Four new employees join the division
New staff at the Zwaanendael Museum and on the Preservation Maintenance Team
Fourteenth annual Delaware Day competition winners announced
Program encourages students to study the U.S. Constitution.
Free admission beginning Aug. 31, 2016 for ‘Lost off Lewes: The British warship DeBraak’
Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.
Friends of Cooch’s Bridge named 2024 Governor’s Outstanding Volunteer Service Award honorees
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.
From the Pacific to Delaware: Preserving and protecting our submerged archaeological sites
Guest article by Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs archaeologist Stephanie Soder.
Gathering public input on the 2018-2022 Statewide Historic Preservation Plan: New on-line survey available
Survey seeks feedback on the needs and issues facing historic places in Delaware.
Get involved in Preservation50, the golden anniversary celebration of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966
Activities to take place through October 2016.
Goodbye Howard
Long-term volunteer Howard Fulcher to leave the division at the end of July 2015.
Gov. and First Lady Carney to greet Halloween trick-or-treaters at Woodburn
Trick-or-treaters invited to the governor’s home on Tuesday, Oct. 31, 2017, between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Gov. Carney celebrates national accreditation of Delaware’s state-museum system
American Alliance of Museums’ accreditation is the highest recognition afforded to museums in the United States.
Gov. Carney to speak at John Dickinson Plantation on June 12, 2018
Gov. Carney will be the featured speaker for the annual meeting of the Friends of the John Dickinson Mansion.
Gov. Markell pardons Underground Railroad conductor Samuel D. Burris
Delaware man was convicted on Nov. 2, 1847 of aiding slaves escaping from their owners.
Gov. Markell unveils interpretive sign marking the location of Fort Casimir
Ceremony coincides with the announcement of a $71,500 grant for archaeological investigations at the New Castle site.
Grantham-Edwards-McComb House added to the National Register of Historic Places
Property once owned by Col. Henry S. McComb, one of the founders of the Union Pacific Railroad.
Greg Buchman promoted to physical-plant trades mechanic
Tradesman has been a member of the division’s Preservation Maintenance Team since 2012.
Guided visitation to the African burial ground at the John Dickinson Plantation
Programs explore the experiences of the enslaved and free African Americans who lived, labored and died on the John Dickinson Plantation.