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Our new Pencader Heritage Museum is located at 2029 Sunset Lake Road, in the Cooch Dayett Mills Complex. ( Route 72, just south of old Baltimore Pike )Parking inside the fenced area. Google Map
The Pencader Heritage Museum is open to the public on the first and third Saturday of the month from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. Private Tours by appointment any time.
We are creating an educational environment for students, teachers and interested residents to learn about the history and culture of the Pencader Hundred. Our Cooch Room features pictures and memorabilia of the Cooch family, the Dayett Room when complete will house artifacts and information concerning the history of the Dayett Mill and in the Pencader Room are displays of Native American Indian and Revolutionary War artifacts. We are building our inventory to include replica cannons, period clothing, household items and agricultural tools from an earlier era. Our "please touch" area includes parts from a M-48 tank built by the Chrysler Corporation right here in Newark. 
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Other developing exhibits include:
- "Early Welsh Settlers of Pencader" prepared by the Welsh Society of Delaware, featuring replica dresses from circa 1700
- Construction of the Chrysler Motors/Tank Plant 1951-56 , donated by Daimler-Chrysler Archives
- Current events in Pencader Hundred including information on our Cub Pack 1777/Troop 1777
- "Famous Personalities Who served on Cooch's Battlefield", stories on Chief Justice John Marshall of Virginia and General William Maxwell of New Jersey.
- "Pencader Defenders of Freedom", highlighting veterans of WW1/WW2 and the Korean conflict
- "Early Families of Pencader"
We would gratefully accept any donations of artifacts or photographs to be considered for display in the museum.
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