The Dover Air Force Base Museum houses a growing collection of vintage planes and aircraft that reflect the history and evolution of Dover AFB from its modest beginning in 1941 to its current role as the Eastern U.S. hub of strategic airlift. She was one of the last B-17s on active duty in the Air Force. She is the last C-54M in existence. Flight Simulator Dover AFM Museum is supported by the Dover AFB Museum Foundation, its members and volunteers. A gift shop and light refreshments are available.
Hours vary, and reservations are recommended.
Please call in advance. The Sewell C. Biggs Museum of American Art houses a personal collection that has been in the making for over half a century. A native of Middletown, Delaware and with B family ties to the history of the state, Sewell C. Biggs has assembled an impressive collection that reveals his devotion to the arts of the Delaware Valley region. The Museum's paintings span 200 years and survey major periods in American Art, from colonial portraiture to twentieth-century Impressionism. Gilbert Stuart, Charles Willson Peale, George Inness and William Merritt Chase.