Delmarva Decoy Heritage Festival

03/22/2025

After a year hiatus, the Delmarva Decoy Heritage Festival is BACK next weekend! Learn about & even take home a piece of our Eastern Shore culture.

03/18/2025

The Delmarva Decoy Heritage Festival is pleased to announce our Guest Speaker for the Event! Rod Benjamin will be giving a live talk Decoding Decoys of the Mid-Atlantic in the Delmarva Discovery Museum Steam Lab on March 29th from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM. This talk is included in your festival fee! You won't want to miss out!

02/25/2025

The Delmarva Discovery Museum along with the Delmarva Decoy Heritage Committee is pleased to announce the Delmarva Decoy Heritage Festival on March 29, 2025 from 10 AM - 4 PM. Tickets will be available March 5th here: https://www.delmarvadiscoverycenter.org/event-details-registration/delmarva-decoy-heritage-festival-general-admission

02/06/2025

We still have vendor spots available for the Delmarva Decoy Heritage Festival taking place on March 29,2025. Find more info here: https://www.delmarvadiscoverycenter.org/delmarva-decoy-heritage-festival

Calling all vendors! There are still available vendor spots for this year's Delmarva Decoy Heritage Festival. You can purchase your tickets here:
https://www.delmarvadiscoverycenter.org/delmarva-decoy-heritage-Delmarva Decoy Heritage Festival

12/12/2024

Tables are still available for the Delmarva Decoy Heritage Festival on March 29, 2025. Table Spots can be purchased here: https://www.delmarvadiscoverycenter.org/event-details-registration/2025-delmarva-decoy-heritage-festival-carver-vendor-tickets

04/08/2024

We are excited to announce the date of our 2025 Delmarva Decoy Heritage Festival! MARK YOUR CALENDARS - March 29, 2025!

03/21/2024

We are beyond grateful for the additional decoys we received today from the Museum of Eastern Shore Culture. Legendary Lower Eastern Shore carvers are now represented in our decoy exhibit such as:
The Ward Brothers
Miles Hancock
Ira Hudson
Oliver “Tuts” Lawson
Lloyd Tyler
Cigar Daisey
Grayson Chesser
Lloyd Sterling
Don Briddell
Charles Berry
A reception will be held on April 19th to celebrate our partnership with MESC but these beautiful birds are already on display! Please be sure to stop by and see these incredible decoys.
From left to right: Barbara Tull, Doug Fisher, Christy Gordon, Herb Watson, and CL Marshall

03/08/2024

We are super excited to announce that we have new decoys in our decoy exhibit on loan from the Museum of Eastern Shore Culture at Salisbury University. This new collection includes Ward's, Hancock's, Smoker's, Lawson's and many more. Come see what's new!

11/29/2023

Thank you to our amazing Delmarva Community!

We are absolutely honored and thankful for yesterday's Giving Tuesday. Thanks to our Delmarva Discovery Museum Community, we were able to reach $3256 donations from 20 different donors! We could not be more thankful and impressed to have such a kind community here on Delmarva. We would also like to thank the sponsors of The Shore Gives More - 47 ABC - WMDT , Community Foundation of the Eastern Shore , and Shore United Bank !

11/28/2023

Today is Giving Tuesday!

This is an important day for nonprofit organizations all across the world. We are asking you to consider donating to the Delmarva Discovery Museum today. By donating to the museum, you are not only supporting the day to day functions, animal care, field trips, and staff, but you're also supporting events such as ours! The Delmarva Decoy Heritage Festival is an event that we hold close to our hearts, as do many others in our community. Please consider supporting us today by following the link below. Thank you for your continued support and consideration on this day!

https://www.shoregivesmore.org/delmarvadiscovery