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“Starry Hospitality Night” on Dec. 5 kicks off Zwaanendael Museum’s seasonal programming

Holiday-themed program includes star-gazing in celebration of Delaware astronomer Annie Jump Cannon plus Bill Ayrey, lab manager and company historian from ILC Dover demonstrating the space suit that the company manufactures for NASA.




Civil rights, slavery and Delaware in the 1940s to be featured at the museums of the state of Delaware in January 2014

Ten special programs to be offered during the month.




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

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

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.”







 Pages Tagged With: "tourism"

“Starry Hospitality Night” on Dec. 5 kicks off Zwaanendael Museum’s seasonal programming

Holiday-themed program includes star-gazing in celebration of Delaware astronomer Annie Jump Cannon plus Bill Ayrey, lab manager and company historian from ILC Dover demonstrating the space suit that the company manufactures for NASA.




Civil rights, slavery and Delaware in the 1940s to be featured at the museums of the state of Delaware in January 2014

Ten special programs to be offered during the month.




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

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

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.”