Blog Posts Archive

Office’s programs help to preserve Delaware’s historic places and unique cultural identity.

Meeting will include review of nominations to the National Register of Historic Places for the Taylors Bridge School in New Castle County and the Richard Allen School in Georgetown.

“All Aboard: Delaware and the Railroad” to take place from Sept. 13 to 15, 2018. #netde #delawarehistory #beaches #activities #events #historic_sites

Activities conducted in support of National Volunteer Week.

ARCUS Professional Fellowships strengthen the skills of emerging leaders in the cultural heritage and historic preservation movement.

Carlton Hall, a cultural preservation specialist and historian in the Delaware State Historic Preservation Office was honored for his research into the state’s African-American history.

Longtime leader in Delaware’s archaeological community passed away on June 3, 2018.

The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs mourns the loss of our colleague and friend, Ed Gillespie. We ask that you keep Ed and his family in your thoughts and prayers.

Social-studies teacher, principal, librarian and collector helped bring history alive.

Stickel served at The Old State House and the Delaware Archaeology Museum in Dover between 2002 and 2013.

Historian and preservationist served as the division’s director between 1984 and 1988.

Fourteen-year division veteran died on Feb. 15, 2018.

Report illustrates the programs and services that led to the division’s accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums.

Improvements slated to begin in the spring of 2018.

Changes to American society in the early 20th century, grave sites of notable New Castle veterans and candle-making among topics to be explored.

Film screenings, and programs on Sherlock Holmes, George M. Cohan and Irving Berlin to be featured.