“Discovering Delaware’s Maritime Past”–17th annual Chautauqua tent show to take place in Lewes, Del. from June 21–25, 2015
The First State’s essential relationship with the Delaware River and Bay, and the sea, will be brought to life in five days of family-friendly programming.
Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs to sponsor 10 special events during May 2015
Dover Days activities, the Zwaanendael Maritime Festival and the history and archaeology of the early-Colonial Delaware Valley among events to be presented.
The First State’s Dutch heritage to be featured at Lewes, Del.’s Zwaanendael Museum in April 2015
Netherlands connection stretches back in time to the state’s first European colony, Swanendael, established by the Dutch in 1631 in present-day Lewes.
Lecture/tours of the hull of the DeBraak, a shipwrecked 18th-century British warship, to return to Lewes, Del. beginning on June 1, 2015
British warship was capsized and lost off the Delaware coast on May 25, 1798.
Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs museums closed on Easter Sunday, April 5, 2015
Museums of the state of Delaware closed on April 5, 2015. The John Dickinson Plantation, New Castle Court House and Zwaanendael Museum will also be closed on April 3, 2015.
