Division to sponsor 24 special programs during June 2016
DeBraak tours, the 18th Annual Chautauqua and an evening of readings by Delaware poets and authors among the events to be presented.
Division to sponsor eight free programs during January 2017
Highlights include Prohibition in Delaware, patriotic music during World War I and culinary traditions of Sussex County.
Division to sponsor five special events during May 2019
Dover Days, A Day in Old New Castle and the Zwaanendael Maritime Festival among programs to be offered.
Division to sponsor four virtual programs during January 2021
Cross-stitching, the wreck of the DeBraak, artist Francis Barraud and forgotten presidents to be explored.
Division to sponsor four virtual-programs during December 2020
Wreath making; Elizabeth Battell, proprietrix of the Golden Fleece Tavern; season’s eatings; and Delaware’s canning history to be explored.
Division to sponsor nine special events during June 2019
Separation Day, Black Music Month Celebration and a historic preservation symposium among programs to be offered.
Division to sponsor seven special events during January 2018
Highlights include activities celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and programs on E.R. Johnson’s yacht, the Caroline, and buccaneers in the Delaware Bay.
Division to sponsor seven special events during January 2019
Highlights include activities celebrating Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, early jazz and the Avery’s Rest archaeological site.
Division to sponsor seven special events during January 2020
Highlights include a program on William Penn’s role in the founding of Dover, activities celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day and a concert by CoroAllegro.
Division to sponsor seven special events during May 2017
Highlights include Dover Days presentations, the Zwaanendael Museum’s Sixth Annual Maritime Festival and A Day in Old New Castle.
Division to sponsor three live virtual-programs during November 2020
Programs to explore mysteries of history, Abraham Lincoln’s election as president and London in wartime.
Division-sponsored programs in September 2021
Events include a wetland walk and campfire, a program on Colonial Delaware crime and punishment, and a wide variety of activities associated with “The I’s Have It: Industry, Innovation, and Invention,” Delaware’s 23rd annual Chautauqua.
Dutch-American Heritage Day at the Zwaanendael Museum on Nov. 18, 2017
Dutch-American Heritage Day commemorates Nov. 16, 1776, the date when the Netherlands became the first nation to recognize the newly independent United States.
EVENT CHANGE OF VENUE: Location changed for Sept. 13 to 15, 2018 Chautauqua programs in Lewes, Del.
Program explores the importance of railroads to America’s economy and way of life, and their impact on Delaware.
EVENTS RESCHEDULED–Programs on Delaware’s Native-American heritage to be held through the end of September 2016
Programs on Delaware’s Lenape and Nanticoke Indian tribes to be featured.
Exhibit ‘Delaware and the War of 1812’ closed on March 19, 2016
EXHIBIT CLOSED March 19, 2016.