special election. Candidate filing for the June 30 special election runs through May 29, 2026, and candidate packets are available at the City Clerk’s office at Bowie City Hall during normal weekday business hours. Anyone trying to beat the deadline will need to plan around the tighter hours.

The police department’s front-facing schedule is also narrowing, but not its emergency reach. The Bowie Police Department’s Communications Center remains open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, at 240-544-5700. The department’s administrative records office is currently listed as open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., so walk-in visits for records or administrative matters will need more careful timing once the June 1 change takes effect.

Bowie’s museums are making a bigger shift. The City of Bowie Museums’ June calendar says the sites will be open only on Saturdays and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. beginning June 1, a move that cuts out weekday access entirely. The museums operate four distinct sites and house more than 7,400 artifacts, including more than 3,000 objects and more than 2,000 photographs, all in service of preserving and interpreting Bowie’s history, architecture, city plans and people.

The weekend-only schedule lands as the museums roll out America 250 programming in June, including a We the People canvas activity at Belair Mansion. The mansion, built around 1745 for Provincial Governor Samuel Ogle and his wife, Anne Tasker Ogle, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and remains one of Bowie’s most important historic draws.

The timing also stands out because Bowiefest is canceled in 2026, and the first Saturday in June is usually when that event would bring crowds into town. With Bowiefest off the calendar, Bowie’s summer changes now fall on the city’s own offices and institutions, forcing residents to adjust city hall visits, police errands and museum trips all at once.