Event

A Day In Old New Castle Oldest Home and Garden Tour in the nation!

First State National Historical Park

Fee:

Tickets: Adults $25 Children 6-16 $5 Under 6 free. Rain or Shine.

Dates & Times

Date:

Saturday, May 21, 2022

Time:

10:00 AM

Duration:

7 hours

Type of Event

Guided Tour
Partner Program
Talk
Walk

Description

Saturday, May 21, 2022 10am-5pm
 
A Day In Old New Castle
Oldest Home and Garden Tour in the nation!
 
Join our friends at Old New Castle
Oldest Home and Garden Tour in the nation!
 
Tour private houses and gardens, museums and churches, historic reenactments and encampments, colonial crafts and artisans, food, music, children's activities and a pirate or two.
Tours of Delaware's Tall Ship the Kalmar Nyckel
Plein Air Painting Competition and Sale. 

All this included in ticket price:

  • Kalmar Nyckel docked at Wharf and doing ship tours.  Included in ticket price

  • Pirates – encampments, shows, meet and greet, music

  • Historic houses and gardens open for tour

  • Museums and church tours

  • 1st Delaware Regiment encampment (Rev War) on the Green

  • 17th c New Amstel Dutch Regiment encampment and firing demo on the Green

  • Fort Delaware Coronet Band and encampment on the Green

  • Children’s activities on the Green and wharf

  • Vendors- Old World Breads, Gigi and Cat, For Woodness Sake, Kevin O’Malley Historical Drawings and Portraits, and more

  • Historical Ship cooking demonstration on the Wharf

  • Plein Air Art Competition and Sale on the Green

  • New Castle Historic Garden Competition

  • Costumed reenactors throughout the town

  • Music on the Green and Wharf

  • Historic artisan demonstrations on the Green

  • Tented seating and food trucks at the Wharf

  • Free parking and  Bus Shuttle from William Penn High School

  • $1 off ticket price if you dress in Colonial or Victorian period clothing


More information

Reservation or Registration: No

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