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  Category: Historical and Cultural Affairs


Museums of the state of Delaware to offer 10 special programs in December 2013

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Six of the programs to feature winter-holiday-themed activities.




WEATHER-RELATED UPDATE: “A Day in the Life of the John Dickinson Plantation” on Oct. 12 to be moved indoors due to heavy rain

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Date Posted: Friday, October 11, 2013

Due to heavy rains and saturated ground conditions, the component programs of “A Day in the Life of the John Dickinson Plantation,” originally scheduled to take place outdoors, will instead be held in the property’s mansion house and outbuildings.




A Day in the Life of the John Dickinson Plantation in Dover, Del. on Oct. 12, 2013

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 7, 2013

Enjoy a day of food, entertainment and hands-on activities from colonial trades to hearth cooking in the 18th-century setting of the home of the “Penman of the Revolution.”




Candle-dipping, classical music and Dutch-American Heritage Day to be featured at the museums of the state of Delaware in November 2013

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 7, 2013

Eleven special programs to be offered during the month.




Shipwrecks, Storms and Science: Program at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum on Oct. 5, 2013

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Event to feature a day-long slate of historical games and maritime history and archaeology activities, plus a presentation on the Roosevelt Inlet and DeBraak shipwrecks.







  Category: Historical and Cultural Affairs

Museums of the state of Delaware to offer 10 special programs in December 2013

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Date Posted: Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Six of the programs to feature winter-holiday-themed activities.




WEATHER-RELATED UPDATE: “A Day in the Life of the John Dickinson Plantation” on Oct. 12 to be moved indoors due to heavy rain

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Date Posted: Friday, October 11, 2013

Due to heavy rains and saturated ground conditions, the component programs of “A Day in the Life of the John Dickinson Plantation,” originally scheduled to take place outdoors, will instead be held in the property’s mansion house and outbuildings.




A Day in the Life of the John Dickinson Plantation in Dover, Del. on Oct. 12, 2013

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 7, 2013

Enjoy a day of food, entertainment and hands-on activities from colonial trades to hearth cooking in the 18th-century setting of the home of the “Penman of the Revolution.”




Candle-dipping, classical music and Dutch-American Heritage Day to be featured at the museums of the state of Delaware in November 2013

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Newsroom | Date Posted: Monday, October 7, 2013

Eleven special programs to be offered during the month.




Shipwrecks, Storms and Science: Program at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum on Oct. 5, 2013

Historical and Cultural Affairs | Date Posted: Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Event to feature a day-long slate of historical games and maritime history and archaeology activities, plus a presentation on the Roosevelt Inlet and DeBraak shipwrecks.