EVENT CHANGE OF VENUE: Location changed for Sept. 13 to 15, 2018 Chautauqua programs in Lewes, Del.
Program explores the importance of railroads to America’s economy and way of life, and their impact on Delaware.
EVENT POSTPONED–‘Post Cards of the Past’ presentation at Dover, Del.’s Old State House on May 1, 2016
Sunday, May 1, 2016 event to be rescheduled.
EVENTS RESCHEDULED–Programs on Delaware’s Native-American heritage to be held through the end of September 2016
Programs on Delaware’s Lenape and Nanticoke Indian tribes to be featured.
Exhibit ‘Delaware and the War of 1812’ closed on March 19, 2016
EXHIBIT CLOSED March 19, 2016.
First State National Historical Park to be created
Legislation passed in Congress in December 2014; awaiting President Obama’s signature.
Fort Christina National Historic Landmark re-opens for the summer of 2016
Partnership between the division, First State National Historical Park and Kalmar Nyckel Foundation made re-opening possible.
Fort Christina offers a green space and history this summer
First State National Historical Park site to offer tours and public programming.
Fort Christina offers a historical destination this summer
Partner site of the First State National Historical Park to host summer 2018 events
Free admission beginning Aug. 31, 2016 for ‘Lost off Lewes: The British warship DeBraak’
Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.
Friends of Folk Concert Series 2021-2022
Series presents a wide-variety of folk-music styles from across the region in the warm acoustics of The Old State House.
Friends of Folk Concert Series 2022-2023
Series presents a wide-variety of folk-music styles from across the region in the warm acoustics of The Old State House.
Guided visitation to the African burial ground at the John Dickinson Plantation
Programs explore the experiences of the enslaved and free African Americans who lived, labored and died on the John Dickinson Plantation.
Halloween Family Fun Day at Woodburn: The Governor’s Residence on Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017
Activities will include tours of the home, games and crafts.
Halloween-related programs at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum in October 2017
“Who Did In the Delaware Ducks?” and “Mysteries of History” to be featured
Harriet Tubman Day to be celebrated on March 11, 2017
Events to be held at the Delaware History Museum and Friends Meeting House in Wilmington.
HCA joins Flavor Flav at local music, culture fest
Staff from HCA recently joined Flavor Flav and Grouchy Greg Watkins at the Delaware Art Museum at this year’s Hip Hop Cultural Summit.