Cooch's Bridge Historic Site

02/17/2026

Help support the Friends of Cooch's Bridge Historic Site on March 1st at Buena Vista Conference Center!

01/09/2026

Join the Zwaanendael Museum this January and help our neighbors in need.

In honor of the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, the Zwaanendael Museum is hosting a month long donation drive. This year we will be accepting donations of food, toiletries, sanitary items, and gently used, clean clothes for the Food Bank of Delaware, Code Purple Sussex County Delaware, and I Support the Girls - Delaware.

Donations may be placed in the bin out front of the Zwaanendael Museum.

You can see what is most needed for each organization by clicking the links below:
Most Needed Items, From the Food Bank of Delaware: https://bit.ly/3UUdLji
Code Purple Needed Items: https://www.loveincofmiddelmarva.org/cpneeds
I Support The Girls, About: https://isupportthegirls.org/about/

*Due to building hours we will NOT be accepting donations on Sundays. Donations will be accepted Mondays through Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with some exceptions*

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09/25/2025

A new online database from Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site is launching this fall.

The Bridging Histories Project: African American Database at Cooch’s Bridge is the start of efforts to share what historians have been able to record — and will continue to record — about the lives of African Americans from the property and surrounding communities. While there are about 800 names on the database currently, this is by no means a full accounting of every free, indentured or enslaved African American with connections to the area.

Click the link below to read more!

A new database of free, indentured and enslaved African Americans who lived, labored and died at Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site is being released this fall. It will be available to the public to learn more about the often hidden history of the area.

09/23/2025

The Division lost a friend and colleague, Leoné Cahill-Krout, in July 2025. Her legacy at HCA was built on kindness, creativity, enthusiasm and experience.

09/04/2025

Are you looking for a full-time position in Delaware where you can make a difference in your community? Oversee all aspects of site operations as well as play a major role in the development of a historic property transitioning to a public site? Well look no further! This job may be for you.

There is still time to apply for our Museum/Historic Site Supervisor here at Cooch's Bridge!

Apply today: https://history.delaware.gov/about-agency/employment/

08/20/2025

We are hiring at Cooch’s Bridge Historic for our Site Supervisor Position.

Please see the link to the job posting below and share it with anyone you know that could be a qualified candidate!

Job posting closes on September 12, 2025.

https://history.delaware.gov/about-agency/employment/

07/30/2025

06/19/2025

Happy Juneteenth on behalf of the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs (HCA)!

06/18/2025

We are sorry to announce that the Juneteenth event scheduled for tomorrow has been canceled due to the impending weather.

05/22/2025

The Whitney Project performs June 6, 8 As part of their fifth anniversary celebrations, the Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site has again worked with The Whitney Project to perform […]

05/19/2025

As part of their fifth anniversary celebrations, the Friends of Cooch’s Bridge Historic Site presents The Whitney Project performing the original piece, “Cooch’s Bridge: The Battle,” at 6:45 p.m. on Friday, June 6, 2025 in Wilmington. There will be an encore performance in Lewes at 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 8.

More details and registration are available at the link below.

https://history.delaware.gov/2025/04/23/save-the-date-battle-of-coochs-bridge-world-premiere-concert-in-june/