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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.

Former director of the Historic Houses of Odessa brings extensive preservation-experience to the board.

A simple cross-stitching sampler shows how difficult it can be to trace individuals’ lives and experiences throughout history, even in a state as small as Delaware. Find out what it took to find one Kent County girl’s story.

Program encourages young people to study the U.S. Constitution.

On Saturday, Dec. 7, 2019, more than 300 students, teachers and family members gathered at the Delaware Public Archives building in Dover for the presentation of awards for the 18th […]

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

Staff and volunteers recognized during the event.

Workshop designed to increase support for historic preservation, and to provide historical-research training for property owners

Artwork created on July 28, 2020 depicts a variety of outdoor scenes at the historic property.

Supporters of the Scott African Methodist Episcopal (A.M.E.) Zion Church in Wilmington came together in May 2024 to celebrate the historic structure’s listing in the National Register of Historic Places. […]

Imperfect land survey techniques of the 18th century created a tract of disputed land covering hundreds of acres that wasn’t federally recognized as Delaware’s until 1921.

One-teacher school in Millsboro was built in 1897.

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.