Division to sponsor four virtual-programs during December 2020
Wreath making; Elizabeth Battell, proprietrix of the Golden Fleece Tavern; season’s eatings; and Delaware’s canning history to be explored.
Sussex Gardeners to decorate Zwaanendael Museum for the holidays
Decorations presented in conjunction with the Lewes Lights event.
Museums of the State of Delaware to shift to winter schedules
Wednesday visitation to be added, tours expanded to 45 minutes.
Division to sponsor three live virtual-programs during November 2020
Programs to explore mysteries of history, Abraham Lincoln’s election as president and London in wartime.
“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.
History at the beach—the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Fountain
Rehoboth Beach landmark was built in 1929.
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.
Division museums add Thursday operating hours
Visitation guidelines in keeping with Gov. Carney’s Phase II reopening of the state.
We support the elimination of racial injustice, racism, discrimination, and exclusionary history. We believe that Black lives matter.
We strive to practice inclusive history. History is not a series of one-sided, happy stories. It is a combination of uncomfortable truths, differing perspectives, and difficult narratives. At the John Dickinson Plantation in Dover, for example, we tell the story of the enslaved, indentured, and free Black men, women, and children who worked, and died, […]
Delaware’s State museums reopening with self-guided tours
Visitation now permitted in accordance with Gov. Carney’s Phase I reopening of the state.
