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Port Penn Interpretive Center
1886 schoolhouse, now a folk life museum in 250-year-old village next to 1,000-acre marsh and Delaware River. Exhibits on town life, historic hunting decoys, fishing, fur trapping, community baseball and local artwork. Self-guided tour of historic building.
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First State Ballet Theatre
Professional-quality dance provided for audiences throughout the state. Headquartered at the Grand Opera House.
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Nutter D. Marvel Carriage Museum
Antique collection of horse-drawn carriages and wagons, along with items reflecting home life and farm life. Hundreds of pictures. Local memorabilia. Village setting that includes a church, one-room schoolhouse, blacksmith shop and barn.
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Old Swedes Church
Holy Trinity (Old Swedes) Church, built in 1698 by Swedes and Finns who came to America on the Tall Ship Kalmar Nyckel, is the oldest church still standing as originally built and in regular use.
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Willingtown Square
Six historic Wilmington homes moved int the mid-1970s to create an urban park. Part of the Delaware History Center complex operated by the Historical Society of Delaware.




