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Life Is...Timeless Here HISTORIC HOT SPOTS

FORT MILES MUSEUM AND
HISTORICAL AREA Fort
Miles Historic Area and Museum
marks one of the largest and
most heavily armed coastal
fortifications ever built. Tour the
WWII fort and artillery park, climb
a fire tower, visit an underground
gun battery. 302-644-5007 |
www.fortmilesmuseum.org

History buffs will delight in discovering the history of Sussex County through its
small-town museums and historic sites. Southern Delaware’s history began long before HISTORIC VILLAGE,
Captain John Smith began exploring tributaries of the Chesapeake Bay and met the OCEAN VIEW
Nanticoke Indian Tribe near what’s now the town of Laurel. The Nanticoke Indian Tribe is Experience the rich history of the
still an active cultural force in the county, hosting a large Powwow every September and towns between the Indian River
maintaining its own museum as well. and Assawoman bays.
https://hvov.org/
Find out about the fascinating social, agricultural, maritime, and military history of
Sussex County from pre-Revolutionary days to the present by visiting our 26 museums
and viewing their collections of artifacts and memorabilia. Expert docents put
collections in context and bring the area’s history to life with stories of shipwrecks,
pirates and their booty, storms, and political intrigue.
Museum locations include a train station, a caboose, a WWII bunker, a lighthouse, a
town hall, a firehouse, an airport, a mansion, a lifesaving station, a lightship, a church,
a barn, a post office, a renovated ice house, and several historic homes. How’s that for
eclectic?
NANTICOKE INDIAN MUSEUM SEAFORD MUSEUM
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the museum holds a wide range A state-of-the-art regional
of artifacts and information on the rich history treasure housing hundreds of
of the Nanticoke Indians in Southern Delaware. artifacts that illustrate Delaware’s
302-947-7022 | history and fascinating stories, in
www.nanticokeindians.org timeline form. 302-628-9828 |
www.seafordhistoricalsociety.
com/visit/seaford-museum

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