Name: Make a Delft Tile
Start: 2025-04-12T11:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-04-12T15:00:00-04:00
Location: Zwaanendael Museum

February 2025
February 22 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Collision on Route 40: Cold War Tensions and Civil Rights

New Castle Court House Museum 211 Delaware St., New Castle, Delaware, United States

This presentation brought to you by Delaware Humanities explores how Route 40 in Delaware and Maryland became an unexpected battleground for Cold War tensions and civil rights. On this corridor between Baltimore and the Delaware Memorial Bridge, international diplomacy, African decolonization, Jim Crow, Soviet propagandists, and Freedom Riders collided, forcing a confrontation for the Kennedy […]
February 26 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

CANCELED Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation Meeting

Delaware Center for Material Culture (CMC) 1351 W North Street, Dover, DE

The Delaware State Review Board for Historic Preservation serves as the advisory body to the state historic preservation officer, the official appointed by the governor to oversee and implement the state's preservation policies in accordance with federal standards. As part of its responsibilities, the State Review Board evaluates historic properties for placement in the National […]
March 2025
March 8 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am

Tea Time Fun with History and Science

St. Jones Reserve 818 Kitts Hummock Rd, Dover, DE

Join DNERR and John Dickinson Plantation education staff for a free morning of history and science. Sip tea while learning about the historical purposes of tea, specifically how tea was integrated throughout life at the John Dickinson Plantation. But tea isn’t just for drinking, it is also for innovative research! Learn how DNERR scientists use […]
March 8 @ 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Stories and History: Let’s Talk About Monuments

New Castle Court House Museum 211 Delaware St., New Castle, Delaware, United States

Museum staff will use a toolkit from the Delaware Humanities to discuss monuments, their controversies and possible creative solutions with a guided activity.
March 8 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Thistledown Fiber Arts Guild Demonstrations

John Dickinson Plantation 340 Kitts Hummock Road, Dover, DE

Demonstrations by the Thistledown Fiber Arts Guild. Program occurs during tours to explore fiber arts pursuits and may include spinning, weaving, knitting, and other historic handcrafts. Group meeting takes place in the Mansion Dining Room.
March 14 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm

Friends of Folk Concert Series: Skyler Cumbia

Old State House 25 The Green, Dover, DE

Skyler Cumbia is a singer songwriter and music therapist, originally from Virginia. She has lived in Wilmington for over four years. A multi-instrumentalist who enjoys many genres of music, she will most often be found playing folk and pop music with an occasional jazz standard. Skyler got involved in the Wilmington music scene and the […]
April 2025
April 1 @ 10:00 am - 4:30 pm

Spring at the Zwaanendael Museum

Zwaanendael Museum 102 Kings Highway, Lewes, DE

Celebrate the spring season! Just in time for the Lewes Tulip Celebration, the Zwaanendael Museum will be decorated by the Sussex Gardeners. Come visit the museum, see the decorations, and enjoy the local tulips.
April 5

2025 Delmarva Archaeology and History Symposium

The Arsenal 30 Market St, New Castle, DE, United States

Saturday, April 5, 2025 The Arsenal 30 Market St., New Castle, DE 19720 The Delaware State Historic Preservation Office, in partnership with the Archaeological Society of Delaware, is organizing the annual symposium on Delaware archaeology and history, to be hosted this year by the New Castle Historical Society. This annual symposium will feature presentations highlighting archaeological investigations, […]
April 5 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Make a Delft Tile

Zwaanendael Museum 102 Kings Highway, Lewes, DE

Learn about Delft tiles and make one yourself! No ceramic experience is required, these Delft tiles are made with pre-fabricated white tiles that can be decorated however you like.
April 12 @ 11:00 am - 3:00 pm

Make a Delft Tile

Zwaanendael Museum 102 Kings Highway, Lewes, DE

Learn about Delft tiles and make one yourself! No ceramic experience is required, these Delft tiles are made with pre-fabricated white tiles that can be decorated however you like.