Loans available for Delaware’s hospitality industry impacted by coronavirus
Museums and historic sites are among the organizations eligible for support.
Museum of Small Town Life
The museum is permanently closed, however, there are numerous other free and low-cost cultural venues in the downtown Dover area. Please call the Delaware Welcome Center for more information at (302) 744-5055.
National Women’s History Month events among eight special programs at division museums during March 2019
Activities honor and celebrate women’s lives and historic achievements.
New Castle Court House History
The New Castle Court House, located in the heart of the historic City of New Castle, Delaware, is one of the oldest surviving courthouses in the United States and a registered National Historic Landmark. The original 1732 court is built over the remains of the 1680s courthouse, with additions and modifications throughout the 18th and […]
New Castle Court House Museum
Built in 1732, the New Castle Court House Museum previously served as Delaware’s first court and state capitol. Here in 1776, New Castle, Kent and Sussex counties declared their independence from Pennsylvania and England creating the Delaware State. The New Castle Court House, located in the heart of the historic City of New Castle, Delaware, […]
New Castle Court House Museum Group Tours
Visitors to the New Castle Court House Museum learn about Delaware’s colonial and state history, early European settlements, development of the systems of law and government, and the Delaware Underground Railroad right where those events happened. Group tours of 10 or more visitors must make reservation for museum tours in advance by emailing the site […]
Newsletter
Saving Delaware History, the newsletter of the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, is a digest of history- and preservation-related articles, calendar of events and related press coverage. Distilled from content published in the division’s blog, social media, webpage and press releases, the newsletter is designed to stimulate public interest in the division’s museums, […]
Other Historic Sites Owned by the State of Delaware
The following list of historic properties are owned by the State of Delaware, Division of Historical Affairs, and are operated by private organizations. Abbott’s Mill Nature Center15411 Abbotts Pond RoadMilford, DE 19963(302) 422-0847 Belmont Hall217 Smyrna Leipsic RoadSmyrna, DE 19977(302) 264-9048 The Delaware Breakwater East End LighthouseSurrounded by water, the lighthouse is located at the […]
Photo Gallery: John Dickinson Plantation
Photo Gallery: Johnson Victrola Museum
Plantation Tours
Tours of the plantation enable visitors to compare and contrast lifestyles of the wealthy Dickinson family with those of tenants, poor whites, enslaved individuals and free Blacks residing in Kent County during the 1700s and early 1800s. School tours complement Delaware’s Social Studies Standards. A special thematic demonstration (weaving, hearth cooking, etc.) can be scheduled […]
Portrait of George Washington
After the death of George Washington in December 1799, the Delaware General Assembly, immediately upon convening in January 1800, resolved that a portrait be commissioned “in consequence of the eventful and ever to be lamented death of the late illustrious chief and friend of America General George Washington.” Denis Alexander Volozan (born Lyon, France, 1765; […]
Presidents Lincoln and Washington to be spotlighted at The Old State House during February 2020
Events presented in honor of Presidents Day 2020.
Registration open for FREE New Castle History Camp, July 24–28, 2023
Children ages 10 to 13 invited to explore the storied past of one of America’s most historic towns in this free history camp.
Rehabilitation work underway at the Zwaanendael Museum
Project began on June 22, 2020 and will continue for approximately one month.
Ron Whittington to portray Hall of Famer William ‘Judy’ Johnson at the New Castle Court House Museum on July 20, 2019
Program explores the history of the Negro baseball leagues prior to Jackie Robinson’s breaking of the color barrier in the major leagues.