The state of Delaware is home to a variety of cultural, historical, and outdoor activities. In fact there are so many reasons to visit Delaware that you would be better off extending your vacation rather than choose just one fun and exciting thing to do. Browse the goods at a craft or art fair, take in a ballet or concert, stroll through one of many spectacular parks, or just sit back and relax and take in the scenery surrounding you, whatever you plan to do while visiting Delaware you are sure to make memories and will be eager to soon return.
The natural scenery here is a reason in and of itself to visit the state. Places such as the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge located in Milton which was established in 1963, the 15,978 acre Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge located in Smyrna, and the 143 acre Edward H. McCabe Nature Preserve also located in Milton delight visitors year round with their beautiful views and vibrant wildlife. For those to like to enjoy the great outdoors by sitting back and relaxing and soaking up the sun there is place such as Bethany Beach where visitors have a one mile stretch to vacation laid back style.
The state of Delaware also has a rich history that many visitors come to explore every year. Visitors can view military aircraft from past years at the Air Mobility Command Museum located in Dover, or get a glimpse of the hidden treasures of the sea at the Treasure of the Sea Exhibit in Georgetown. Curious tourists who visit the state can visit numerous historical properties including the Hendrickson House Museum which was constructed in 1690 in Pennsylvania but since been moved to Wilmington, The Legislative Hall in Dover, or Mispillion Lighthouse built in 1873 and located in Milford.
Culture is another great reason to visit the state of Delaware. Not only are visitors provided with a number of cultural festivals throughout the year but visitors also have the opportunity to visit such places as Wilmington’s “Little Italy”. Here visitors can stroll through a historic Italian urban neighborhood and shop the quaint shops and dine at one of the areas many fine dining restaurants. The cultural possibilities in Delaware are endless and exciting. Whether you want to find that special piece of art for your home décor or dine in authentic Italian restaurant you are sure to find what you’re looking for in Delaware.
Nikki A. Greene is a PhD Candidate in Art History at the University of Delaware. This fall, she will teach a class on African-American Art. Originally from Newark, New Jersey, she discovered her passion for art in the halls of the Newark Museum. Nikki graduated from Wesleyan University with a Bachelors degree in Art History. She received her Masters in Art History from the University of Delaware in 2003, completing a study on Romare Bearden’s Projections Photomontages series from the 1960s. She has held several fellowships, including two summers as the Samuel S. Fels Fellow for Public Service and as the Barra Fellow at the Center for American Art of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Beginning this fall, Nikki will continue her connection to the Museum as the Program Coordinator and contributing writer for the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s first book on its African American Collections. Nikki’s dissertation is titled “The Rhythm of Glue, Grease, and Grime: Body and Indexicality in the Works of Romare Bearden, David Hammons, and Renée Stout.” She will receive her doctorate in January 2009.