Rehabilitation of keeper’s house set to begin at Fenwick Island Lighthouse
Work will begin this spring and continue into the summer of 2018.
Rehabilitation work underway at the Zwaanendael Museum
Project began on June 22, 2020 and will continue for approximately one month.
Schooner Meerwald partners with Zwaanendael Museum to present programs and sailing trips during the summer of 2019
The vessel, New Jersey’s official tall ship, is a restored oyster-dredging schooner.
State Rep. Ronald Gray visits the Fenwick Island Lighthouse to celebrate accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums
Accreditation is the highest recognition afforded to museums in the United States.
Sussex Gardeners deck the halls of the Zwaanendael Museum
Holiday display through December 2016 features preserved flowers, fruit, evergreen branches and other plant material.
Sussex Gardeners to decorate Zwaanendael Museum for the holidays
Decorations presented in conjunction with the Lewes Lights event.
Take a seaside vacation—and see where Delaware’s modern history began
Delaware’s Atlantic Ocean resorts offer a wide variety of historical attractions including Swanendael, the site of Delaware’s first European settlement.
Zwaanendael Maritime Celebration: ‘A Sailor’s Life for Me’ in Lewes, Del. over the 2017 Memorial Day weekend
Event provides visitors with an opportunity to experience seafaring lives of adventure, romance, excitement and hardships, and to honor mariners who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Zwaanendael Maritime Celebration: ‘A Sailor’s Life for Me’ on May 25, 2019
Daylong series of activities exploring the adventure, romance, excitement and hardships experienced by seafarers.
Zwaanendael Maritime Celebration: ‘A Sailor’s Life for Me’ over the 2018 Memorial Day weekend
Lewes event provides visitors with an opportunity to experience seafaring lives of adventure, romance, excitement and hardships, and to honor mariners who made the ultimate sacrifice.
Zwaanendael Museum announces winners of its ‘Uniquely Lewes’ photo contest
Contest challenged amateur photographers to submit images of what makes Lewes unique.
Zwaanendael Museum seeks plastic recyclables
Donated plastic will be used to offset the purchase price of a recycled-plastic bench.
Zwaanendael Museum to again offer tours of the British warship DeBraak
Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.
Zwaanendael Museum to hold ‘Uniquely Lewes’ photo contest
Open between July 8 and 15, 2020, contest seeks photos of what makes Lewes unique.
Zwaanendael Museum to offer tours of the British warship DeBraak
Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.
Zwaanendael Museum welcomes two new historic-site interpreters
Devon Filicicchia and Patrick Ruhl are helping the museum bring to life the Lewes-area’s maritime, military and social history.