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The Lewes Historical Society Main Campus

Lewes The Lewes Historical Society Main Campus

★★★★☆ 4.8 (304)

Children's Museums

Shell We Bounce Trampoline Park

Lewes Shell We Bounce Trampoline Park

★★★★☆ 4.4 (882)

Trampoline Parks

Lefty's Alley & Eats

Lewes Lefty's Alley & Eats

★★★★☆ 4.2 (1765)

While You're in Lewes

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Parks & Nature

Cape Henlopen State Park Beach
Cape Henlopen State Park

Museums & Culture

Fort Miles Historical Area
Lightship Overfalls LV-118
Fort Miles Museum
Zwaanendael Museum
The Lewes Historical Society Main Campus
Lewes History Museum

Attractions

Shell We Bounce Trampoline Park
Lewes Lighthouse
Gordon Pond Wildlife Area
The Lewes Maritime Museum at the Cannonball House
Pirates of Lewes

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Shell We Bounce Trampoline Park

Bounce offers a dedicated Monday Special Abilities Day with discounted rates for individuals with special needs and free bounce access for caretakers, demonstrating inclusive programming
The venue is part of a larger entertainment family that includes Shell We Golf miniature golf and Sea Shell Shops in Rehoboth Beach, suggesting a coordinated entertainment brand strategy in the Delaware area

Lefty's Alley & Eats

Features an unconventional bowling lounge setup with sofas and coffee tables instead of traditional bowling chairs and tables, creating an upscale, lounge-like atmosphere
Offers duckpin bowling alongside traditional bowling lanes, a less common variant using smaller balls that reviewers noted as particularly fun

Lewes History Museum

The museum offers free admission until December 2026
The entire museum is closed during 2025 for comprehensive curation and reinterpretation of all exhibitions

Zwaanendael Museum

The museum building is a replica of a Dutch city hall, reflecting Lewes's status as Delaware's first Dutch settlement and architectural heritage
The museum features a merman specimen on display, described by visitors as a historic oddity worth the trip upstairs to see

The Lewes Maritime Museum at the Cannonball House

The Cannonball House contains an actual British cannonball lodged in its foundation from the War of 1812 bombardment of Lewes, Delaware, which is now displayed inside the museum rather than embedded in the structure
The museum features a working telegraph set as an interactive exhibit demonstrating early wireless electronic technology and the role Lewes played in the dawn of the electronic age

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Fort Miles Museum

Battery 519 is a 15,000-square-foot fortified underground bunker that serves as the museum's centerpiece, offering guided tours multiple times daily
The Fort Miles Artillery Park features a 16-inch cannon from the USS Missouri, one of the largest naval guns on display

Fort Miles Historical Area

Battery 519 is a 15,000-square-foot underground fortified bunker from WWII that serves as the centerpiece exhibit, accessible through guided and self-guided tours
Houses a relic from the USS Arizona, the battleship destroyed at Pearl Harbor, serving as a powerful memorial artifact connected to that historic attack

The Lewes Historical Society Main Campus

Historical Society operates a multi-site campus model with three paid-entry museums (Cannonball House Maritime Museum, Ryves Holt House Museum & Mercantile, and U.S. Life-Saving Service Boat House) plus additional free-entry historic structures, connected through walking tours of the historic district
The society preserves a restored 1890s schoolhouse and historic tavern (Sussex Tavern) on the Main Campus at Shipcarpenter Street, maintaining period-appropriate buildings for experiential historical education

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