Blog Posts Archive

Delaware’s newest public historic site also has doubled as a classroom for a handful of students from the University of Delaware.

Longtime division employee honored for her contributions to the small museum community on a regional or state level.

Company played a major role in recording Native-American-inspired music.

Video created in celebration of the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966.

Research helps provide a greater understanding of the early colonial history of European and African persons in Delaware.

Created in celebration of Delaware Day which honors the anniversary of Delaware becoming the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution on Dec. 7, 1787.

The Vincelette Futuro House was officially listed in the National Register of Historic Places in late 2023.

If you’re in the market for a true historical adventure, spend a day or two at division sites participating in the 18th Century Market Fair, which brings the colonial past to life through themed performers and vendors.

After many challenging months, volunteers are finding ways to safely help preserve and share Delaware history.

Historic Smyrna site was hit by Tropical Storm Isaias on Aug. 4, 2020.

Three-part series explores America’s second war with Great Britain.

Beginning on July 20, 2013, C-SPAN, the public-affairs television network, will be posting 13 television segments on its website featuring the literary life and history of Delaware’s capital city of Dover. The segments can be viewed at the following Web address: www.c-span.org/LocalContent/Dover. C-SPAN will also be broadcasting the segments on non-fiction book channel BookTV (on […]

Johnson Victrola Museum volunteer Jim Schilling leaves after nine years of service.

We strive to practice inclusive history. History is not a series of one-sided, happy stories. It is a combination of uncomfortable truths, differing perspectives, and difficult narratives. At the John Dickinson Plantation in Dover, for example, we tell the story of the enslaved, indentured, and free Black men, women, and children who worked, and died, […]

Welcome to the official blog of Delaware’s Division of Historical & Cultural Affairs. This inaugural post is a special milestone in the division’s current “Point and Click” initiative, which aims to make the division and its holdings more accessible to the public. Having as much concern for the future as we do for the past, […]

Audio programs explore a wide variety of topics related to Delaware history and the programs and services of the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs.