Blog Posts Archive

Vintage 1950s-era ice cream stand still dishing up soft serve.

Tell us what activities and amenities you’d like to see at the Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site by filling out an anonymous survey.

Next year, the public will get new access to the John Dickinson Plantation thanks to a pathways project that will connect the site to the St. Jones Reserve.

Award-winning maritime artist Patrick O’Brien will give a talk on his artistic process, “Painting History with Patrick O’Brien,” at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 18, at the Kalmar Nyckel Foundation in Wilmington.

Union Jack once flew over HMS Sheffield, a guided-missile destroyer that was later sunk in the 1982 Falklands War.

The Division’s new Strategic Plan sets a course for preserving Delaware’s historical places and spaces for all ages and abilities to learn about local history.

By Alice Guerrant It’s important every so often to step back and evaluate what you’ve done so that you can see if you need to change something. Every five years, the State Historic Preservation Office leads the effort to produce a new statewide historic preservation plan. This is our chance as historic preservationists to ask […]

Sunshine Plein Air Artists were on site at the historic property in June 2021.

Collection includes more than 200 works depicting many of the state’s most notable public figures.

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

An archive of historic-preservation-related articles compiled from the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs and the media.

Program explores Washington’s 110 Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior and discusses how they were practiced by subsequent American presidents together with their relevance to contemporary American politics.

Events presented in honor of Presidents Day 2020.

Dec. 9, 2017 program cancelled and incorporated into March 24, 2018 program.

Program features local youth performing their own spoken-word compositions that bring to light the history of Delaware’s African-Americans and women.

“William Penn Day” plus readings and historical theater to be featured.