’18th Century Trades Day’ at the John Dickinson Plantation on Oct. 13, 2018
Explore Colonial-era job opportunities at the home of the “Penman of the Revolution.”
’18th Century Trades Day’ and evening lantern tours to be featured at John Dickinson Plantation in October 2017
Activities feature two special programs that explore 18th-century trades and pastimes that might have taken place at the property during the lifetime of the “Penman of the Revolution.”
’18th Century Trades Day’ at the John Dickinson Plantation on Oct. 12, 2019
Day-long series of activities explores occupations of the 1700s including preserving food in the smokehouse, dyeing cloth, carpentry, blacksmithing and making bricks out of clay.
‘A Seaborne Citizenry: The DeBraak and Its Atlantic World’ exhibit at the Zwaanendael Museum
Exhibit explores His Majesty’s Sloop of War DeBraak, a British warship that was capsized and lost off the Delaware coast on May 25, 1798.
‘Across the Ages to the Edge of the Sea’ lecture series at the Zwaanendael Museum in 2018-2019
Series explores the history of the Lewes, Del. area from the 17th to the 20th centuries.
‘All Aboard: Delaware and the Railroad’
Three-day series of programs explores the importance of railroads to America’s economy and way of life, and their impact on Delaware.
‘An Illegal Activity: The Underground Railroad in Delaware’ exhibit closed on Dec. 7, 2014
EXHIBIT CLOSED on Dec. 7, 2014.
‘An Illegal Activity: The Underground Railroad in Delaware’–exhibit closed on Dec. 7, 2014
EXHIBIT CLOSED Dec. 7, 2014.
‘An Immigrant Story: Crossing the Atlantic in a 17th Century Sailing Ship’ at the New Castle Court House Museum on July 18, 2018
Program explores what life would be like for a two-month crossing of the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to the New World.
‘Caesar Rodney in His Own Words’: Historical play at the New Castle Court House Museum on Sept. 22, 2019
Historical play about the Delaware patriot by museum historic-site interpreter David Price.
‘Change of Command’ among 11 division-sponsored events in June 2018
Programs on Delaware heroes of the War of 1812, dyeing fabrics 18th-century style, and Separation Day in New Castle to be featured.
‘Civil War Band of Brothers: Four Men of the First Delaware Regiment’ — lecture streamed virtually from The Old State House on Oct. 22, 2020
Virtual lecture explores the true stories of four men — a doctor, a chaplain, a soldier and an Irish immigrant — who served in the unit.
‘Coffee, Cross Stitch and Conversation’ at Zwaanendael Museum on Feb. 22, 2020
Museum to feature a workshop on cross stitch, a form of embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture.
‘Coming Home, the Toll of War’
Lewes, Del. program explores the experiences of veterans returning home following World War I and how they compare with today’s veterans’ experience.
‘Cyber Seafaring’: The Zwaanendael Museum’s virtual maritime-history series, Oct. 1–3, 2020
Four-part series of virtual presentations on the Lewes/Cape Henlopen region’s maritime history.
‘Delaware and the War of 1812’ exhibit closed on March 19, 2016
EXHIBIT CLOSED on March 19, 2016.