Join the division’s Volunteer Program and make a difference in Delaware history
By Bridget Wallace, volunteer services coordinator, Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs.
July 10, 2021 trivia event at Johnson Victrola Museum cancelled
Event called off due to the potential for excessive heat.
Meet the group that brings the holiday spirit to the Zwaanendael Museum
Every year, the Sussex Gardeners help decorate Lewes for the holidays, including the Zwaanendael Museum. Learn more about this unique club.
Museum professionals visit the CMC
The Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs (HCA) was honored to host the Delaware Museum Association for its end-of-summer meeting this year. The event was held at the Center […]
Museums for All webinar on Nov. 19, 2020
Initiative dedicated to expanding community access to museums across the nation.
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 open for Juneteenth
Holiday commemorates the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States.
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.
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.