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Celebrating Colonists Day 2014 are, from left, Mark Hogate, Donn Draper, Aleasa Hogate, descendant of Anders Larsson Dalbo 1640, Donna Draper's granddaughter, Bill Hutchinson, portraying Peter Minuit, and Chief Dennis Coker of the Lenape Tribe. Check out the video of Colonists Day 2012 on this page, below left. News briefsFirst State National Historic Park, the nation's newest national park in Delaware, is expanding its activities to include grants to take school children on field trips to cultural and heritage sites. Click here for more on park developments. "The Landing of the Swedes" by Stanley M. Arthurs depicts the first contact in 1638 between the Swedish settlers and Native Americans. The meeting took place along the Christina River in present-day Wilmington. The image is made possible through the generosity of the Permanent Collection of the University of Delaware Click on the logo or name to visit us on Facebook New Sweden Centre TEL
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Welcome
The New Sweden Centre, Who are we?Volunteers, educators, history buffs What do we do?Promote Delaware Valley's history 1638-1776 with focus on Swedish, Finnish and Lenape culture Where are we?As a museum without walls, we have exhibits throughout the Delaware Valley. Our main exhibit is in JA Finance Park, reaching 10,000 students yearly at Junior Achievement of Delaware, 522 Walnut St., Wilmington, DE 19801 When can I visit?Make a reservation: call 302-429-0464 or send us an email How can I help?Join or donate. We always welcome new members interested in being museum hosts, reenactors, speakers or liaisons. Click here to go to the membership page. Click here to call up the volunteer form.
College internshipsInternships are available for a variety of interests and skills. Click here for details. |
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Who Wore What WhenFashion show to look at history through clothingMark your calendars for Nov. 11, when the history of New Sweden will come down the runway at the Hagley Museum. The “Who Wore What When" event will be a historical period fashion show and history learning experience intended to focus on the youth of the Delaware Valley. The demonstration is multi-cultural. It includes Viking and Lenape clothing, folk costumes and Swedish, Finnish, Dutch, and English colonial clothing. There will also be Civil War and WWI uniforms. Narration will describe the clothing, customs, fabric and history of each era, accompanied by period music and projected works of art. Native and other cultural food samples will complement the multi-sensory history event, which will be accomplished through collaboration among several historical, cultural and educational organizations. The Hagley House is at 200 Hagley Creek Rd, Wilmington, DE 19807. More details will be posted here as the date approaches. Do you recognize this woman? |
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This portrait of a woman modeling a traditional outfit was painted by Louise Della Rocca in 1938 for the 300th anniversary of New Sweden. The painting was recently donated to the New Sweden Centre by Louise's daughter, Della Hankel. But we do not know if the painting was done from a live model, or whether the woman was created from the artist's imagination. If you have any information about the painting, please send us an email: info@colonialnewsweden.org |
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Settlers trunks now available
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New Sweden Centre 'Museum Without Walls'Exhibits on display throughout regionDear Friends,2013 was a year of transition for the New Sweden Centre. While we may no longer enjoy the use of our own space at the Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard, we are making a smooth transition into a Museum Without Walls. We have already established partnerships with several local museums. • Our Captain Mannequin set is now located in the Bowers' Beach Maritime Museum in Bowers, Beach, DE. • Our Swedish Lady and child, plus many of our kitchen items, are now located in the Hendrickson House in Wilmington, DE. • Our Lenape Mannequin is now located at the Prehistoric Museum in Greenwich, NJ. • Our "Explore New Sweden" panels are now located in the Swedesboro-Woolwich History Museum in Swedesboro, NJ. • Our model of Fort Christina is now on display at the Redding City/County building, 800 N. French St., Willmington. • We are also serving as the "Non Profit Brand" in JA Finance Park, utilizing the Colony to Community panels as a temporary exhibit until we can create a new, youth focused exhibit at the Junior Achievement Center (JA) in Wilmington DE. This facility serves Salem County, NJ and New Castle County, DE and reaches approximately 10,000 students yearly. • Our Heritage figures are on display at the Claymont Stone School, Philadelphia Pike (Rt. 13) and Darley Road, Claymont, DE. 19703. 302-702-2021 • Our Cabin corner and fireplace, Black Anthony, and our educational materials are now available for loan. • We are actively marketing the book, Africans in New Sweden by Abdullah R. Muhammad • We have a nice collection of colonial tools, old but not period historical, we would like to loan to another museum. We will have some of the miniature Historical figures to loan out. • We offer a traveling exhibit: "Colony to Community: The Story of New Sweden." This display, developed by the American Swedish Historical Museum, is now available for your conference or special event highlighting local history. Send us an email for more information. We are continuing to work with Old Swedes Foundation, the Delaware Swedish Colonial Society and the New Sweden Alliance in the annual celebration of the landing of the Swedes to be held at Fort Christina Park in Wilmington on April 17. Anyone interested in assisting us please get in touch. 302-429-0464 or e-mail us at info@colonialnewsweden.org. Feel free to call Education Director Aleasa Hogate at 856-678-5511 |
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Colonists' Day 2012Enjoy this five-minute video of the 2012 celebration and day's activities.  The hand of friendship extended at the ceremony celebrating the 374th Anniversary of the landing of the Swedes and Finns at "The Rocks" in Fort Christina Park at Colonists' Day, April 14th, 2012. Bill Hutchinison, left, in the persona of Peter Minuit, greets Dennis Cokerchief of the Lenape Indian Tribe of Delaware, Inc. 375th Anniversary Conference presentations now online Lu Ann De Cunzo of the University of Delaware talks about the struggles the early settlers faced in the Delaware Valley in this online view. Her presentation is one of many from the 375th New Sweden Anniversary Conference now available here. The conference was held Nov. 8-10 at the university. The above link will bring up a web page listing the available talks with links to the recordings. Peter Minuit, founder of New Sweden,
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1938 painting by Louise Della Rocca
