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Address: 1301 Heritage Rd, Dover AFB, Dover, DE 19904
Located within the confines of Dover Air Force Base, this museum preserves the area's long association with the armed forces. Among the historic aircraft on display are an HH-43 helicopter, a C-54M used during the Berlin Airlift and a B-17 Flying Fortress. Other interesting exhibits include an F-106 flight simulator, a Boeing C-17 cockpit display,...
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Address: 406 Federal St, Dover, DE 19901
This gallery, on the second and third floors of the Delaware State Visitors Center, was made possible when Dover resident Sewell C. Biggs, an avid art collector, generously opened his collection of rare and fine art to the public. Biggs' donation includes Impressionist paintings by William Merritt Chase, sculpture by Charles Parks and even rare...
Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge
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Address: 2591 Whitehall Neck Rd, Smyrna, DE 19977
For nature lovers, a visit to nearby Bombay Hook is an absolute must. This 15,000-acre wildlife reserve features wide expanses of unspoiled tidal salt marsh (one of the largest such areas in the US) as well as biomes ranging from timber swamps to grassy uplands. Established in 1937 as a primary stopping point for migratory birds, Bombay Hook sees...
Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village
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Address: 866 N DuPont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901
Located off DuPont Highway just a few miles north of town, this unique museum preserves the agricultural history and heritage of the First State. On-site is Loockerman Landing Village, where exhibits highlight aspects of day-to-day life prior to 1900, from harvesting grain and milking cows to tending chickens and making tools. Elsewhere, exhibits...
Delaware Museum of Small Town Life
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Address: 316 S Governor's Ave, Dover, DE 19901
Located in a historic building (1880) that formerly housed the Presbyterian Sunday School, this museum provides an accurate glimpse of life in Dover prior to 1900. An original stained glass window signed by William Reith hangs from the rear wall of the building, and the museum is arranged to resemble a 19th-century main street. In the print shop...
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Dover Attractions & Activities
Address: 25 The Green, Dover, DE 19901
One of Dover's oldest standing public buildings, the Delaware State House was constructed in 1792 and, thanks to a massive restoration program in the 1970s, looks much as it did when politicians first chatted under its gilt ceiling. Guided interpretive tours include stops by the courtroom, the legislative chambers and the Recorder of Deeds office,...
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Dover Attractions & Activities
Address: 1131 N DuPont Hwy, Dover, DE 19901
The area's largest attraction, Dover Downs, is a figurative and literal playground for adults. Open daily, Dover Downs Slots is a nicotine-free casino that's home to some 2500 state-of-the-art nickel, quarter and half-dollar "one-armed bandits." Try your hand (and your luck) at Liberty Ball, Wild Taxi or Diamonds and Devils. Once you've had your...
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Address: 340 Kitts Hummock Rd, Delaware State University, Dover, DE 19901
This beautiful example of 18th-century Georgian architecture was home to one of Delaware's most noted statesmen, Attorney John Dickinson, whose participation in the Stamp Act Congress of 1765 and authorship of "Letters of a Farmer in Pennsylvania" (1767) earned him popular appeal and made him a key player in the colonies' quest for independence....
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Dover Attractions & Activities
Address: 375 S New St, Dover, DE 19901
Though born in Wilmington, E.R. Johnson always considered himself a son of Dover, and this museum pays tribute to him, his inventiveness and his business savvy. Johnson's ingenuity led him to create a compact phonograph that was all the rage in American households in the early 1900s. The Victrola Museum, made possible by the State of Delaware and...
Category: Best Attractions & Activities - Dover Attractions & Activities
Address: 226 S State St, Dover, DE 19901
Constructed in 1904, Dover Opera House was once the center of the capital city's arts and entertainment scene. In 1923, owner George M. Schwartz transformed the facility into a movie theater, and it remained more or less the same until its doors closed in 1982. Fortunately, concerned civic groups realized the importance and potential of the...
