News Posts:

The historic Scott A.M.E. Zion Church has officially been listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Hundreds of area students visited the John Dickinson Plantation this spring to learn about the importance of water throughout history.

The Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site have been recognized for their dedication as one of the 2024 Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Award honorees.

The Collections Program at the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs holds thousands of stories that can be told through historic objects, some of which are hair jewelry. The practice of making jewelry and decorations from hair has appeared throughout human history, though it is most known today for its association with 19th century mourning […]

A PBS film crew recently visited the New Castle Court House Museum and Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site for an upcoming episode of Travels with Darley.

See the varied colors of recent native planting projects taking root at sites like Belmont Hall and the annual blossoming of tulips along the coast in Lewes as spring arrives at Delaware’s historic sites.

A new website featuring 131 names shares the stories of the enslaved, indentured, freedom-seeking and free Black people who lived, worked and died at and near the John Dickinson Plantation.

Many of Delaware’s historic sites have political connections, including as polling places in the past and today.

The public is invited to learn more about the inclusive work being done at the John Dickinson Plantation and through the formation of a Descendant Community Engagement Group.

The 2024 Delmarva Archaeology and History Symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at the Smyrna Fire Hall, with presentations on area historical investigations and research.