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  Category: Historical and Cultural Affairs


Delaware’s State Museum System Awarded National Accreditation

Department of State | Governor John Carney | Historical and Cultural Affairs | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, October 5, 2017

Delaware’s state museum system has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest recognition afforded to museums in the United States. Administered by the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, the system includes five museums as well as the archaeological and historic objects collections curated by the state.




Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor 16 special events during October 2017

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Halloween programs, 18th century trades and William Penn Day among the events to be presented.




EVENT CHANGE OF VENUE: “First People of the First State: 12,000 Years, 300 Years and One Year” program in Dover, Del. on Sept. 2, 2017 moved indoors due to inclement weather

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | News | Date Posted: Thursday, August 31, 2017

Sept. 2, 2017 event moved from outdoors on the Dover Green to indoors at The Old State House.




Native-American heritage to be spotlighted at the museums of the State of Delaware during September 2017

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Programs on Delaware’s Lenape and Nanticoke Indian tribes to be featured.




“New Castle: Three Forts, One Community” exhibit to open at the New Castle Court House Museum on Sept. 9, 2017

Historical and Cultural Affairs | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Exhibit examines the 17th-century struggle for control of New Castle, Del. by the Dutch, Swedes and English.







  Category: Historical and Cultural Affairs

Delaware’s State Museum System Awarded National Accreditation

Department of State | Governor John Carney | Historical and Cultural Affairs | Office of the Governor | Date Posted: Thursday, October 5, 2017

Delaware’s state museum system has been accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM), the highest recognition afforded to museums in the United States. Administered by the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, the system includes five museums as well as the archaeological and historic objects collections curated by the state.




Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor 16 special events during October 2017

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Halloween programs, 18th century trades and William Penn Day among the events to be presented.




EVENT CHANGE OF VENUE: “First People of the First State: 12,000 Years, 300 Years and One Year” program in Dover, Del. on Sept. 2, 2017 moved indoors due to inclement weather

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | News | Date Posted: Thursday, August 31, 2017

Sept. 2, 2017 event moved from outdoors on the Dover Green to indoors at The Old State House.




Native-American heritage to be spotlighted at the museums of the State of Delaware during September 2017

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | News | Sussex County | Date Posted: Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Programs on Delaware’s Lenape and Nanticoke Indian tribes to be featured.




“New Castle: Three Forts, One Community” exhibit to open at the New Castle Court House Museum on Sept. 9, 2017

Historical and Cultural Affairs | New Castle County | News | Date Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Exhibit examines the 17th-century struggle for control of New Castle, Del. by the Dutch, Swedes and English.