Events at the Iron Hill Museum

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Autumn Harvest Festival

From 12 noon to 4:30 pm, $4 per person, under 4 free (Delaware Academy of Science members half price).

Come out and celebrate the fall with Iron Hill Museum! This event offers a full day of family fun with activities for all ages. Meet Quiet Thunder and see his Native American artifacts, take a guided nature hike, try your hand at archery, get your face painted, make nature crafts, jump on a moon bounce, paint wee pumpkins, try a sample of apple cider, see a ‘Punkin Chunkin’ machine, sample pumpkin pie and other pumpkin treats, and much more!

Sunday, May 17, 2009

2009 Archaeology Festival

From 12 noon to 4:30 pm, $4 per person, under 4 free (Delaware Academy of Science members half price).

Celebrating its 10th Anniversary, the Iron Hill Museum’s Archaeology Festival will explore food through the ages! This great event will allow young and old to see how we use archaeology to explore the history of something as common as our food and traditions surrounding food. Learn what it means to be an archaeologist and what interesting things we can find out about history through archaeology.

Make sure you check out the real excavation with local archaeologists, explore the historic pit cooking demonstration, make a clay pot, try your hand at archery, watch the Native American presentation, listen to speakers from different cultures talk about their food traditions, celebrate our 10th anniversary by visiting our 10 year display, help us cut the anniversary cake, and much, much more!!

 Postponed for 2009

The American Revolution at Iron Hill Museum
Live - by Campfire

It is the evening of September 3, 1777—the night following the Battle of Cooch’s Bridge. Several participants—soldiers, civilians, Americans, and British—have gathered around fires to try to make sense of the events they have experienced over the last few days. In the woods you will find two camp fires—one of American soldiers and local families, and one of their British counterparts—soldiers and camp followers. Characters are based on actual participants in the events or on accounts of people who were living in the area or were in the armies at the time. They know little of the grand strategy, and since it is 1777 they know nothing of the outcome of the war. They do know this war has affected them, their friends, neighbors and communities.

Monthly - See Calendar

Super Science Saturdays

One Saturday each month (except during summer), the Iron Hill Museum stays open later for Science Saturdays, where kids of all ages can learn even more about Delaware's geology, wildlife, and rich history. See the Museum Calendar for this month's theme.