This extraordinary barn, progressive in its environmental design, is the home of the Delaware Folk Art Collection. Visit the permanent and rotating art exhibits, or tour our displays highlighting the history of the barn and surrounding landscape. Renovations have created a multifunctional conference, special event and gallery space featuring meeting rooms, a large banquet room and a secluded courtyard.

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Address:
1914 W. Park Drive
Wilmington, DE 19803

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Alapocas Run

Tucked in the middle of suburban Wilmington sits Bellevue State Park, a former DuPont estate. The home of William Dupont Jr. (1896-1965), Bellevue Hall, stands as the park’s centerpiece, alongside many other historic structures. William Dupont Jr., an avid equestrian, also transformed this land to include horse stables, indoor horse training facilities, and most notably a 1 ⅛ mile long horse track, all which can be viewed and enjoyed through various walking trails today.

Address:
800 Carr Rd
Wilmington, DE 19809

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Bellevue State Park

Situated on Pea Patch Island in the middle of the Delaware River, Fort Delaware was constructed in the mid-1800s to protect Wilmington and Philadelphia from enemy attack and continued to serve this role through WWI. The fort was among the most advanced in the nation when completed and even housed prisoners of war during the Civil War due to its water bound isolation. Today, costumed interpreters take you back to 1864 where you can tour the parade ground, explore the fort’s structure, hear stories of great escapes, and watch as the Fort’s Columbiad cannon fires a live gunpowder charge!

Address:
2540 Colter Road
Delaware City, DE 19706

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Fort Delaware State Park

Fort DuPont was built to protect port cities along the Delaware River, like Wilmington and Philadelphia from enemy ships. When its weaponry became obsolete after World War I, Fort DuPont’s role switched primarily to training. The backbone of Fort DuPont’s coastal defense included its rifle, mortar and rapid-fire batteries that can still be seen today along the River View Trail.

Address:
Route 9, north of the C&D Canal
Delaware City, DE 19706

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Fort Delaware State Park

Museum exhibits and artifacts within Battery 519, a 15,000-square-foot fortified underground chamber, bring to life Delaware’s wartime stories of submarine encounters and surrender, daring actions of civilian pilots, and hometown heroes who sacrificed for our freedom. The museum’s collection of armaments provides visitors a unique opportunity to experience first-hand how state-of-the-art technology from an earlier day was used to defend the nation.

Address:
Cape Henlopen State Park,
15099 Cape Henlopen Dr
Lewes, DE 19958

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Fort Miles Historical Area

Built in 1876 for use by the United States Life-saving Service, the full-restored station today features maritime exhibits and historic reenactors who periodically demonstrate turn-of-the-century techniques to rescue sailing ships in distress. Includes a gift shop offering unique coastal and maritime merchandise. These facilities are also available for event rentals.

Address:
25039 Coastal Highway
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971

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Indian River Life Saving Station

The John Bell House, built in the mid-1700s, offers a rare look into everyday life in Dover’s earliest days, as it witnessed generations of pivotal events: from marching Revolutionaries to determined Freedom Seekers and crusading suffragists. Offering living history programs, crafts and signature thematic walking tours, your Delaware capital experience begins at the John Bell House – where the size of a place doesn’t reflect the scale of the stories waiting to be told.

Address:
43 The Green
Dover, DE 19901

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First State Heritage Park

Nestled in the Piedmont’s Red Clay Valley, visitors to Auburn Valley State Park will discover the history of the Marshall Family, Yorklyn’s rich industrial history, and the revitalization of this site. Previously known as Auburn Heights Preserve, Auburn Valley State Park features the historic Marshall Mansion completed in 1897, the Marshall Steam Museum, the Auburn Valley 1/8-scale railroad, new hiking and paved bike trails and much more.

Address:
3000 Creek Rd
Yorklyn, DE 19736

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Auburn Valley State Park

Less than five minutes from the center of Hockessin, Delaware the Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights offers visitors a chance to step back in time and experience life at the dawn of the automotive age. The now-museum was built by T. Clarence Marshall in 1947 to house his growing collection of antique automobiles. Today, visitors can enjoy the many treasures at Auburn Heights thanks to the generosity and vision of Clarence’s son, Tom, and his wife, Ruth. In 2008, they gifted to Delaware State Parks the estate land and buildings, including a beautiful 1897 Queen Anne mansion that was the Marshall home, while donating to the Friends of Auburn Heights Preserve, a 501(c)3 charitable organization, the extraordinary vehicles of the Marshall collection. The museum features the world’s largest operating collection of Stanley steam cars, a 1916 electric car, and two 1930s Packards, in addition to the Auburn Valley Railroad with its 1/8^th-size coal-fired steam trains that circle the property.

Address:
3000 Creek Rd
Yorklyn, DE 19736

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Auburn Valley State Park

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Marshal Steam Museum

The Port Penn Interpretive Center was a schoolhouse from 1886 to 1961 and now serves as a museum featuring material culture from late 19th and early 20th century Port Penn. Visitors can tour the surrounding wetland via the Wetlands Trail, which features migratory wading birds in summer months, a floating fishing cabin and other natural sights and sounds.

Address:
Located at the intersection of Routes 9 and 2 in Port Penn, Delaware

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Port Penn