“Then One Day The Lights Came On” is a largescale permanent exhibition situated in the center of the Museum’s main exhibition hall and in select Village buildings. 

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"Necessity is the mother of invention," (proverb early 1800s). Using the knowledge and simpler tools of the past, farmers and inventors constantly came up with new and better ways of plowing, planting, and harvesting by trying out new machines and abandoning those that did not work.  

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Among the marquee exhibits at the Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village is Whittlin' History a permanent exhibit that displays and interprets the works of Delaware folk artist, Jehu Camper (1897-1989).  

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Coming Soon! 

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This one-room log dwelling was originally located on Old State Road Station in New Castle County, Delaware. The structure was built in the late seventeenth or early eighteenth century. Mentioned in the 1720s will of Jasper Yeates, the house was likely standing prior to that date. 

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The Delaware Agricultural Museum’s upcoming exhibition “Delaware Produce and Transportation Guiding the Eating Habits of the Nation” is organized by the Delaware Agricultural Museum in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution Museum on Main Street (MoMs) program.