Posts Tagged ‘Rehoboth beach Museum’
Rehoboth’s Dolle’s Sign Finally Has Its New Home!
The long-awaited installation of the Dolle’s sign on the Rehoboth Beach Museum was completed Wednesday afternoon with a brief ceremony. More than 250 donors contributed $35,000 to fund the installation on the canal side of the city-owned building. The Dolle’s sign arrival at the Rehoboth Beach Museum offers a very large example of the power…
Read MoreRebuilding Rehoboth History Building by Building
REBUILDING REHOBOTH HISTORY BUILDING BY BUILDING He collects tidbits of Rehoboth Beach history like an entomologist collects insects. Photographs, postcards, newspapers.com articles, insurance company and land records and surveys all help him recreate a nearly perfect replica of 1910 Rehoboth Beach. Meet Paul Lovett, a local historian who spends several hours each day examining and reconstructing the…
Read MoreDecade of Equality Celebrated at Rehoboth Beach Museum
The Rehoboth Beach Museum hosted a celebration last night marking the 10-year anniversary of the signing of SB-121. That bill added sexual orientation to the state’s existing anti-discrimination law which forbids discrimination in housing, employment, public works, contracting, public accommodations and insurance. It was an appropriate date given that July 2 would have also been…
Read More“Deadly Storms of Delmarva” Coming June 6 to RBM!
The Rehoboth Beach Museum welcomes back Michael Morgan with his newest book, Deadly Storms of the Delmarva Coast, for a book signing and a presentation, Storms and the Cape Henlopen Lighthouse on June 6. Morgan’s latest book is about the vulnerability of coastal Delaware, Maryland and Virginia to storms and storm-driven shipwrecks. Since the early 19th century, storms…
Read MoreThe Popular “Acoustic Jam Night” Returns to Rehoboth Beach Museum!
For a blast from the past, don’t miss the Rehoboth Beach Museum’s re-creation of Acoustic Jam Night, the popular musical event held at The Front Page Restaurant & Bar from 1984 through 1993. This year’s Jam Night will be on Friday, Oct. 5, from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Rehoboth Beach Museum. The…
Read MorePropaganda & the American Revolution Discussion Coming to R.B. on Tuesday
Propaganda, a method of persuasion that attempts to influence the emotions, attitudes, opinions, and actions of people is used for ideological, political and/or commercial purposes. Modern-day propaganda has many media resources to influence the thought processes of the populace. During the era of the American Revolution, the American colonies had a flourishing network of newspapers…
Read MoreRehoboth Beach Museum Reopens After 2nd-Floor Expansion Project!
The Rehoboth Beach Museum officially reopened this past weekend after an eight-month-long construction project that renovated its second floor. The construction project first started in 2005-06, says Paul Kuhns, Rehoboth Museum president and Rehoboth Beach mayor. At that time, Mayor Kuhns explained, they took the “old ice house” and started construction by building a new…
Read MoreTreasures of the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society: Images of the Past
On September 13, at 7 p.m., Mike Morgan will be at the Rehoboth Beach Museum to help celebrate the opening of its new expanded facilities. His program, “Treasures of the Rehoboth Beach Historical Society, Images of the Past,” will delve into the variety of pictorial items the society has collected over the years. As one…
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