• The Birth of the “Broiler” Industry - Cecile              Steele’s 16' x 16' chicken house (ca.1925). 

  This structure was added to the National       

  Register of  Historic  Places in 1974

• Swedish design log cabin (ca. 1750)                     fully restored

• Displays of antique farm machinery, equipment

  and tools without equal on the east coast 

• 1941 Stearman bi-plane 

• Nationally recognized Jehu Camper folk art collection  

The museum's village - Loockerman Landing - illustrates daily life in rural Delaware in the late nineteenth century.  All of the following historic structures are open to the public:

• Silver Lake Mill  • Loockerman Landing      Train Station   • Mill Lane School               • Reed General Store    • Gourley                  Barbershop    • St. Thomas Church   

• Carney Farmhouse   • Johnson & Son Blacksmith & Wheelwright Shop      

The objects and artifacts on display in these beautifully preserved buildings tell the story of growth and change in Delaware's rural communities.

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Make history come alive for your students at the Delaware  

Agricultural Museum and Village. 

With the help of our knowledgeable interpreters, your students will experience what life was like for their ancestors living in rural America in the late l800’s.        

Our museum offers several hands-on educational programs tied to Delaware state standards, strands and grade level expectations. 

                     For more information click:   Educational Programs.