Upcoming and Current Events

PETITE EXHIBIT: Twenty-Six for 2026: Objects of Independence

Continue commemorating the nation’s 250th birthday by visiting the Historic Odessa Foundation’s Semiquincentennial Petite Exhibition that highlights 26 significant objects for 2026 displayed throughout the historic homes.

ART EXHIBITION: AWARD WINNERS XXVI

The Historic Odessa Foundation proudly presents Award Winners XXVI, an art exhibition showcasing the Delaware Division of the Arts' Individual Artist Fellowship recipients.

2026 Storybook Trees Registration

The Historic Odessa Foundation celebrates classic children’s literature and a love of reading by showcasing holiday trees decorated by community and school groups.

(Mostly) Eighteenth-century Chairs: A Collections Workshop-SOLD OUT!

Chairs are fascinating. They display design, materials, and construction clearly. These many features signal times and places when the chair in question was made as well as subsequent changes and even its authenticity.

(Mostly) Eighteenth-century Chairs: A Collections Workshop

Chairs are fascinating. They display design, materials, and construction clearly. These many features signal times and places when the chair in question was made as well as subsequent changes and even its authenticity.

Dog Agility Event: Learn. Play. Connect.

Bring your experienced or inexperienced canine friend to an introductory dog agility event set up in the backyard of the National Historic Register Wilson Warner House where participants learn some of the basics on how to build basic obedience and awareness with their dog.

2026 Mahjong Mania

Mahjong Mania comes to Historic Odessa!

2026 Fall Homeschool Day

Join us for a school tour sampler designed just for homeschoolers. Take your family back in time to explore the 18th century in colonial Odessa. Our site offers a unique and well-documented picture of early American life in our interactive, hands-on educational workshops.

Saturdays at the Hearth: Fall's Bounty

“Fall’s Bounty” Explore the Collins-Sharp House and working kitchen garden with your guide as our costumed interpreters capture the sights and flavors of authentic 18th century cooking. Savor the aromas of dishes cooked over an open fire using the tools, recipes and techniques commonly used in colonial Odessa. We’ll focus our cooking today on the use of foods traditionally harvested in the fall. Admission is included in the general tour.

EXHIBIT: American Samplers by the Delaware Valley Historic Sampler Guild

View historically inspired needlework samplers stitched by members of The Delaware Valley Historical Sampler Guild at the National Historic Register Bank Building Visitor Center from Tuesday, October 27th to Thursday, December 31st.