2024 Delmarva Archaeology and History Symposium explores important historical, archaeological finds
The 2024 Delmarva Archaeology and History Symposium featured nearly a dozen presentations from across Delmarva, providing inspiration for historians and archaeologists alike.
2024 Delmarva Archaeology and History Symposium set for April 27: Updates
The 2024 Delmarva Archaeology and History Symposium will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, at the Smyrna Fire Hall, with presentations on area historical investigations and research.
50th anniversary of Johnson Victrola Museum celebrated during 2017
Museum highlights the life and achievements of Dover’s native son, Eldridge Reeves Johnson, founder of The Victor Talking Machine Company.
A December to remember!
Photographic chronicle of events during December 2019 sponsored by the division and its partnering organizations.
A guide to commonly mispronounced Delaware places
Have you ever tripped up on pronouncing Newark? Smyrna? Lewes? Explore the correct way to say some of the state’s trickiest sites.
A snack by any other name: A brief history of marshmallows
Marshmallows have been around for thousands of years, and this Nov. 30, Zwaanendael Museum is bringing back an ancient recipe.
A UD student’s grant-writing journey at the Cooch Homestead
A class centered by the Cooch Homestead has offered one UD student a unique opportunity to explore their own fundraising future.
Adventure film ‘Jumanji’ to be featured at Buena Vista Movie Night on the Lawn on Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018
In addition to the film, this free outdoor, family-fun event includes activities, music and food.
African American History Month programs among 13 special events at division museums during February 2019
Highlights include programs on the Underground Railroad, Black recording artists and record labels from the early 20th century, and First African Baptist Church cemeteries in Philadelphia.
African American History Month programs among 16 special events at division museums in February 2017
Highlights include African-American life at the John Dickinson Plantation in the 18th century, a program on jazz pianist “Fats” Waller, and a presentation on historic properties listed in the National Register since the 1980s that are significant to African-American communities throughout the state.
African American History Month programs spotlighted during February 2020
Highlights include programs on Black leaders in the Women’s Suffrage Movement, African Americans on the Eastern Shore and screenings of the three-part “American Epic” which explores how the ordinary people of America were given the opportunity to make records for the first time.
African-American History Month programs among 18 special events at division museums during February 2018
Highlights include programs on African-American life at the John Dickinson Plantation in the 18th century, the evolution of Black recorded music and African-American archaeology in Delaware.
Alexander d’Hinoyossa: One of the most influential men in Colonial Delaware
Leader is best known for surrendering the Dutch colony along the Delaware River to the British Crown 350 years ago.
Allen McLane symposium to take place in Dover on Oct. 25, 2014
Programs to shine a spotlight on the life and military career of the American patriot from Duck Creek (Smyrna), Del.
Allen McLane, Intelligence Officer and Spy
Article on the Revolutionary War hero from Duck Creek Crossroads (now Smyrna, Del.).
America’s Heavy Hitter—The B-17 Flying Fortress
Third in a series of articles exploring the subjects of images from the state’s William D. Willis World War II Photographic Collection.