‘A Very Victor Holiday’ at the Johnson Victrola Museum on Dec. 4, 2021
Spend the holidays with the Victor Talking Machine Company at this special event.
Division-sponsored programs in Dec. 2021
Programs to include a demonstration of historical Dutch cooking, holidays with the Victor Talking Machine Company and a concert of soul-soaked mountain music by the Knotty G’s.
Collection close-up: ladybug costume
The division currently curates approximately 100,000 objects in the State of Delaware’s Historic Collection, among them, a child’s ladybug costume dated to 1974.
Museums of the State of Delaware open for Juneteenth
Holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.
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.
287th Army Band video-records performances at Buena Vista
Videos part of the band’s virtual holiday-concert-series, “The 12 Days of Christmas.”
Division to sponsor four virtual-programs during December 2020
Wreath making; Elizabeth Battell, proprietrix of the Golden Fleece Tavern; season’s eatings; and Delaware’s canning history to be explored.
Sussex Gardeners to decorate Zwaanendael Museum for the holidays
Decorations presented in conjunction with the Lewes Lights event.
‘Mischief Managed: Throwing a Hotsy-Totsy Halloween Bash’ at the Johnson Victrola Museum on Oct. 30, 2020
Historical-theater presentation depicts a 1927 guide to throwing the perfect Halloween party.
History at the beach—the Women’s Christian Temperance Union Fountain
Rehoboth Beach landmark was built in 1929.
