Delaware Railroads: Elegant Travel and Timely Transport Exhibit

Beginning on July 7, 2018, a new exhibit, entitled “Delaware Railroads: Elegant Travel and Timely Transport,” will be on display at the Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes, Del. The exhibit replaces “Discovering Delaware’s Maritime Past” which has been on view since June 2015.

Postcard depicting the Lewes, Del. railroad station.

Planned and created by the Delaware Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs, the exhibit utilizes photographs; and posters, tickets, timetables, maps and historical objects from the collections of the State of Delaware to tell the history of rail travel and transport in the First State. In particular, the exhibit will explore four railroads that were historically important in Delaware: The New Castle and Frenchtown Railroad (1832), the Delaware Railroad (1852), the Junction and Breakwater Railroad (1857) and the Queen Anne’s Railroad (1896). The exhibit will compliment Lewes’ 20th annual Chautauqua tent show—“All Aboard: Delaware and the Railroad ” that will take place from Sept. 13 to 15, 2018.