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  • Objects, Ideals & Delaware’s Unfinished Revolution

    Delaware History Museum and Mitchell Center for African American Heritage 504 N Market Street, Wilmington, DE, United States

    Objects, Ideals & Delaware's Unfinished Revolution, a new exhibition in partnership with Alexis I. duPont High School, commemorates the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. The exhibition pairs objects and archival materials from Delaware Historical Society (DHS) collections with a variety of themes in Delaware’s history, using them as a lens […]

  • Breaking Barriers, Building Legacy Exhibition

    Delaware History Museum and Mitchell Center for African American Heritage 504 N Market Street, Wilmington, DE, United States

    Breaking Barriers, Building Legacy chronicles the journey to establishing the Mitchell Center for African American Heritage, which celebrates its 10-year anniversary in October 2026, and highlights the lives and impact of Center namesakes Jane and Littleton Mitchell. It also commemorates the 125th birthday of Louis Redding, Delaware's first Black lawyer, who argued in the state […]