Holiday Candlelight Tour Hosted by Associate Curator

Create a family memory while getting into the Christmas spirit by participating in an exclusive evening candlelight guided tour presented by the associate curator of the Christmas exhibit, Account of a Visit from St. Nicholas, at the National Historic Landmark, Corbit-Sharp House, c. 1774. Enjoy

Petite Exhibit: Really Fake Food: Creating Faux Fare

On display for the holiday season in a petite exhibit at the National Historic Register Wilson-Warner House is a collection of plaster and silicone molds used to create artificial foods. This group of imitation foods and their molds were created by the late Lindsay Grigsby (1943-2021) who gifted

Exhibit: Account of a Visit from Saint Nicholas

There is so much to celebrate at Historic Odessa this holiday season! This Christmas plan to tour and commemorate our 35th anniversary of the unique holiday exhibitions of recreating scenes from classic children’s literature. The tradition in Odessa started with Clement Clark Moore’s, A Visit from

Photography Exhibit: RISE-NEW DIMENSIONS: Photography by Avi Gold

Immerse yourself into the captivating world of photography by Avi Gold with RISE as it stretches the limits of perspective and perception, ushering you into the enchanting realm of 3-dimensional storytelling. Through this exhibition at the Historic Odessa Foundation’s Visitor Center, conventional

Visitor Center Closed – Saturday, September 30

The Visitor's Center including the exhibition A Wonderful Life: Regionalist Paintings by Louise Margarite Haas Jamison, will be closed this Saturday, September 30th, for a private event. We apologize for the inconvenience. Tickets for tours of Historic Odessa on Saturday, can be purchased at the

Petite Exhibit: Riveted, Repaired & Reused: A Lost Method of Mending Ceramics

Hasn’t everyone broken a dish before? In today’s throw-away society most will either discard the broken dish directly in the trash without even thinking about it or simply get out the super glue and attempt to repair it. Prior to the development of the strong adhesives or epoxies, that we are all

Press Release: A Storied Past: Collections of Historic Odessa

Book Highlighting Historic Odessa Collections Now Available! A Storied Past: Collections of Historic Odessa brings to light for the first time an extraordinary array of 100 decorative and fine arts from the Foundation’s collections ODESSA, Del. – June 21, 2023 – Using rich archival and genealogical

Book Signing: Meet the Author

We are delighted to announce that A Storied Past: Collections of the Historic Odessa is off the presses and ready for purchase! Using rich archival and genealogical sources, author Philip D. Zimmerman, PhD., a renowned Museum Decorative Arts Consultant, brings to light for the first time an

Book Signing: Meet the Author

We are delighted to announce that A Storied Past: Collections of the Historic Odessa is off the presses and ready for purchase! Using rich archival and genealogical sources, author Philip D. Zimmerman, PhD., a renowned Museum Decorative Arts Consultant, brings to light for the first time an

Community Yard Sale at the Barn

"One person’s junk is another person’s treasure!" Join Historic Odessa at the Barn (202 Main Street, Odessa) for its first Annual Community Yard Sale! Clean out your attic, basements and closets and join us for the resale shop of the year! Each 10'x10' space is available for a $10 donation; bring