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  Category: Historical and Cultural Affairs


Delaware Digital History Museum provides opportunities to experience Delaware history … from home

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, May 4, 2020

Online museum showcases items from the State’s collections of art and objects, as well as digital exhibits, virtual tours of museums and historic sites, and videos and images of historic landmarks and architecture.




Division Museums Closed; Special Programs Postponed

Department of State | Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, March 23, 2020

Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs museums will be closed beginning on March 24, 2020 and their programs postponed until further notice.




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.







  Category: Historical and Cultural Affairs

Delaware Digital History Museum provides opportunities to experience Delaware history … from home

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, May 4, 2020

Online museum showcases items from the State’s collections of art and objects, as well as digital exhibits, virtual tours of museums and historic sites, and videos and images of historic landmarks and architecture.




Division Museums Closed; Special Programs Postponed

Department of State | Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, March 23, 2020

Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs museums will be closed beginning on March 24, 2020 and their programs postponed until further notice.




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.