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Category: History & Culture
52 Events
Independence or the Bayonet
- Wilmington Brew Works
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Monday, March 23
Women Scorned: Petit Treason and Punishment in 18th Century Delaware
- Milton Public Library
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Wednesday, March 25
New Sweden Day
- Fort Christina Park
- Saturday, March 28
CAMP Rehoboth Book Club
- Lewes Public Library
- Presented by CAMP Rehoboth
- Monday, March 30
Delaware Art Museum | "Living Indigenous" Curator Talk
- Lewes Public Library
- Presented by Delaware Art Museum
- Monday, March 30
Independence or the Bayonet
- Georgetown Public LIbrary
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Wednesday, April 1
Speaker Series
- Wilmington DE Civil War Round Table
- Wednesday, April 1
From the Vault: George Washington & George Read II
- Read House & Gardens
- Presented by Delaware Historical Society
- Friday, April 3
What Does it Mean to be a Delawarean?
- Delaware City Library
- Presented by Friends of Fort DuPont
- Wednesday, April 8
Rockwood Book Club
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- April 8 – May 13
Blue Hens & Bugbears
- Zwaanendael Museum
- Presented by Delaware Historical Society
- Friday, April 10
5th Annual Powwow of Arts and Culture
- Delaware Art Museum
- Saturday, April 11
The Design of a Country Estate
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Saturday, April 11
“A System concise, easy and efficient”: John Dickinson and the Defense of the Delaware State, 1782
- Delaware Public Archives
- Saturday, April 11
From the Vault: George Washington & George Read II
- Read House & Gardens
- Presented by Delaware Historical Society
- Thursday, April 16
Spring Art Exhibition - Opening Reception
- Center for the Creative Arts
- Thursday, April 16
Newlin's America 250 Celebration: Building America Through Trades and Food
- Newlin Grist Mill
- April 18 – June 6
Beginning Genealogy 101: Little-known Resources at the Delaware Public Archives
- Appoquinimink Public Library
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Monday, April 20
Delaware's Jazz History
- Woodlawn Library
- Wednesday, April 22
Flags of Our Forefathers: Finding Your Roots in the Revolution
- Volunteer Brewing Company
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Thursday, April 23
Escape Room: Renaissance, Resource, Resilience
- Christina Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
- Friday, April 24
Becoming Thurgood: America's Social Architect | Film Screening and Q&A
- Cinema Art Theater
- Sunday, April 26
Train Day
- Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights
- Sunday, May 3
Delaware, Voting Rights, and the Political Activism of Mary Church Terrell
- Copeland Room, Delaware History Museum
- Presented by Delaware Historical Society
- Tuesday, May 5
In Common Cause: Delaware’s Homefront in the Revolutionary War
- Georgetown Public LIbrary
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Wednesday, May 6
Speaker Series
- Wilmington DE Civil War Round Table
- Wednesday, May 6
Talbot County Tour of the Maryland House & Garden Pilgrimage
- Talbot Historical Society
- Saturday, May 9
Independence or the Bayonet
- Woodlawn Library
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Tuesday, May 12
Delaware's Signers & Slavery: It's Complicated
- Delaware City Library
- Wednesday, May 13
Loksi' Shaali': A Chickasaw Opera (New Chamber Edition) - Delaware Premiere!
- Episcopal Church of Sts. Andrew and Matthew
- Presented by Wilmington Concert Opera
- May 14–16
Black Family History with the Delaware Public Archives
- Appoquinimink Public Library
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Friday, May 15
Discover History Saturday: Revolutionary Delaware
- Delaware History Museum
- Saturday, May 30
Lock, Stock, & Barrel: Arms & Ammunition of the American Revolution
- Georgetown Public LIbrary
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Wednesday, June 3
Steamin' Day
- Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights
- June 7 – November 1
The Delaware Poisoned Candy Murders of 1898
- Delaware City Library
- Wednesday, June 10
Independence or the Bayonet
- Volunteer Brewing Company
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Thursday, June 11
Independence or the Bayonet
- Volunteer Brewing Company
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Thursday, June 11
Black Family History at the Delaware Public Archives
- Woodlawn Library
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Monday, June 15
In Common Cause: Delaware’s Homefront in the Revolutionary War
- Kent County Public Library
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Thursday, June 25
Independence or the Bayonet
- Bear Public Library
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Saturday, June 27
Board Game Night – Road to Liberty
- Kent County Public Library
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Monday, June 29
Flags of Our Forefathers: Finding Your Roots in the Revolution
- Brandywine Hundred Library
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Monday, July 13
In Common Cause: Delaware’s Homefront in the Revolutionary War
- Brandywine Hundred Library
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Monday, July 20
Lock, Stock, & Barrel: Arms & Ammunition of the American Revolution
- Brandywine Hundred Library
- Presented by Delaware Public Archives
- Monday, July 27
Fall Festival at Newlin Grist Mill
- Newlin Grist Mill
- Saturday, September 19
Museum Highlights Tour
- Biggs Museum of American Art
- Through December 5
National Theatre Live 2025 - 2026 Series at the Cinema Art Theater
- Cinema Art Theater
- Presented by Rehoboth Beach Film Society
- Through May 23
Reflections: 25 Objects for 250 Years of Delaware History
- Biggs Museum of American Art
- Through January 3, 2027
America's Tapestry Project
- Woodlawn Library
- Through April 22
Allies for Justice: Delaware's Role in Brown v. Board of Education
- Delaware City Library
- Wednesday, March 11
2026 Arts & Culture Caucus
- Legislative Hall
- Presented by Delaware Arts Alliance
- Through May 14
Public Archaeology at Newlin Grist Mill
- Newlin Grist Mill
- Through October 17
22 Organizations
Bellanca Airfield Museum
- New Castle
Belmont Hall
- Smyrna
Claymont Historical Society
- Claymont
DelaQueer
Elevate Vocal Arts
- Wilmington
Fort MIles Museum, Inc
- Lewes
Jane and Littleton Mitchell Center for African American Heritage
- Wilmington
Main Street Delaware City Inc
- Delaware City
Nuestras Raices Inc
- Wilmington
Odessa Fieldstone Stable
- Odessa
Old Town Hall
- Wilmington
Port Penn Interpretive Center
- Delaware City
Talbot County Garden Club
- Easton
Talbot Historical Society
- Easton
The Light Entertainment
- Middletown
The Mill
- Wilmington
Willingtown Square
- Wilmington
Wilmington DE Civil War Round Table
- Hockessin
Delaware Shoppes
- Dover
Pennsbury Historic Mill
- Chadds Ford
Stone Stable, Odessa
- Odessa
The Green, Dover
- Dover