the seaford museum

Seaford was once the nylon capital of the world. From small rural transportation center in the 1930's the railroad and boat traffic connected here, to the place were nylon was first spun into thread in industrial quantity came in that decade. The museum has a wide variety of artifacts, and ranges over many different aspects of life in this town. It touches on its most notorious resident Patty Cannon a pirate in a skirt on dry land, touches on the always touchy issue of race, water and a number of other aspects of the life of the town. You find out things like in addition to the birthplace of synthetic textile production, it also was the birthplace of the right on red road rule and its connection to the textile plant. What was not covered in detail was the farm life, beyond poultry production that may well have driven the waterfront shipping and rail connections but there was much else to see in it. Allow yourself time and plan to come back. The docent we met was informative and willing to tour you through the museum and knew her stuff. A package of admission to both the museum and the Governor Ross home, an antebellum home on the outskirts of town is available, but be forewarned unless you start the day early it isn't possible to give each the time they need. The good news is the tickets are good for a year so it is a bargain. As newcomers to Delmarva, beyond the beaches this was one of the better introductions to life in these communities.

Exceptional museum for a small city with excellent displays of local interest and history of last 150 years

This museum is housed in the old post office. The museum offer lots of different displays of history around the local area. There doesn't seem to be any particular theme other than things being connected to the town and nearby areas. There are displays from the Dupont plant, railroad, and waterways and their effect on commerce in the town. There are also displays of slaves, Indians and wildlife.Our tour guide was extremely knowledge, a native of the area, who shared some of his experiences growing up in the town. We did enjoy the tour and looking at the different artifacts. The best part is it was small, inexpensive and full of history.

We went primarily to see the train display around Christmas. That was excellent, but so were the permanent exhibits. The short tour was informative and then we could spend as much time as we liked. With just the two of us, we spent at least an hour looking at the exhibits.

Grandkids loved this museum. This is my second visit to take children. The tour guides are exeptional. Tells the history of Delaware, Dupont, Black River Pilots.