May 17, 2014 event celebrates the 375th anniversary of the arrival of Antoni Swart in New Sweden
On Saturday, May 17, 2014, the New Sweden Centre is sponsoring a celebratory event marking the 375th anniversary of the arrival of Anthony, a Black man later known as Antoni Swart, who was among the first colonists of New Sweden which centered on Fort Christina in present-day Wilmington, Del.
May is Delaware Archaeology Month!
Program designed to promote the study and conservation of the state’s archaeological resources.
Museums of the State of Delaware 2018–2019 winter-holiday schedule
Enjoy the season and learn about the First State’s many contributions to the history and culture of the United States.
Museums of the State of Delaware closed on Saturday, Jan. 7, 2017 due to winter storm
National Weather Service predicting significant storm.
Museums of the State of Delaware to shift to winter schedules
Wednesday visitation to be added, tours expanded to 45 minutes.
Music education: A mission of the Victor Talking Machine Company
Beginning in 1911, the company promoted the use of the phonograph for music-appreciation lessons for students in kindergarten through college.
National Women’s History Month events among eight special programs at division museums during March 2019
Activities honor and celebrate women’s lives and historic achievements.
Native-American heritage to be spotlighted at division museums during September 2016
Programs on Delaware’s Lenape and Nanticoke Indian tribes to be featured. Updated Sept. 8, 2016.
Programs on Delaware’s Lenape and Nanticoke Indian tribes to be featured.
Native-American heritage to be spotlighted at division museums during September 2017
Programs on Delaware’s Lenape and Nanticoke Indian tribes to be featured.
Negro Travelers’ Green Book program at the New Castle Court House Museum on March 16, 2019
Program on the travel and vacation guidebook for people of color during the segregation era
Never to be forgotten or lost again
John Dickinson Plantation burial ground for enslaved men, women and children, and for free African Americans who died on the site, to be preserved and interpreted.
New Castle Court House Museum featured in ‘Before They Were States’ podcast
Podcast explores the history of the American states before they joined the union.
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 explores native roots
The second New Castle History Summer Camp inspired youngsters to explore northern Delaware’s early history as archaeologists and historians.
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.