Reviews of First State National Historical Park (Museum)

211 Delaware St, New Castle, DE 19720, United States

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You will see the opinions of real people who buy the services of First State National Historical Park (Museum) in the area close to Delaware.

To this day this firm gets a score of 4.6 stars over 5 and that rating has been calculated on 214 reviews.

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This Museum belongs to the category of National park.

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REVIEWS OF First State National Historical Park IN Delaware

Adventure Krewe

If you are looking for national park Cancellation Stamps you will find one at the first State visitor center. Or if like history this little square will work you away to colonial times.. parking on the weekend in Sept was easy and close. They have a little 8 min movie and some local artifacts including a little walking tour of the area. #AdventureKrewe tip: take a photo of the walking tour sign and use it to navigate the streets, then use Google to look up each location. Your own mini history tour. Give us things up if you like American history. Two thumbs up if you don't.

Judie Pokakaa

This is the only national park site in Delaware. The building and streets are beautiful! The people are nice and friendly. They give you so much ibformation!!

John Olshefski

I highly recommend a trip to historic New Castle!! Beautiful place, so much history!!

Megan Metcalf

Well kept area with lots of signage to help explain facts from early American history

angela alton

Love this park for exercise or just a long stroll or bike ride on the paved trail.

Valerie Alder

My entire family loved this stop. We were the only family there and the tour guide did an amazing job. We learned so much during our short visit. It was well worth our detour to visit.

Desiree B

Beautiful place to have wedding photos.

Leo Alvarado

Love this park

Justice Rabey

derp

Kenneth Kreider

Some very cool shops there

Christopher M. Burns Ozz

Great, quaint, antiquate.. Historic.. Ice cream, beer, pizza nearby, kid-friendly park, POKEMON.. Cobblestones tho..

Pat Perouty

Very historic, nicely preserved.

Michele Solem

Kimberly E. Wolfe

Great tour and beautiful park

Lizette Ramírez

Delaware's first national park!

Rick Oliver

Great experience, even on a busy day. Very friendly docents, eager to tell their story. We hung back after the group went through, and they were very willing to give us interesting tidbits of information.

Noah Terry

Very nice place room to walk around and talk.

Toby Hagerott

Adam Riell

Nice town to walk around in

Austin Elizabeth Robinson

My mother and I visited there on a quest to hit up as many NPS sites in the New England states in 2 weeks. Extremely nice staff, they let us in even though they should have been getting ready for a school group. The museum is ok, but we also got a rushed tour so maybe it is better with more time. Learned some cool facts!

Anonymouss S.

Great place. Always has been.

Michael Butler

Bryce Caster

This park is actually a collection of 7 sites scattered around the state. Combined, they will give you incredible insight into the state's early history. Interestingly, none of the sites are actually managed by the Park Service at this time.

michelle thompson

Free informative tour...

Danielle Croker

Lisa Drabic

Loved it!!! Was blown away by how much we loved it.

trent silvey

Thomas Fisher

Jonathan Fitzwater

Robin Cooper

Peaceful

aron evans

Theodore Bailey

Tiffany Hoerter

Amy M. Toman

This is a very nice small area that is very well-documented. There are tons of handouts, and the docents who are around are very helpful. We really enjoyed walking around this small area and will definitely come back.

K D

Popped into the courthouse for a quick look around and ended up getting a very informative private tour. The bearded gentleman (can't remember his name) giving the tour was quite knowledgeable and seemed happy to answer all of my questions. Went in knowing absolutely nothing about the state of Delaware and left with a pretty good history of the first settlers, the workings of the English court/trial process, and the courthouse's role in the Underground Railroad.

Yuezhou Wang

It might be one of the least visited park. I stopped by in New Castle, DE, on the way to Assateague beach. There is one park ranger inside the courthouse, who gave me a short history lecture about DE. The old town well preserved the colonial style with some nice decorated gift shops and dutch and Swedish restaurants.

Fiery Irish Sparkle

Pretty

Susan C

Beautiful historic town.

Bryan lovett

Very cool you will learn something

Edward Joslin

Great place lots of history

geoff steck

You can always count on an excellent, informative experience at a National Park site. Good job here with Brian sharing the earliest history of the First State.

tom dahlke

The history here is awesome

Lucas Odinson

This was a pleasant little are, nothing huge but there was a bit to see.

taiyeb jamali

Martin Willeford

Kim Rose

I went to Penn's Place Coffee & Jewerly. The coffee is excellent & the Jewelry is so incredibly beautiful! Awesome gift shopping for Old New Castle!!

Richard Covel

Danny

Another hidden gem in Delaware no less

Adam Taylor

Richard Gates

This historical park is a collection of 7 sites around the state of Delaware. Taken collectively, they give a tremendous insight into the history of the founding of the state and its part in the early history of the country. You need a couple of days to see everything but it is well worth it.

cammie gardner

star ship

Very nice place, the man working there is very nice, you can look to the pictures watch a video about new castle and buy some souvenirs

Nikhil Mishra

HORRIBLE! DON'T GO!! IT WILL GIVE YOU ETERNAL SADNESS!! TURN BACK NOW!!! I WENT AND GOT SICK FROM THE FOOD AND THE WATER WAS HORRIBLE!!!

Charles Walls

Historic New Castle, Home Sweet Home

Liz Sheffield

M Dale

Beautiful location.

Jacob Smith

Neat place!

John Boone

Wonderful place to visit lots of beautiful scenery and interesting things to see..

Rick Tickkiller

The Day on Old New Castle each May brings the history of this very early settlement town to life. The reenactment of the trial of the Fin is great!

Jenny K

Interesting and always a pleasure to visit.

Gary Shunk

Wonderful old historic town for history buffs.

aseem saurabh

amazing place

Angela Becker

Great history lesson

Christine L

Go here often with the family to walk around the city. Or just enjoy the park.

Jay Batista

Emerald Knight

Pokemon go

Michael Ortiz

Was a neat experience and some good history to be learned.

Curt Cole

Great place to visit history in Delaware

Jana Bel

Harder to find (not signed very well ) but once again the people were wonderful and gave us our own private tour!

Aaron Shoun

This place is as historic as can be to me. Growing up in New Castle left an impression on me ever since I was 5 years old and took a field trip from Carrie Downie school to Battery park. Later, in Middle School, we took another field trip to Battery Part and what is now known as First State National Park - or the town square. We even went inside the Post Office. Then, much later, I stood near the the William Penn statue and kissed a new girlfriend, for quite a while. This place has it all - Nora Lee's, Jessop's Tavern - why would I ever want to live anywhere else? ✌️

G Aquino

The "park" is actually a collection of 7 historic sites found throughout Delaware and the only federal historical park in the state. Interestingly enough, despite Delaware being the first US state, it was the last one to get a historical park. If you're determined, you can visit all 7 sites in a single day. Four of them are clustered around the Wilmington metro area, which should make things a little easier. We visited 3 of these 4 sites for free - Fort Christina and Old Swedes Church in Wilmington and the Court House in New Castle. That took five hours. The farthest site from us at the time (called Ryves Holt House) was another 1.5 hours by car and it would've been closed by the time we arrived. We'll have to do another trip to complete the tour. But this was a good experience overall and we highly recommend it!

Fred Duowwow

Gary Griffith

A real treasure in a beautiful little town

Matthew Jack

sexymama Price

Elizabeth Phillips

Nicholas Dopler

Beautiful place

Tom Shoemaker

Nice place to walk

Matthias R. Monschein

David Martinez

great place great food and the best Belgium beer list ever

James Davis

Good place

Allen Cahall

Jorge Ramos

parquet historico en new castle DE

Brian Kerr

We have been to New Castle several times. It is beautiful, historical, friendly, interesting and OUTSTANDING for walkers, such as ourselves, to exercise along the water's edge. The town is quite elegant and very clean and tidy. The traffic flow can be rather problematic on weekends, especially, so be advised. There are many eating places in the town and nearby as well as excellent hotels/motels if you choose to stay.

Renee Crews

Things were great!!!

Mark Geisthardt

We had a wonderful and extremely informative time as our guide spent a lot of time with us and shared lots of great and detailed history with us all the time putting it into context. Thank you Joan!

Mr.Teflon

George Schuler

Good for a day out, lots of history.

Jose Razo

This is a hidden jewel with a long history everything we preserve. A place I plan on returning for separation day. Although I was only able to visit for about an hour I would recommend for people to stop by if they are in the neighborhood.

Robin Sanchez

There are a lot of sites to visit within this Historic Site. For whatever reason, the steps of the New Castle Courthouse were what left an impression on me.

Amy Dows

Robert Tillinghast

Zack Tyler

Cute exterior but there isn't really much to do

Heather Devrick

Clarence Emerson

Beautiful place to visit, see history at its finest

delia ocasio

History

Marie Hanna

Wonderful little historic town worth seeing

Andrew Robbins

Knowledgable people working at the old courthouse

Sandra LaBlanche'

Abdul Fatih Demirbaş

Christine Janvier

Historical education

Chris Mahoney

corey fox

Very informative and a good way to spend the day

Big Feet Big Socks

Joseph Ruff

This park has the best scenic waterway walking area. I love going here, especially in the spring and fall.

Ryan Stofko

Nice park and good for Pokemon Go hunting as well!

Gina Sedgwick

Javairia M.A.

Joseph Talavera

It cool

Kendrick Wee

Not exactly a park but made up of series of buildings. Nice walk and plenty of nearby shops as well.

Maximus Wallace

William Baker

Alot of history, cool place.

Deb Franzen

Very interesting

Jesse Laing

Saundra Ferrara

Historic!

James Huninghake

Talk about feeling like you have been hurled back in time! You'll have the feeling of being part of colonial times.

Bonnie Mauloni

Wonderful day in Old New Castle with dinner at Jessop's Tavern, visit to waterfront, and the Arsenal.

Aracelis Torres

Such a beautiful area. Love the view, the history, its cafes and antique shops.

Erine Taguchi

Tia Ingleton

One of my favorite places.

Salina Sweeten

Was here for separation day

Bill Dukes

Very nice old style Italian restaurant.

George Unich

Megan O'Connell

H T

Nice historic area.

John Sleitweiler

Rose Davalos

Love old New Castle. Grew up here and moved away 25 yrs ago . This will always be in my

Christopher Crumety

Sandra Sewell

Park has great night tours. Historical and interactive

Marion Maurmann

That Place was sooo intressting wow Love it

Nick Davis

It is so nice here and quite. You can walk to the water a block from here and see beautiful view. There is a park area, so I got food and went there with my kids, we had nice lunch.

Carol Carr

Ruben Kelly

You can't miss it.

Daniel Silfies

Mike Pipkins

Bluecat Schwehm

Large park with lots of space to walk, read about history, or sit and relax.

Deniz Tezcan

It's an honor to finally have this wonderfully historic section of my home state inducted into National Park status. I absolutely love this place. The sunsets here are stunning! There's so much rich history here. you could spend days and days wandering the streets learning about all of the historic figures that have stayed here in the past. I highly recommend spending the day here, wandering around this beautiful park

Rick Seffrin

Jaime Childress

Charles Grady

Wonderfully preserved courthouse with a fantastic and engaged staff. Recommend the tour. The sheriff's house was under construction and I can't wait for it to open.

Robert W

Great history, I like how you can look down the old rock roads and imagine the houses and buggy's going down the street. Also gotta see the small train station and the small police station near the water

Debbie Murphy

John Kaminski

Nice somewhat unknown historical area

Nora Bobb

What a beautiful place.

Miguel Montanez

Full of history; interesting place.

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Emily Reed

The best small historical town in Delaware. Wonderful historical houses with the huge Battery Park on the banks of the Delaware River. A little jewel amidst the clutter of surrounding businesses, shopping centers, strip malls. Once you see it, you will fall in love with it. Quaint historical restaurants, small shops, eye candy everywhere.

Jim Dymond

Point beautiful little town with a ton of History great place to spend the day walking around also nice shops and food venues

Megumi Suenaga

Good place to learn the American history

alexis rivera

Josh Siekierda

Scrumpy Mcgrumpy

Interesting

Kris Krawczyk

Love coming to work here. I'm the church lady at New Castle Presbyterian

Myung Park

Mr. & Mrs. Octavio Sr.

Laura Danowsky

Sandy Walters

Beautiful

Anthony DelGrippo

Business Hours of First State National Historical Park in Delaware

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MONDAY
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TUESDAY
CLOSED
WEDNESDAY
CLOSED
THURSDAY
9AM–5PM
FRIDAY
9AM–5PM
SATURDAY
9AM–5PM

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