Every Saturday from October 2023 through March 2024, the 5,000-square-foot Delaware Sports Museum, which houses the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame, will open to the public for free from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
The museum entrance is located on the first-base side of Frawley Stadium on the Wilmington Riverfront.
Visitors will experience the history of sport in Delaware from 1860 to the present. The museum houses the Hall of Fame including athletes, coaches, officials, journalists, broadcasters, administrators and more. Since 1976, more than 300 men and women from nearly three dozen different sports have been inducted.
See artifacts from the greatest sports figures Delaware has produced, including uniforms, equipment, rare programs and photographs. The museum theater presents a variety of Delaware sports movies and videos, from the first Blue Rocks game ever played in 1940 to gold-medal performances by first state Olympic athletes. Video exhibits are also utilized throughout the museum.
As of Oct. 8, admission is free each Saturday. For more information, call the museum at 302-562-5129, email us at desports@desports.org or visit us online at desports.org.
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