‘Emeline Hawkins: Her Journey from Slavery to Freedom on the Underground Railroad’ exhibit closed on July 23, 2017
Exhibit closed on July 23, 2017
‘First People of the First State’: Programs featuring the Lenapé Indian Tribe of Delaware throughout September 2018
Eleven Lenapé-themed programs to be presented at three downtown Dover locations.
‘Five Stories’ explores the lives of people who lived and worked at the John Dickinson Plantation
Dickinson family members, tenant farmers, tradesmen, free Blacks, indentured servants and enslaved individuals are featured.
‘How to Train Your Dragon—The Hidden World’ to be screened at Movie Night at Buena Vista on Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019
Free outdoor, family-fun event also includes activities and food.
‘Land and Sea Christmas’: Buena Vista Holiday Open House on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2016
One-day-only event showcases one of Delaware’s most historic homes.
‘Listen Up!’: How About Something Different?
Program took place between April 16, 2016 and April 8, 2017.
‘Lost Off Lewes: The British Warship DeBraak’
Tours explore the surviving hull section of this 18th-century shipwreck.
‘Lost off Lewes: The British warship DeBraak’
Tours explore the surviving hull section of this 18th-century shipwreck.
‘Making the First State Shine: 50 Years of Historic Preservation in Delaware’
18th annual Chautauqua to take place in Lewes, Del. from June 19 to 23, 2016.
‘Middletown Goes to War’ exhibit closed on June 30, 2016
EXHIBIT CLOSED June 30, 2016.
‘Mischief Managed: Throwing a Hotsy-Totsy Halloween Bash’ at the Johnson Victrola Museum on Oct. 30, 2020
Historical-theater presentation depicts a 1927 guide to throwing the perfect Halloween party.
‘New Castle: Three Forts, One Community’ exhibit at the New Castle Court House Museum
Exhibit examines the 17th-century struggle for control of New Castle, Del. by the Dutch, Swedes and English.
‘Over There and Back Again!’ program at Dover, Del.’s Old State House on Nov. 11, 2018
Lead historic-site-interpreter Gavin Malone will portray a World War I veteran discussing the differences in American society between the 1910s and the early 1920s.
‘Seams From the Past’ series at the Zwaanendael Museum in November 2019
Four-part series explores historical clothing and textiles.
‘Separation—Freedom for Delaware’ at the New Castle Court House Museum on June 9, 2019
Activities to include demonstrations by the First Delaware Regiment and “Caesar Rodney in his Own Words,” a historical play exploring the views of the famed Delaware patriot.
‘Service, Suffrage, and Swing: World War I Era in Delaware’
America’s participation in “the war to end all wars” will be brought to life during this five-day program that will take place at a variety of downtown Lewes, Del. locations from June 18–22, 2017.
‘Simple Machines’ display at the John Dickinson Plantation
Display focuses on the six simple machines (inclined plane, screw, wedge, pulley, lever, and wheel and axle) that constitute the elementary building blocks of which many more-complicated machines are composed.
‘Stitching on the Light: A Virtual Stitch Along’
Online cross-stitch embroidery program from the Zwaanendael Museum during January 2021.
‘The 1960s in Delaware’—Chautauqua tent show in Lewes from Sept. 19 to 21, 2019
The civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, the space program and rock ‘n’ roll will be among the 1960s-era topics to be explored.
‘The Empty Glass: Sherlock Holmes Comes to Dover’ to be presented at The Old State House on Aug. 18, 2018
Holmes and Dr. Watson attempt to solve a grisly murder based on an actual Dover court case.
‘The Kidnapping of Bathsheba Bungy’ program on March 18, 2023
Program explores the true story of a free, Black girl from New Castle who was kidnapped to be sold into slavery, and her subsequent rescue.