Museums & Historical Attractions

Museums

Delaware Art Museum

Founded in 1912 to house the works of illustrator Howard Pyle, the
museum is now home to works by many of the Brandywine Valley's
greatest artists including, N.C. Wyeth, Frank Schoonover, Winslow
Homer, Maxfield parish and Edward Hooper. The museum houses the
largest collection of Pre-Raphaelite art outside of England.

Delaware History Museum

This museum features interactive exhibition state history and displays
regional decorative arts, paintings and items of local interest.

Delaware Museum of Natural History

The museum houses over 100 exhibits including a walk across Austrailia's
Great Barrier Reef, the wilds of Africa and Delaware's only dinosaurs.
Exhibits change regularly.

Delaware Toy & Miniature Museum

The museum features antique and contemporary doll houses and miniatures
as well as toys from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Hagley Museum & Library

This museum, located on 230 acre original DuPont estate and mills, is
spread among a number of houses, industrial buildings, mansions and
gardens. Exhibits and demonstrations depict 19th century American life
and industrial growth.

Winterthur Museum

The world's premier collection of decorative arts made or used in America
before 1860. The exhibits contained in the musesums over 100 rooms are on
display on a rotating basis.

Kalmar Nyckel Shipyard & Museum

The shipyard is home to a modern working replica of the 17th century Dutch
warship that brought the first settlers to Delaware.

Rockwood Museum

This 70 acre Victorian English Gothic country estate build in the 19th century
features original furnishings, a conservatory and massive garden.

Iron Hill Museum

The Iron Hill Museum has a wide variety if collections, including birds,
mammals, fossils, minerals, and prehistoric artifacts as well as exhibits on
colonial iron making and Delaware Indians.

Old Swedes Museum

This museum at Fort Christina commemorates the first permanent European
settlement in the Delaware Valley.

Greenbank Mill

This is the last of the once abundant mills on Red Clay Creek.. It processed
wood, wool and grain over the years.

Old Library Museum

This hexagonal building from the Victorian era details New Castle

and Delaware history since 1561.

Riverfront Arts Center

The arts center houses world-class exhibitions from around the world. In the
past it has presented such exhibitions as "Nicholas & Alexandra, the last
Szars of Russia" and "Splendors of Meiji, Treasures of Imperial Japan".

Historical Attractions

The Three Forts System of the Delaware

Fort Delaware, Fort Dupont, Fort Mott: for details
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Fort Christina

This is where the Kalmar Nyckel landed with two other ships in 1638 to
establish the first permanent settlement in the Delaware Valley.

Nemours Mansion & Gardens

This Louis XVI-style chateau built by Afred I DuPont houses many
European antiques, French gardens and vintage autos.

New Castle Courthouse

This courthouse, built in 1732, was the capital building of colonial Delaware.
It houses information on state history and government.

Old Town Hall

This Georgian Style building constructed arround 1800 has functioned as a
meeting chambers, offices and a jail. This building was the center of political,
social and merchantile activities in the 19th century.

Willington Square

Composed of late 18th century and early 19th century houses, this square
was named for Thomas Willing, who in 1731 laid out the village that would
become the City of Wilmington, Delaware.

Wilmington & Western Railroad

Turn of the century (1900) steam train chugs throught the Red Clay Creek
Valley in season.

Brick Hotel Gallery

This federal style gallery displays J.H. Belter Furniture made between
1840 and 1860.

Cooch's Bridge

The site of the only battle of the American Revolution fought on Delaware Soil.
The Continental troops flew Besty Ross's first flag here during the fighting on
September 3, 1777.

Historic Churches

New Castle Presbyterian - 1707, this gabeled roof church was one of the first
Presbyterian church buildings in the country.

Old St. Anne's Epischopal, Middletown - 1768, One of the oldest oak trees in
Delaware grows in this beautiful church yard.

Old Swedes Epischopal, Wilmington - 1698, one of the oldest churches in the
country, and is still in use today.

First Prebyterian Church, Wilmington - 1740, the original Presbyterian church
of Wilmington.

Historic Homes

Historic Homes of Odessa -

A collection of homes in the village of Odessa, Delaware that have been
restored and furnished by the same foundation that administrates the famous
Winterthur Museum. This collection of approximately a dozen buildings is
open to the public several times a year. Several of the homes are open
regularly. These include:

The Wilson Warner House - 1769, is furnished exactly as it was in
1829.

The Corbit-Sharp House - 1774, reflects the lifestyle of the wealthy
tanner who owned it in the 18th century.

The Collins-Sharp House - this log and frame structure dates to the
early 18th century.

The Dutch House, New Castle - Built in the 17th century, this structire reflects
the look of New Amstel when founded by the Dutch in 1651. It is the oldest
brick home in Delaware to remain in its original form.

The Robinson House, Claymont - 1723, inhabited by George Washington and
General Lafayette during the Revolutionary War.

The Hale-Burnes House, Stanton - an outstanding example of mid-18th
century brick architecture. General George Washington met here with his
staff during the Brandywine campaign of the American Revolution.

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