Current Museums
| Name | Location | County | Area of study | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Mobility Command Museum | Dover Air Force Base | Kent | Military | Military airlift and air refueling aircraft |
| Amstel House | New Castle | New Castle | Historic house | Operated by the New Castle Historical Society, 1730s Georgian mansion inked to many of the town’s prominent colonial families |
| Anna Hazzard Museum | Rehoboth Beach | Sussex | History | information, look for listing, Camp Meeting Era history |
| Auburn Heights Preserve | Yorklyn | New Castle | Transportation | website, Marshall Museum of Stanley Steamer cars, electric cars, Packards, local history displays, Marshall Family Mansion |
| Barratt's Chapel and Museum | Frederica | Kent | Religious | 1780 Methodist chapel and museum about history of Methodism |
| Bethany Beach History Museum | Bethany Beach | Sussex | Local history | website |
| Bethel Heritage Museum | Bethel | Sussex | Open air | information, historic village |
| Biggs Museum of American Art | Dover | Kent | Art | website, American fine and decorative arts |
| Blue Ball Barn Folk Art Museum | Wilmington | New Castle | Folk Art, Agricultural | website, A.I du Pont barn with state collection of folk art. |
| Bridgeville Historical Society Museum | Bridgeville | Sussex | Local history | information, open by appointment |
| Cannonball House Maritime Museum | Lewes | Sussex | Maritime | website, part of the Lewes Historical Society Historic Complex |
| Center for the Creative Arts | Yorklyn | New Castle | Community Art | website, community instruction center with "410 Gallery" of local art |
| Coverdale Farm | Greenville | New Castle | Farm | website, 19th century operating farm, operated by the Delaware Nature Society |
| Days Gone By Museum | Seaford | Sussex | Local history | information |
| Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village | Dover | Kent | Agriculture | website, includes Loockerman Landing Village, a representation of a rural village in 1890s with a store, farmhouse, schoolhouse and other building; farm equipment and tools, collection of carved folk art farm scenes, local art exhibits |
| Delaware Art Museum | Wilmington | New Castle | Art | Contains over 12,000 works focusing on American art and illustration from the 19th to the 21st century as well as the English Pre-Raphaelite movement of the mid-19th century. |
| Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts | Wilmington | New Castle | Art | Presents nearly 30 exhibitions annually of regionally, nationally, and internationally recognized contemporary artists |
| Delaware Center for Horticulture | Greenville | New Castle | Natural history | Community horticulture resource organization with public gardens, library and art gallery |
| Delaware Children's Museum | Wilmington | New Castle | Children's | website, located on Wilmington Riverfront |
| Delaware History Museum | Wilmington | New Castle | History | Operated by the Delaware Historical Society, cultural and historical Delaware exhibits, including everyday life artifacts, costumes, children's toys, regional decorative arts, and paintings |
| Delaware Mineralogical Society | Wilmington | New Castle | Natural History | Non-profit organization promoting education in earth science and lapidary art, annual show first full weekend in March hosting museum and educational exhibits |
| Delaware Museum of Natural History | Wilmington | New Castle | Natural history | Features collections of seashells, birds, and bird eggs, exhibits on dinosaurs, mammals, and Charles Darwin |
| Delaware Sports Museum and Hall of Fame | Wilmington | New Castle | Hall of fame - sports | Over 150 years of Delaware sports history, located at Frawley Stadium |
| Delaware State Capitol | Dover | Kent | State capitol | Also known as Legislative Hall |
| Delaware State Police Museum | Dover | Kent | Law enforcement | website |
| Delaware Visitor Center and Galleries | Dover | Kent | Local history | information, Delaware history and culture |
| Delmar Railroad Museum | Delmar | Sussex | Railroad | website, photos, located in the Delmar Public Library |
| Discover Sea Shipwreck Museum | Fenwick Island | Sussex | Maritime | website, shipwreck and recovered artifacts both regional and worldwide |
| Dutch House (New Castle, Delaware) | New Castle | New Castle | Historic house | website, operated by the New Castle Historical Society, 17th century early Delaware settlers house |
| Elsie Williams Doll Collection | Georgetown | Sussex | Doll | website, located at Delaware Technical and Community College
(Jack F. Owens Campus), Stephen J. Betze Library; over 600 dolls from around the world |
| Fenwick Island Light | Fenwick Island | Sussex | Lighthouse | Small museum of the history of the lighthouse |
| Fort Delaware | Pea Patch Island | New Castle | Military | Historic fort with living history demonstrations |
| Governor Ross Mansion & Plantation | Seaford | Sussex | Historic house | website, operated by the Seaford Historical Society |
| Greenbank Mill | Wilmington | New Castle | Living | website, includes gristmill restoration, Madison Factory textile mill, Philips House, and the 19th century farm with heritage livestock |
| Hagley Museum & Library | Wilmington | New Castle | History | Exhibits the unfolding history of American enterprise and is the site of the gunpowder works founded by E.I. du Pont in 1802. |
| Hale-Byrnes House | Stanton | New Castle | Historic house | 1750 historic house |
| Harrington Historical Society Museum | Harrington | Kent | Local history | information, information, includes 1800 glass hearse carriage, harness racing, the local fire company, military veterans, traveling salesmen, rural home life, vintage soda fountain, Jehu Camper folk art carvings, and a wooden model of the town |
| Harrington Railroad Museum | Harrington | Kent | Railroad | information, includes a 1926 Pennsylvania Railroad caboose that visitors walk through to see how the train crews lived and the tools that they used on the job |
| Harry Levin Center for Pharmacy & History | Smyrna | Kent | Pharmacological history | information, History center started by founder of Happy Harry's drug stores and run by Delaware Pharmacists Society. |
| Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum | Wilmington | New Castle | History | Also known as the Winterthur Museum and Estate, 950 acres (3.8 km2) with gardens, estate mansion with 175 period-room displays, museum galleries of fine and decorative arts, including American furniture, silver and metalwork, textiles and needlework, ceramics, glass, clock and woodworking shop displays |
| Historic Houses of Odessa | Odessa | New Castle | Historic house | website, enclave of 18th and early 19th century buildings which includes the Corbit-Sharp House (c.1774); Wilson-Warner House (c. 1769); Collins-Sharp House (c. 1700); Brick Hotel (c. 1822); and Odessa Bank (c.1853) |
| Indian River Lifesaving Station Museum | Rehoboth Beach | Sussex | Maritime | website, located in Delaware Seashore State Park |
| Iron Hill Museum | Newark | New Castle | History / Natural history | Former one room schoolhouse built by the du Pont family in 1923. Collections include rocks, minerals, floral and faunal specimens, archeological and historical displays, mounted birds and iron exhibits. website |
| John Dickinson Plantation | Dover | Kent | Historic house | 18th century home of John Dickinson |
| Johnson Victrola Museum | Dover | Kent | Biographical | website, exhibits about Eldridge Reeves Johnson, including phonographs, recordings, memorabilia, trademarks, objects, and paintings that highlight the development of the sound-recording industry |
| Laurel Historical Society | Laurel | Sussex | Local history | website Operates The Cook House Museum and the Laurel Heritage Museum |
| Lewes Historical Society Historic Complex | Lewes | Sussex | Open air | website, nine historic properties: Burton-Ingram House, Cannonball House Maritime Museum, Lewes Life-Saving Station Museum, Doctor's Office, Early Plank House, Ellegood House, Midway School #178, Rabbit's Ferry House, Thompson's Country Store and the Ryves Holt House |
| Lydia Black Cannon Museum | Milton | Sussex | Local history | website, operated by the Milton Historical Society |
| Mascot Hall of Fame | Newark | New Castle | Hall of Fame for mascots | Online museum recognizing sports mascots |
| Marvel Carriage Museum | Georgetown | Sussex | Transportation | website, collection of antique carriages as well as many original, restored buildings, Victrolas, ephemera, photographs, telephones, furniture and many more items related to Georgetown, open by appointment; operated by the Georgetown Historical Society |
| Messick Agriculture Museum | Harrington | Sussex | Agriculture | information, includes antique John Deere tractors, a fence made of spoked wheels and vintage bicycles |
| Milford Museum | Milford | Sussex | Local history | website, model ships, silver collection of coins, spoons, and novelties. early settlement of Milford, the city's variety of architecture, prominent citizens, artifacts, photographs, and historical memorabilia |
| Museum of Business History & Technology | Wilmington | New Castle | History | The Museum of Business History and Technology (MBHT) was founded in 2001, and is recognized by historians and collectors around the world for a collection unique both in scope and content. MBHT offers an unprecedented opportunity to tell important national stories about how innovations in business technology have revolutionized our lives both in and out of the workplace. website |
| Museum of Small Town Life | Dover | Kent | History | website, social life, commercial industry and consumer goods available in late 19th century Delaware small towns, includes print shop, woodworking shop, pharmacy, general store and post office displays. Closed until further notice. |
| Museum of the American Road | New Castle | New Castle | Transportation | website, Harley Davidson motorcycles |
| Nanticoke Indian Museum | Millsboro | Sussex | Native American | website, history of the Nanticoke Indian Tribe, jewelry, pottery, spears, arrow points, artifacts |
| Nemours Mansion and Gardens | Wilmington | New Castle | Mansion | A.I. duPont's Mansion and French chateau-style grounds |
| New Castle Court House Museum | New Castle | New Castle | History | One of the oldest surviving court houses in the United States, exhibits about Delaware's colonial court and assembly, Delaware's Underground Railroad and abolitionists, and the early system of law and government |
| Old State House | Dover | Kent | History | Delaware's old state capitol building, restored for 18th century appearance |
| Old Library Museum | New Castle | New Castle | Local history | website, operated by the New Castle Historical Society, changing exhibits of local history |
| Old Swedes Church | Wilmington | New Castle | History | Church building constructed in 1698-1699 |
| Old Town Hall | Wilmington | New Castle | Historic site | Open by appointment with the Delaware Historical Society, the hall housed the city's meeting chambers, offices and jail |
| Paul R. Jones Collection of African American Art | Newark | New Castle | Art | Works by African American artists, part of the University of Delaware |
| Parson Thorne Mansion | Milford | Kent | Historic house | information, information, operated by the Milford Historical Society |
| Pencader Heritage Museum | Newark | New Castle | Local history | website, operated by the Pencader Heritage Area Association |
| Read House & Gardens | New Castle | New Castle | Historic house | website, 1801 mansion with 22 rooms, operated by the Delaware Historical Society |
| Rehoboth Art League | Henlopen Acres | Sussex | Art | website, institution founded by Louise C. Corkran |
| Rehoboth Beach Museum | Rehoboth Beach | Sussex | Local history | information, look for listing, operated by the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society |
| Robinson House | Claymont | New Castle | Historic house | 1723 house, home of the Claymont Historical Society and the Darley Society |
| Rockwood Museum and Park | Wilmington | New Castle | Historic house | Restored Gilded Age mansion and historic landscape garden, located in Rockwood Park |
| Seaford Fire Museum | Seaford | Sussex | Firefighting | website, fire memorabilia related to the history of the Seaford Volunteer Fire Department |
| Seaford Museum | Seaford | Sussex | Local history | website, operated by the Seaford Historical Society |
| Smyrna Museum | Smyrna | Kent | Local history | information, operated by the Duck Creek Historical Society, period rooms, history of The Barracks, now the museum |
| Star Hill Museum | Dover | Kent | African American | website, former AME church, site on the Underground Railroad, reproduction inventions by African-Americans, African artifacts, utensils used in daily slave life |
| Treasures of the Sea Exhibit | Georgetown | Sussex | Maritime | website, located at Delaware Technical and Community College (Jack F. Owens Campus), Stephen J. Betze Library; artifacts from the shipwreck Nuestra Señora de Atocha |
| University Gallery | Newark | New Castle | Art | website, part of the University of Delaware, photographs, prints, drawings, paintings and ceramics, |
| University of Delaware Mineralogical Museum | Newark | New Castle | Geology | Part of the University of Delaware, minerals, petrified wood, meteorites, DuPont collection of gemstones |
| Velocipede Museum | New Castle | New Castle | Transportation | website, velocipedes, tricycles, boneshakers and bicycles dating from the 1860s to the 1960s |
| Willingtown Square | Wilmington | New Castle | Historic houses | Operated by the Delaware Historical Society, collection of four historic buildings, dating from 1748 to the early 19th century, which can be viewed from the outside, and changing local history exhibits in the Willingtown Square Gallery |
| Zwaanendael Museum | Lewes | Sussex | History | Honors the 300th anniversary of Delaware's first European settlement, founded 1631; local history exhibits |
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