Pages Tagged With: "Activities"

New Castle Court House Museum publishes ’19 Days of Suffrage’

Series of 19 Facebook posts about the women’s suffrage movement in Delaware and the nation.




New Castle History Camp

Travel through history with us this summer at the FREE New Castle History Summer Camp! This years camp will be focused on the early history of New Castle and feature the history […]




New Castle History Camp explores native roots

The second New Castle History Summer Camp inspired youngsters to explore northern Delaware’s early history as archaeologists and historians.




Newsletter

Saving Delaware History, the newsletter of the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, is a digest of history- and preservation-related articles, calendar of events and related press coverage. Distilled […]




Old Dover Independence Day on July 3, 2021

Activities include sack racing, tug ‘o war, lawn games, walking tours, and historical interpreters, dressed in period clothing, reciting the Declaration of Independence.




Oliver Berliner, grandson of the inventor of the phonograph, to speak at the Johnson Victrola Museum

Oct. 4, 2014 program to focus on one of the pioneers in the music industry: Emile Berliner.




Our Museums

Administered by the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, the five museums of the State of Delaware tell the story of the First State’s contributions to the history and culture […]




Painting Party at Buena Vista on Feb. 18, 2016

Professional artist provides guests with step-by-step instruction.




Portraits of Buena Vista

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




Presidents Day program on George Washington’s 110 rules of civility at The Old State House on Feb. 17, 2019

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.




Presidents Lincoln and Washington to be spotlighted at The Old State House during February 2020

Events presented in honor of Presidents Day 2020.




PROGRAM CANCELLED: ‘A Dead Whale or a Stove Boat, Part Two’—Dec. 9, 2017 lecture at Zwaanendael Museum

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




PROGRAM RESCHEDULED–‘Listen Up! African-American History’ program at Dover, Del.’s Old State House rescheduled from Feb. 4 to March, 11, 2017

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




Programs ‘from the dark side’ to be featured at the New Castle Court House Museum in October 2017

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




Programs on America’s struggle for independence among 20 special events sponsored by the division during July 2016

Spoken-word program and lecture on Independence Day, plus patriotic music among the sponsored events.




Public presentation of First State National Historical Park’s Historic Resource Study on Oct. 25, 2018

Study will help the park plan for the future.