News & Press

	Oct 21, 2011 5:00PM to 9:00PM Hearth Cooked Dinner Join us for an evening of fine food, drink and merrymaking as the staff from the Historic Odessa Foundation serves a hearth cooked dinner of mouth-watering dishes using the recipes, tools and techniques of the 18th century. Savor our delicious British Punch and assorted appetizers by the fire before touring the Corbit-Sharp House by candlelight.
	Nov 10, 2011 10:30AM to Nov 12, 2011 4:30PM 2011 Storybook Trees: Decorating Days! Storybook trees particpants will decorate their trees Thursday through Saturday.
	Nov 19, 2011 10:00AM to 4:30PM Free Admission for 2011 Storybook Trees Participants Free admission for Storybook Trees particpants.
	Dec 26, 2011 10:00AM to Dec 30, 2011 4:30PM Open Daily - Holiday Exhibit Daily tours of the Holiday Exhibit.
	Nov 17, 2011 12:00AM to Dec 30, 2011 12:00AM "A Joyful Tasha Tudor Christmas" Opening Day of Holiday Exhibit Take the time this holiday season to visit the Historic Odessa Foundation’s Wilson Warner House c.
	HOF featured in "Delaware History" HOF hosted the Furniture HIstoricy Society of London for an 18th Century Hearth Cooked Luncheon on May 18th, 2011.
	May 23, 2011 12:00AM to Aug 7, 2011 12:00AM Buy George! Collecting Washington Memorabilia Americans have been purchasing the likeness of the father of their country for centuries. George Washington’s image has been positioned on everything from portrait engravings to miniature porcelain boots, with everything in between.
	Jun 23, 2011 7:00PM to 9:00PM Buy George! Lecture The curator of the Buy George exhibit will present a lecture about the recently installed small exhibit at the Historic Odessa Foundation’s Bank Building on June 23rd at 7:00pm. Brian Miller will discuss how the image of George Washington has been marketed to Americans for centuries.
	May 6, 2011 1:30PM to 3:00PM Conservation of a Rare Book: The Alberti Models for Georgian Architecture Historic Odessa Foundation owns a very special rare book, a third edition of a copiously illustrated book on Leon Batista Alberti’s Renaissance architecture and designs published in London in 1755, a book that was the major reference for 18th century Georgian architecture in England and America.
	Mar 2, 2011 12:00AM to May 15, 2011 12:00AM Take that to the Bank Exhibit For towns like Odessa in New Castle County in the 18th and 19th centuries, the local bank was central to the business and industrial growth of its community. In an exhibit at the Historic Odessa Foundation’s Bank Building through May 15, the public is welcome to discover bank notes and related material that illustrate aspects of banking at a small town bank.
	Mar 30, 2011 10:00AM to Apr 27, 2011 4:30PM Free Admission Every Wednesday through April 27th Now open Wednesday through Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Sunday from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
	Apr 12, 2011 7:00PM to 8:30PM Take that to the Bank Lecture For towns like Odessa in New Castle County in the 18th and 19th centuries, the local bank was central to the business and industrial growth of its community. In an exhibit at the Historic Odessa Foundation’s Bank Building through May 15, the public is welcome to discover bank notes and related material that illustrate aspects of banking at a small town bank.