‘Shared Truths’ exhibition now open at Zwaanendael Museum
Learn more about the people who witness, shape and record Delaware history in a new exhibition called “Shared Truths,” now open to the public at the Zwaanendael Museum.
Segregated Sands: Beach-Going in Jim Crow Era Delaware
Image: August 15, 1900 announcement in the Smyrna Times about the “Colored Day” at Woodland Beach. Beach-going was no exception to the state-sanctioned segregation laws of the twentieth century. Many of the beaches discussed in this digital exhibit were either designated locations for Black beach-goers to visit anytime they desired or had a specific day […]
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Delaware Railroads: Elegant Travel and Timely Transport A Seaborne Citizenry: The DeBraak and Its Atlantic World The Zwaanendael Merman
Division welcomes historic-site interpreters, executive housekeeper
New employees help the agency in its efforts to save Delaware history.
Zwaanendael Museum Activities
Tours and other interpretive programs take place throughout normal operating hours. Large groups that are interested in a tour must make reservations in advance by calling the museum at 302-645-1148. Exhibits & Displays First and Second Floor Galleries Delaware Railroads: Elegant Travel and Timely Transport This exhibit utilizes photographs; and posters, tickets, timetables, maps and […]
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Follow us on: Featured Online Exhibit Segregated Sands: Beach-Going in Jim Crow Era Delaware This exhibit brings to the forefront the history and stories of the Black American experience at Delaware’s segregated beaches during the Jim Crow era. If you’re inspired by this exhibit and would like to tell your story, then we invite you to […]
Four new employees join the division
New staff at the Zwaanendael Museum and on the Preservation Maintenance Team
Zwaanendael Maritime Celebration: ‘A Sailor’s Life for Me’ in Lewes, Del. over the 2017 Memorial Day weekend
Event provides visitors with an opportunity to experience seafaring lives of adventure, romance, excitement and hardships, and to honor mariners who made the ultimate sacrifice.
‘Lost off Lewes: The British warship DeBraak’
Tours explore the surviving hull section of this 18th-century shipwreck.
‘Lost Off Lewes: The British Warship DeBraak’
Tours explore the surviving hull section of this 18th-century shipwreck.