Division-sponsored programs in November 2021
A folk music concert, and programs celebrating Dutch American Heritage Day and National Native American Heritage Month among events/topics to be explored.
Division-sponsored programs in November 2022
An 18th century market fair, concert, tours, historical cuisine and programs celebrating Dutch- and Native-American heritage to be explored.
Division-sponsored programs in October 2021
18th century trades, true crime in song and walking tours of a historic cemetery among programs/topics to be explored.
Division-sponsored programs in October 2022
Series on the War of 1812, Mysteries of History , William Penn Day, concerts and outdoor events to be featured.
Division-sponsored programs in September 2021
Events include a wetland walk and campfire, a program on Colonial Delaware crime and punishment, and a wide variety of activities associated with “The I’s Have It: Industry, Innovation, and Invention,” Delaware’s 23rd annual Chautauqua.
Division-sponsored programs in September 2022
Events include lectures, tours and Delaware’s 24th Chautauqua tent show.
Dover receives Certified Local Government status
Designation encourages successful preservation programs and practices in Delaware’s capital city.
Dover’s business history on display at the Dover Public Library through spring
Visit the Dover Public Library to check out some Dover-centric business artifacts temporarily on display through Spring 2025.
Dover’s space connection coming to the library
Some of the earliest examples of space gear produced by workers in the heart of the First State will be on display at the Dover Public Library.
DSU freshmen present fresh perspectives on Delaware history
Students participated in programs at four Delaware historic sites in July 2015.
DSU students to present fresh perspectives on Delaware history on July 22, 2017
Free interactive, history-related activities to be presented at four historic sites located in Dover, Del.
DuPont Schools study to expand with story map
A recent survey by the Division and its partners have revealed the history of Delaware’s dozens of DuPont Schools. Now a new story map will help bring them to life.
Enhanced digital spreadsheet offers redesign of Plantation Stories Project
The public will soon be able to explore information on a handful of the free and enslaved people who lived, worked and died at the John Dickinson Plantation through an enhanced online spreadsheet that is part of a larger Plantations Stories Project.
EVENT CANCELLED: Buena Vista Holiday Open House on Dec. 9, 2017
Event cancelled due to inclement weather.
EVENT CHANGE OF VENUE: ‘First People of the First State: 12,000 Years, 300 Years and One Year’ program on Sept. 2, 2017 moved indoors due to inclement weather
Sept. 2, 2017 event moved from outdoors on the Dover Green to indoors at The Old State House.
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.