Blog Posts Archive

Zwaanendael Museum in-person and livestreamed on You Tube All programs are free and open to the public. Travelling Victrola Demonstration – 12:00 p.m. Join former historical interpreter Kay Powell as she demonstrates this old-fashioned music machine. Join this program in person at Zwaanendael Park next to the Zwaanendael Museum. “Rosedale Beach” — Lecture by Tamara Burks […]

The vessel, New Jersey’s official tall ship, is a restored oyster-dredging schooner.

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.

Article explores artist Denis A. Volozan and his portrait of George Washington which hangs in The Old State House.

Bottle fragments from Lewes, Del.’s Roosevelt Inlet Shipwreck traced to the venerable wine estate.

Accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums is the highest recognition afforded to museums in the United States.

Accreditation is the highest recognition afforded to museums in the United States.

Accreditation is the highest recognition afforded to museums in the United States.

Accreditation is the highest recognition afforded to museums in the United States.

Explore the division’s museums, learn and explore Delaware history, and submit photos to win a prize.

Holiday display through December 2016 features preserved flowers, fruit, evergreen branches and other plant material.

This recent holiday season, the Sussex Gardeners designed festive arrangements with live plants to decorate the Zwaanendael Museum.

Decorations presented in conjunction with the Lewes Lights event.

Delaware’s Atlantic Ocean resorts offer a wide variety of historical attractions including Swanendael, the site of Delaware’s first European settlement.

By: Lindsay McNinch In September of 2011, HCA launched a new Volunteer Program.  As the Volunteer Program’s first appearance on the division’s blog, I wanted to take this opportunity to showcase some of the benefits you may receive from volunteering with us. Tying in with the Division’s mission to promote Delaware’s historical legacies, HCA’s Volunteer […]

Charles Kellogg was a conservationist and Victor recording artist.