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  Category: Historical and Cultural Affairs


POSTPONED: “The Kidnapping of Bathsheba Bungy” at the New Castle Court House Museum on March 21, 2020

Historical and Cultural Affairs | New Castle County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, March 9, 2020

Program tells the story of an African American girl from New Castle, Del. who was kidnapped and taken to Maryland to be sold into slavery.




Zwaanendael Museum to offer tours of the British warship DeBraak

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, March 5, 2020

Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.




Harriet Tubman living history at Old State House on March 10

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2020

Actress Millicent Sparks to portray the noted Underground Railroad conductor.




Women’s history celebrated at state’s museums during March 2020

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Six special programs held in celebration of National Women’s History Month.




“Coffee, Cross Stitch and Conversation” at Lewes’ Zwaanendael Museum on Feb. 22, 2020

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2020

Museum to feature a workshop on cross stitch, a form of embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture.







  Category: Historical and Cultural Affairs

POSTPONED: “The Kidnapping of Bathsheba Bungy” at the New Castle Court House Museum on March 21, 2020

Historical and Cultural Affairs | New Castle County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, March 9, 2020

Program tells the story of an African American girl from New Castle, Del. who was kidnapped and taken to Maryland to be sold into slavery.




Zwaanendael Museum to offer tours of the British warship DeBraak

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, March 5, 2020

Tours explore the surviving hull section of an 18th-century shipwreck.




Harriet Tubman living history at Old State House on March 10

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | Newsroom | Date Posted: Thursday, February 27, 2020

Actress Millicent Sparks to portray the noted Underground Railroad conductor.




Women’s history celebrated at state’s museums during March 2020

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Kent County | New Castle County | Sussex County | Date Posted: Tuesday, February 18, 2020

Six special programs held in celebration of National Women’s History Month.




“Coffee, Cross Stitch and Conversation” at Lewes’ Zwaanendael Museum on Feb. 22, 2020

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Sussex County | Date Posted: Thursday, February 13, 2020

Museum to feature a workshop on cross stitch, a form of embroidery in which X-shaped stitches are used to form a picture.