Pages Tagged With: "Delaware"

Division to hold public meetings seeking input for Delaware’s 2018–2022 State Historic Preservation Plan

Five meetings to be held at locations across the state during March 2017.




Division to sponsor 14 free programs during November 2016

18th Century Market Fair, candle making and music of World War I among the events to be presented.




Division to sponsor 15 special events during August 2019

Sherlock Holmes comes to Delaware, a screening of “How to Train Your Dragon—The Hidden World” and the history of women’s suffrage in the First State to be featured.




Division to sponsor 16 special events during June 2017

Man’s Best Friend, Separation Day and a wine-glass painting party among the events to be presented.




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 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-sponsored events in August 2023

Join the division at museums and historical sites across the state for a series of summertime events.




Division-sponsored events in January 2024

Ring in the New Year at historic sites and museums across the state by attending the division’s programs and events throughout the month.




Division-sponsored events in September 2023

Join the division for dozens of events statewide this September.




Division-sponsored programs in December 2023

Join staff at historic sites and museums across the state for several programs and events, including holiday themes, this December.




Dover’s space connection coming to the library

Some of the earliest examples of space gear produced by workers in the heart of the First State will be on display at the Dover Public Library.




Dutch-American Friendship Day

Fun events with a touch of history are planned for Dutch-American Friendship Day at the Zwaanendael Museum on Saturday, April 16.




Enhanced digital spreadsheet offers redesign of Plantation Stories Project

The public will soon be able to explore information on a handful of the free and enslaved people who lived, worked and died at the John Dickinson Plantation through an enhanced online spreadsheet that is part of a larger Plantations Stories Project.




Experience the annual Separation Day celebration 

Visit the New Castle Court House Museum for the parade, shop at the vintage market and top off the day with fireworks.




Explore a ‘History Revival’ at the New Castle Court House Museum

On Thursday afternoons in August, the New Castle Court House Museum will host a series of events focused on maritime history.