Milton Historical Society of Delaware

Milton Historical Society of Delaware The Milton Historical Society is a nonprofit cultural and educational organization

We had a really neat guest at the museum this week-Gloria Davis, who is part of the Spencer family from Milton, came to ...
05/29/2026

We had a really neat guest at the museum this week-Gloria Davis, who is part of the Spencer family from Milton, came to MHS (our museum is an old church), and told me her great grandfather worked in the button factory here long ago, her grandmother worked in the shirt factory, and her grandfather was a lay minister in this church (thus taking her picture in front of the ministers’ window in the museum). Her great-great grandfather, Miltonian Josiah Bailey, was a cobbler in town-way back in the 1800s. She’s living history and it’s invaluable to hear stories of the past from living memory. We will interview her for our oral history recordings here at the museum. It was nice to meet you, Gloria!

Throw-Back-Thursday time, folks! We have for you today the Douglass and White Shirt and Overall Factory, circa 1909. It ...
05/28/2026

Throw-Back-Thursday time, folks! We have for you today the Douglass and White Shirt and Overall Factory, circa 1909. It was located on Atlantic Ave. near Union St. Successful for many years, the factory employed many young women in Milton. It is featured along with many other photos in our current exhibit on Milton photography, “Milton in Black & White”. Enjoy!

Throw-Back-Thursday-Time! (MJ-this one is for you 😘)..Chestnut St., just south of Mill St. and the location of our famou...
05/21/2026

Throw-Back-Thursday-Time! (MJ-this one is for you 😘)..Chestnut St., just south of Mill St. and the location of our famous historic Goshen Cemetery Tours! This is part of our yearly exhibit in the annex-“Milton in Black and White” (photography from Milton in the early 20th century.) Pop in and see them all!

*****this event POST-PONED by Chamber of Commerce until Sunday June 28th due to bad weather on Saturday*****
05/19/2026

*****this event POST-PONED by Chamber of Commerce until Sunday June 28th due to bad weather on Saturday*****

Throw-Back-Thursday this week finds us showing you your own way to own a throw-back! We are selling newly created postca...
05/14/2026

Throw-Back-Thursday this week finds us showing you your own way to own a throw-back! We are selling newly created postcards with our old black and white images in the museum exhibit! Best part-they are 1.00! Veer on in here and grab a couple to send to friends! (They come with a really nice envelope). Ships, Launching Day on the River, Milton Street Scenes-many more!

You guys! Thanks for coming out to our Mother’s Day Goshen Cemetery Remembrance Ceremony today-we put flowers on graves ...
05/09/2026

You guys! Thanks for coming out to our Mother’s Day Goshen Cemetery Remembrance Ceremony today-we put flowers on graves of Milton Mothers, heard a bit about their lives in historic Milton, and gave flowers to gravesites not touched in over 100 years in some cases! Happy Mother’s Day, Everyone!🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

Throw-Back-Thursday-Time! Three women on a sailing adventure, Wagamon’s Mill Pond, circa 1909. This is part of our photo...
05/07/2026

Throw-Back-Thursday-Time! Three women on a sailing adventure, Wagamon’s Mill Pond, circa 1909. This is part of our photography show at the museum this year, Milton in Black & White!

Hi All! Our Annual Mother’s Day Weekend Event is happening next weekend: Mother’s Flowers Tour. What: Each year we take ...
05/02/2026

Hi All! Our Annual Mother’s Day Weekend Event is happening next weekend: Mother’s Flowers Tour.
What: Each year we take flowers over to Goshen Cemetery and place them on special Milton Mother’s graves..we usually just do a couple of us from the museum, but we’ve had so many requests to join us, this year we are inviting members or the public to join us! We ask for a donation for the flowers-whatever you think you can give! After we pass out the flowers to a group of graves we pick out, our Director DeeDee will tell you some stories of some of the mothers buried there-some very interesting! It’s a great way for you, mom or the kids to come out and lay flowers and hear a bit of history!
How: RSVP is necessary so we bring enough flowers, and Goshen is small, so we are going to limit this to 20 people. Sign up by emailing DeeDee at [email protected], tell us your name, amount you want to donate, and phone number. We will get you signed up!
Who: Moms we will be covering and honoring: Delaware’s first women to register to vote, A woman who sailed the high seas on a ship, local business owners from days gone by and more!
Other Details: Sat. May 9th from 10-11:30am. We bring the flowers! Meet us at the historical society at 210 Union St. and we will walk over to the cemetery from there. We are excited to kick the year off with Moms! Hope to see you there!

Today’s throw-back Thursday photo! Howdy folks-come see Director DeeDee in the museum today, tomorrow or Saturday from 1...
04/23/2026

Today’s throw-back Thursday photo! Howdy folks-come see Director DeeDee in the museum today, tomorrow or Saturday from 11-4..she can tell you all about our new exhibit-here’s a picture of our doctor in town that took the amazing photography in this exhibit, Milton in Black and White 🫶🫶🫶🫶we hope to see you soon! You can also schedule free private tours if you are a member-contact [email protected] for more information!

We are OPEN! Come by and see our new exhibit on Milton Early 20th Century Photography-“Milton in Black and White”..,toda...
04/11/2026

We are OPEN! Come by and see our new exhibit on Milton Early 20th Century Photography-“Milton in Black and White”..,today from 11-4..we also have new postcards of some of our favorite photos in the show!

We had a very special guest at our exhibit opening tonight! Patti Carter, great granddaughter of Dr. William E. Douglas ...
04/11/2026

We had a very special guest at our exhibit opening tonight! Patti Carter, great granddaughter of Dr. William E. Douglas (the Milton doctor, who is the photographer of our new exhibit, from so long ago. He took all of the black and white Milton photos in the early 20th century). How wonderful to have his descendent come to view his special photography over 100 years later! Occurrences like this are surprising and extremely special! It was nice to meet you, Patti!

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210 Union Street
Milton, DE
19968

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Thursday 11am - 4pm
Friday 11am - 4pm
Saturday 11am - 4pm

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