Events

Join us at 10AM October 4th for a whole day of Maritime Festivities. We’re thrilled to start the day with the groundbreaking on the new Overfalls Foundation’s new museum building — a major step toward preserving and showcasing the rich maritime history of Lewes and the Delaware coast. Special guests including Mayor Amy Marasco and

For Members of the Overfalls Foundation, The Annual Meeting of the Members of the Overfalls Foundation will be held on Thursday, October 16, 2025 at 6:30 pm at the Lewes Public Library. Given the large number of directors added to our Board of Directors last year and the year before, the Board has nominated only

    The Lightship Overfalls, Museum and Ship Store will be open on Tuesday, November 11th from 10 am to 4 pm.  Tours will be free for members of the military, military retirees, and veterans along with children 14 and under.                             

  Before the Coast Guard existed, the brave men of the United States Life-Saving Service battled winds and waves to rescue sailors in distress. Six life-saving stations existed in Delaware and responded to hundreds of wrecks along the coast. Join Delaware Seashore State Park Interpretive Programs Manager Tyler Dreiblatt to discover how they started, how

On Friday, February 27th at 12:00 noon, the Overfalls Foundation will welcome the Cape May Maritime Museum as they tell the story of the restoration of their Coast Guard motor lifeboat. In 2018, the Maritime Museum began their restoration project on this wooden lifeboat originally constructed in 1952. The motor lifeboat (CG-36538) served the New

The Overfalls Foundation, a small, all-volunteer, locally based nonprofit, invites community members to attend an information session from 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, April 9, at the Virden Center, 1155 College Drive, Lewes. A light dinner will be served.  The foundation is looking for people who are interested in its mission to preserve and manage