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Date Posted: Monday, October 9th, 2017

Activities feature two special programs that explore 18th-century trades and pastimes that might have taken place at the property during the lifetime of the “Penman of the Revolution.”


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Date Posted: Thursday, September 12th, 2019

Day-long series of activities explores occupations of the 1700s including preserving food in the smokehouse, dyeing cloth, carpentry, blacksmithing and making bricks out of clay.


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Date Posted: Thursday, November 26th, 2020

Series showcased musicians from across the state and region.


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Date Posted: Thursday, September 5th, 2019

Historical play about the Delaware patriot by museum historic-site interpreter David Price.


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Date Posted: Wednesday, April 26th, 2017

Dickinson family members, tenant farmers, tradesmen, free Blacks, indentured servants and enslaved individuals are featured.


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Date Posted: Friday, December 2nd, 2016

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


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Date Posted: Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017

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


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Date Posted: Thursday, May 30th, 2019

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.


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Date Posted: Wednesday, August 7th, 2019

Theatrical performance in which the celebrated British detective is called upon to solve a grisly case at Delaware College.


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Date Posted: Monday, September 23rd, 2019

Event commemorates the 337th anniversary of Penn’s disembarkment at New Castle, his first landing in the New World.


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Date Posted: Monday, December 5th, 2022

Over the last five years, archaeologists have learned a lot more about the 11 burials found at Avery’s Rest near Rehoboth Beach. Find out what they have discovered thanks to modern-day technology and DNA testing.


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Date Posted: Thursday, February 9th, 2012

By: Ken Darsney, Curator of Horticulture Being someone who has decided to work outside for a living, there are two questions I get asked more than anything else. The first, which happens in the summer, is: “Hot enough for ya?” at which I reply, “Yes. Yes it is.” The second, and much more legitimate, question […]


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Date Posted: Tuesday, December 31st, 2019

Photographic chronicle of events during December 2019 sponsored by the division and its partnering organizations.


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Date Posted: Thursday, January 18th, 2024

Have you ever tripped up on pronouncing Newark? Smyrna? Lewes? Explore the correct way to say some of the state’s trickiest sites.


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Date Posted: Monday, May 23rd, 2022

A nearly century-old greenhouse in northern Delaware has been restored. Learn more about its importance in Delaware’s history.


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Date Posted: Thursday, January 25th, 2018

Highlights include programs on African-American life at the John Dickinson Plantation in the 18th century, the evolution of Black recorded music and African-American archaeology in Delaware.


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