Upcoming Events

“Landscapes of the Delaware Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway” by E. Lynn Dilliplane, 2023

Old Town Hall 512 N Market Street, Wilmington, DE, United States

Join us in Old Town Hall for a new exhibit, a photographic journey of the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway featuring the work of award-winning Delaware photographer, Lynn Dilliplane. Lynn Dilliplane received her first camera at the age of five, igniting a lifelong passion. She later attended Moore College of Art in Philadelphia and interned […]

The American Tradition of the Grand European Tour

Huxley and Hiro 419 N. Market St., Wilmington, DE

Join the Delaware Historical Society for NY Times Best-Selling Author and journalist Wilton Barnhardt's talk about the American tradition of the European Grand Tour on Saturday, April 6 at Huxley & Hiro Booksellers. Through his latest book Western Alliances, Barnhardt will explore the idea that you weren't civilized or cultured as an American unless you […]

The Medicinal Plants of the Lenape

Delaware History Museum

The Lenape people of Delaware and the surrounding region developed complex, rich and sophisticated health and healing traditions with the use of native medicinal plants at their core. This program will explore these traditions in two parts. The first part of the program will introduce the plants through a “virtual plant walk” that formed the […]