Pages Tagged With: "historic sites"

Division releases 2020 annual report

Report illustrates the challenges addressed in an extraordinary year.




Division seeks executive housekeeper at Buena Vista

Closing date: May 20, 2021




Division to begin improvements to state-owned historic properties in New Castle

State to invest $350,000 for improvements at the New Castle Court House Museum, Arsenal, Academy and Green.




Division to honor MLK Day of Service by collecting donations for local charities

The Division will honor Martin Luther King Day throughout the month of January by collecting donated items for local charities. Drop-offs are organized at six locations statewide.




Division to replace New Castle Academy roof

Improvements slated to take place in late summer/early fall 2017.




Division to replace New Castle Academy roof

Improvements slated to begin in the spring of 2018.




Division to sponsor 12 special events during August 2017

Highlights include programs on inventors in the sound-recording industry, a historic murder mystery and Dr. Who




Division to sponsor 12 special events during August 2018

Film screenings, and programs on Sherlock Holmes, George M. Cohan and Irving Berlin to be featured.




Division to sponsor 13 special events during November 2017

18th Century Market Fair, candle making and music of World War I among the events to be presented.




Division to sponsor 13 special programs during May 2016

Highlights of the month include programs on the saving of The Old State House, a symposium on the early Colonial archaeology of the Delaware Valley region and the Zwaanendael Maritime Celebration.




Division to sponsor 14 free programs during March 2017

Highlights include events celebrating National Women’s History Month and National Harriet Tubman Day.




Division to sponsor 14 free programs during November 2016

18th Century Market Fair, candle making and music of World War I among the events to be presented.




Division to sponsor 14 special events during April 2019

Highlights include programs on the artist who created “His Master’s Voice,” the bombardment of Lewes and a festival at Fort Christina.




Division to sponsor 14 special programs during the 2016 winter-holiday season

Eight winter-holiday-themed activities among the programs to be offered.




Division to sponsor 16 special events during June 2017

Man’s Best Friend, Separation Day and a wine-glass painting party among the events to be presented.




Division to sponsor 16 special events during October 2018

Early 1900s music education, the life of Delaware patriot Caesar Rodney and walking tours of St. Peter’s cemetery in Lewes among topics to be explored.