Blog Posts Archive

Museums closed Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

New Castle Court House Museum, the Johnson Victrola Museum, The Old State House, the John Dickinson Plantation and the Zwaanendael Museum closed for the holiday.

Museums closed on March 24, 2020 in response to the coronavirus state of emergency.

Resumption of hours in keeping with Gov. John Carney’s lifting of the COVID-19 state of emergency on July 13, 2021.

Longtime volunteer facilitated the donation of the William D. Willis World War II Photographic Collection to the State of Delaware.

Social-studies teacher, principal, librarian and collector helped bring history alive.

Stickel served at The Old State House and the Delaware Archaeology Museum in Dover between 2002 and 2013.

Messina worked at the John Dickinson Plantation in the 1980s and 90s.

Fourteen-year division veteran died on Feb. 15, 2018.

Tours taking place through Sept. 26, 2019.

After 17 years as Division Director, the agency says farewell to Tim Slavin and welcomes Suzanne Savery into a new leadership role as of July 1. Learn more about their legacy and passion for history and preservation.

Social distancing recommended in response to state of emergency.

Three history majors in the University of Delaware’s E. Lyman Stewart Internship Program worked for the division during the summer of 2021.

Find out how the State Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program supported preservation efforts and incentives throughout Delaware in 2021.

Cards evoke the experiences that visitors can expect when they visit these iconic places in Delaware history.

Unique skills employed for scanning project involving tens of thousands of State Historic Preservation Office files.