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Category: History & Culture

48 Events

Fall Festival at Newlin Grist Mill

  • Newlin Grist Mill
  • Saturday, September 20

Fireside Chat | The Art of War: Propaganda or Patriotism

  • Lewes Public Library
  • Sunday, September 21

Melodies In Mosaic

  • St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
  • Presented by Elevate Vocal Arts
  • Sunday, September 21

Tavern Talk - In Common Cause: Delaware’s Homefront in the Revolutionary War

  • Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
  • Presented by Delaware Public Archives
  • Tuesday, September 30

Goth Ball at Rockwood

  • Rockwood Park & Museum
  • Friday, October 3

Haunted Dover Lantern Tour

  • John Bell House
  • October 3–24

88Time: CCAC's 80th Anniversary Concert

  • the baby grand
  • Presented by Christina Cultural Arts Center, Inc.
  • Saturday, October 4

Home Is Where the Archive Is

  • Delaware Public Archives
  • Saturday, October 4

Mitchell Center Cultural Film Series

  • Jane and Littleton Mitchell Center for African American Heritage
  • October 4–25

Growing at Rockwood: The Grand Garden Tour

  • Rockwood Park & Museum
  • October 4 – November 1

Fireside Chat with Christopher C. Gorham, author of Matisse at War

  • Lewes Public Library
  • Sunday, October 5

Conversation with Deborah N. Archer, author of Dividing Lines

  • Lewes Public Library
  • Tuesday, October 7

Women Scorned: Petit Treason and Punishment in 18th Century Delaware

  • Delaware Public Archives
  • Tuesday, October 7

Book Talk: Allies for Justice

  • Delaware History Museum
  • Presented by Delaware Historical Society
  • Saturday, October 11

DelArt Film Society: Special Screening of Georgia O'Keeffe: the Brightness of Light

  • Delaware Art Museum
  • Saturday, October 11

Rockwood on the Rocks

  • Rockwood Park & Museum
  • Saturday, October 11

Queering Delaware History

  • Delaware History Museum
  • Presented by Delaware Historical Society
  • Wednesday, October 15

National Theatre Live 2025 - 2026 Series at the Cinema Art Theater

  • Cinema Art Theater
  • Presented by Rehoboth Beach Film Society
  • October 15, 2025 – May 23, 2026

America's Tapestry: Defending the Delaware Bay Stitching Event

  • Read House & Gardens
  • Friday, October 17

From Muskets to Machine Guns: A Day of Reenactment

  • Friends of Fort DuPont
  • Saturday, October 18

Like Thieves in the Night: Crime and Punishment in Jazz-age Wilmington

  • Woodlawn Library
  • Tuesday, October 21

Tales From the Vault

  • Kent County Public Library
  • Presented by Delaware Public Archives
  • Wednesday, October 22

Tales From the Vault

  • Brandywine Hundred Library
  • Presented by Delaware Public Archives
  • Monday, October 27

Delaware Heritage Festival

  • John Bell House
  • Presented by First State Heritage Park
  • Saturday, November 1

Fighting for Fair Housing: A Historical Journey from National Struggles to Delaware's Stand

  • Delaware Public Archives
  • Saturday, November 1

Beginning Genealogy 101: Little-known Resources at the Delaware Public Archives

  • Brandywine Hundred Library
  • Presented by Delaware Public Archives
  • Monday, November 3

Curator Presents: Rockwood’s Own in WWI: George Kennedy Smith

  • Rockwood Park & Museum
  • Sunday, November 9

Forgotten Family: Pauper Records and Genealogy at the Delaware Public Archives

  • Brandywine Hundred Library
  • Presented by Delaware Public Archives
  • Monday, November 10

Beginning Genealogy 101: Little-known Resources at the Delaware Public Archives

  • Delaware Public Archives
  • Friday, November 14

If Kids Ran the Museum-SEEKING NEW JUNIOR GUIDES!

  • Rockwood Park & Museum
  • November 16–30

America's Tapestry: Defending the Delaware Bay Stitching Event

  • Read House & Gardens
  • Friday, November 21

William Peery and Boaz Manlove: Revolutionary Politics in Sussex County

  • Delaware Public Archives
  • Saturday, December 6

Flags of Our Forefathers: Finding Your Roots in the Revolution

  • Brandywine Hundred Library
  • Presented by Delaware Public Archives
  • Monday, December 8

America's Tapestry: Defending the Delaware Bay Stitching Event

  • Delaware History Museum
  • Friday, December 12

Forgotten Family: Pauper Records and Genealogy at the Delaware Public Archives

  • Delaware Public Archives
  • Friday, December 12

Holidays in Mosaic

  • St. Barnabas Episcopal Church
  • Presented by Elevate Vocal Arts
  • Sunday, December 14

St. Stephens celebrates 150 years

  • Greater Harrington Historical Society
  • Friday, January 30, 2026

4th Friday Drum Circle

  • Newark Arts Alliance
  • Through October 24

Public Archaeology Days at Newlin Grist Mill

  • Newlin Grist Mill
  • Through October 18

Kitchen Encounters

  • Newlin Grist Mill
  • Through November 15

Doors of Fame

  • Rehoboth Art League
  • Through October 31

Almost Unknown, The Afric-American Picture Gallery

  • Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
  • Through January 4, 2026

Museum Highlights Tour

  • Biggs Museum of American Art
  • Through December 5, 2026

Historic New Castle Saturday Market

  • New Castle Court House Museum
  • Through October 25

Abandoned Mansion

  • Rockwood Park & Museum
  • Through November 2

From Candlelight to Electrical Current: A Century of Lighting at Rockwood

  • Rockwood Park & Museum
  • Through January 4, 2026

Mitchell Center Cultural Film Series -- Underground Railroad: The William Still Story

  • Jane and Littleton Mitchell Center for African American Heritage
  • Through September 27

Below the Stairs and In the Attics: The Servants’ Tour

  • Rockwood Park & Museum
  • Through November 2

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