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Top Ten Celebrate Arts & Culture

Celebrate Arts & Culture

1. Nemours Mansion
2. St. Anthony's Italian Festival
3. Riverfront Wilmington
4. Winterthur Museum
5. Delaware Art Museum
6. Biggs Museum
7. Johnson Victrola Museum
8. DuPont Theatre
9. Rehoboth Art League
10. Creatable Crafts

A message from Delaware Governor, Ruth Ann Minner

There is no place quite like Delaware.  Escape to “Chateau Country” for riveting landscapes made famous by Andrew Wyeth’s paintings. Watch the sun rise over the ocean at the Great Dune near Lewes and a great blue heron as it takes flight from the marshlands of Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge. This year, retrace history along the Nanticoke and Broad Creek rivers with the Captain John Smith Reenactment Voyage.

Our state capital, Dover, is home to one of the most beautifully preserved capitol complexes in the nation, captured by the First State Heritage Park. Old New Castle is a charming town to visit with its original cobblestone streets, colonial homes and guided historical tours. And don’t forget the coastal town of Lewes, which tells the story of Delaware’s seafaring past that dates back to the 1600s.

Enjoy the best opera, dance, drama and music or get inspired by a showcase of galleries featuring our state’s finest artists. Shop tax-free at Delaware’s brand name outlet stores, boutiques and antique shops.

We invite you to experience the wonder and diversity the First State has to offer. Delaware, it’s good being first.

Rockford Tower
A 100-year-old stone tower offering a panoramic view of the Brandywine Valley.

First State Ballet Theatre
Professional-quality dance provided for audiences throughout the state. Headquartered at the Grand Opera House.

Woodland Ferry
Float back in time on the Virginia C, better known as the Woodland Ferry. Three autos at a time take the free crossing over the beautiful Nanticoke River on the 300-year-old cable-run ferry, one of the last of its kind in the eastern United States.

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.

Delaware International Speedway
Stock car racing heats up with modifieds, late models, street modifieds and modified light cars.