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100th anniversary of the sinking of the USS Jacob Jones

Destroyer named for Delaware’s Commodore Jacob Jones, a hero of the War of 1812.




12th Annual Delaware Day Competition Winners Announced

Program encourages students to study the U.S. Constitution.




17th-century life revealed at Avery’s Rest

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.




2013 exhibits featured nearly 60 works of art from the state’s collections

EXHIBITS CLOSED on Aug. 25, 2013 and Dec. 31, 2013 respectively.




2014 Dover Days Festival: A collaborative affair

Division a key player in this year’s event that is themed “Delaware Dresses Downton.”




2024 Delmarva Archaeology and History Symposium set for April 27

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.




24th Annual Chautauqua, “That’s Entertainment”

Thursday, September 8, 2022 — Friday, September 9, 2022 outside the Zwaanendael Museum in LewesANDSaturday, September 10, 2022 — Sunday, September 11, 2022 outside the New Castle Court House Museum in New Castle *Programs – Live and Livestreamed *Entertaining and Educational *Experiences for All Ages *Interact with Historical Legends! All programs are free and open […]




50th anniversary of Johnson Victrola Museum celebrated during 2017

Museum highlights the life and achievements of Dover’s native son, Eldridge Reeves Johnson, founder of The Victor Talking Machine Company.




A December to remember!

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




A guide to commonly mispronounced Delaware places

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




A snack by any other name: A brief history of marshmallows

Marshmallows have been around for thousands of years, and this Nov. 30, Zwaanendael Museum is bringing back an ancient recipe.




Adventure film ‘Jumanji’ to be featured at Buena Vista Movie Night on the Lawn on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018

In addition to the film, this free outdoor, family-fun event includes activities, music and food.




African American History Month programs among 13 special events at division museums during February 2019

Highlights include programs on the Underground Railroad, Black recording artists and record labels from the early 20th century, and First African Baptist Church cemeteries in Philadelphia.




African American History Month programs among 16 special events at division museums in February 2017

Highlights include African-American life at the John Dickinson Plantation in the 18th century, a program on jazz pianist “Fats” Waller, and a presentation on historic properties listed in the National Register since the 1980s that are significant to African-American communities throughout the state.




African American History Month programs spotlighted during February 2020

Highlights include programs on Black leaders in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, African Americans on the Eastern Shore and screenings of the three-part “American Epic” which explores how the ordinary people of America were given the opportunity to make records for the first time.




African-American History Month programs among 18 special events at division museums during February 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.