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Preservation Delaware to hold online workshop on June 3, 2020.

Free outdoor, family-fun event also includes activities and food.

One-day-only event showcases one of Delaware’s most historic homes.

Program took place between April 16, 2016 and April 8, 2017.

Tours explore the surviving hull section of this 18th-century shipwreck.

Tours explore the surviving hull section of this 18th-century shipwreck.

18th annual Chautauqua to take place in Lewes, Del. from June 19 to 23, 2016.

EXHIBIT CLOSED June 30, 2016.

Historical-theater presentation depicts a 1927 guide to throwing the perfect Halloween party.

Exhibit examines the 17th-century struggle for control of New Castle, Del. by the Dutch, Swedes and English.

Lead historic-site-interpreter Gavin Malone will portray a World War I veteran discussing the differences in American society between the 1910s and the early 1920s.

Event will include scholarly presentations on My Lord’s Gift, a 17th century archaeological site in Queenstown, Md.; and the Coleman Farm, Reedy Island and Fort Casimir sites in Delaware.

Last November, HCA announced an initiative to begin conservation work on the hull of the HMB DeBraak. One of the conservation team’s most urgent objectives was to improve the hull’s support-system and to add a water-filtration system that cleans the water that is used to keep the hull wet. Over the last several weeks, HCA […]

Exhibit featured the works of Orville Houghton Peets and his wife Ethel Canby Peets.

Four-part series explores historical clothing and textiles.

Activities to include demonstrations by the First Delaware Regiment and “Caesar Rodney in his Own Words,” a historical play exploring the views of the famed Delaware patriot.