The museum's interior represents a late 19th century main street featuring five shops that were common in many of Delaware's small towns. The exhibits allow visitors to observe workways and lifestyles in the time period immediately preceding the invention of electricity.

The print shop includes a working 1897 Pearl printing press that is still used to make maps, flyers, and cards that are sold in the Division of Historical and Cultural Affairs' History Stores. The exhibit also features a Gordon press and a Kelsey press, as well as letter type, type cases, and a historic proof press.

The woodworking shop features the tools and products of carpenters, coopers, shingle makers, and pump makers. The techniques of these trades are examined as well as their importance to the communities of that era.

The pharmacy contains items compiled from more than seven different popular apothecaries that were in operation throughout Delaware in the late 19th century. Learn how pharmacists mixed drugs and compounds to make prescription medications for customers. See the historic "Show Globes" and learn their importance to communities. On display is a wide selection of patented remedies and elixirs, some of which are still popular today.

The general store contains a sampling of the great variety of products that were available in these one-stop shopping centers including shoes, clothing, sewing notions, fabric, toiletries, perishable items, non-perishable items, pots, pans, and more. If the general store merchants did not have what shoppers needed, most kept a copy of the Sears and Roebuck catalogue under the counter and would order by mail any items not in the store. This fun and educational exhibit boasts a large selection of period sale items, allowing visitors an opportunity to compare today's consumer prices as well as evaluate differences and similarities in the products and professions, with those of yester year.

The post office was one of the most important offices in a small town. They were sometimes located within the town's general store for public convenience. Learn about the function of the post office before the days of rural delivery.