Blog Posts Archive

Highlights include programs on Black leaders in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, African Americans on the Eastern Shore and screenings of the three-part “American Epic” which explores how the ordinary people of America were given the opportunity to make records for the first time.

Highlights include programs on African-American life at the John Dickinson Plantation in the 18th century, the evolution of Black recorded music and African-American archaeology in Delaware.

Leader is best known for surrendering the Dutch colony along the Delaware River to the British Crown 350 years ago.

Former division archaeologist named Delaware Department of State Employee of the Fourth Quarter.

Division archaeologist honored for outstanding contributions to the society.

Programs to shine a spotlight on the life and military career of the American patriot from Duck Creek (Smyrna), Del.

Article on the Revolutionary War hero from Duck Creek Crossroads (now Smyrna, Del.).

Third in a series of articles exploring the subjects of images from the state’s William D. Willis World War II Photographic Collection.

Kaitlyn Dykes, formerly lead interpreter at the Zwaanendael Museum, will serve as the first site manager for the Cooch’s Bridge property, the site of the state’s only Revolutionary War battle. She takes the helm as the Division hopes to enhance the public’s access and understanding of all aspects of this historic site.

Curator of collections made a lasting impact in presenting and Saving Delaware History.

Funding available for community redevelopment, revitalization and investment capital projects.

Program designed to meet Next Generation science standards as well as Common Core state standards for art and history.

Findings shed light on 11 burials dating to the late 1600s including three people of African descent.

Archaeological investigation seeks to find evidence of the fort originally built by Dutch settlers in 1651.

Program seeks to identify the uniqueness of the Colonial cultures in the Delaware Valley in the 17th and 18th centuries.

Program seeks to identify the uniqueness of the early colonial cultures in the region.