Editing Lewes, Delaware (section)

==Arts and culture==

===Museums and other points of interest===
[[File:The Zwaanendael Museum in Lewes, Delaware.jpg|thumb|Based on the [[:File:Hoorn - Statenlogement.jpg|Statenlogement]] building in Hoorn, the Netherlands, used as a women's club starting 1930, now the [[Zwaanendael Museum]]]]

Lewes serves as a vacation and resort spot popular with residents of [[Washington, D.C.]], and the surrounding suburbs. Even though the city limits primarily sit on the lower reach of the Delaware Bay, it is nonetheless considered an ocean resort, particularly as the ocean is nearby at [[Cape Henlopen]]. Lewes is among those communities which have [[smoking ban|banned smoking]] in its [[Park#Parks owned or operated by government|public parks]].<ref>{{cite news
 |title=Delaware cities: Smoking still legal on Rehoboth Beach |author=Molly Murray
 |url=http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20110416/NEWS02/104160354/-1/NLETTER01/Smoking-still-legal-on-Rehoboth-Beach
 |newspaper=The News Journal |publisher=Gannett |date=16 April 2011 |at=DelawareOnline |access-date=16 April 2011 }}</ref>

Lewes is the home of the [[Zwaanendael Museum]], which features exhibits about Delaware's history. Savannah, Second and Front Streets are the town's main streets and have many shops, restaurants, parks and historical venues. Fisherman's Wharf is a dock that stretches along the [[Lewes and Rehoboth Canal]]. It features multiple restaurants and bait shops, and in season the dock hosts hundreds of boats from all over.

The Lewes Historical Society promotes the preservation, interpretation and cultural enrichment of the Lewes region through museum exhibits, educational programs, historical research and publications. Visitors can try colonial cocktails at the recreated Sussex Tavern, sing shanties at shanty nights, and learn about the town's rich history at the Historic Lewestown Campus. <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.historiclewes.org|access-date=3 July 2014|publisher=Historic Lewes|title=Lewes Historical Society Home Page|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714133838/http://www.historiclewes.org/|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

Lewes in Bloom is an organization that promotes and maintains the beauty of Historic Lewes. Lewes in Bloom won America in Bloom's contest in 2003, 2005, 2010 and 2015 for cities with population under 5,000. In 2012 and 2015 Lewes in Bloom was honored in the AIB “Circle of Champions”.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americainbloom.org/Home.aspx|title=America in Bloom|access-date=2013-11-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131017171703/http://www.americainbloom.org/Home.aspx|archive-date=2013-10-17|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Lighthouses===
[[Image:Harbor of Refuge.JPG|thumb|left|upright|Lighthouse in the [[National Harbor of Refuge and Delaware Breakwater Harbor Historic District|National Harbor of Refuge]]]]

[[United States lightship WAL 539|United States Lightship ''Overfalls'' (LV-118/WAL-539)]], one of nine surviving [[List of lightvessel museums in the United States|lightships at museums in the United States]], is moored in Lewes along the [[Lewes and Rehoboth Canal]]

Lewes is home to several iconic Lighthouses in the Delaware Bay. Just offshore lies the National Harbor of Refuge which is home to the [[Delaware Breakwater East End Light]] and the [[Harbor of Refuge Light]].
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