AN AMERICAN TREASURE Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library 5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735 • 800.448.3883 • 302.888.4600 For more information, visit winterthur.org. Admission Prices For a complete list of tours and ticket prices, please call 800.448.3883 or visit winterthur.org. Museum and Garden Hours Tuesday–Sunday, 10:00 am–5:00 pm Last tour tickets sold at 3:15 pm. Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day. Closed January 4–February 29, 2016. Open daily during Yuletide. Hours subject to change. Accessibility and Services Winterthur is committed to providing excellent service to all visitors to the museum and garden. Our garden, galleries, and most buildings are accessible for persons with disabilities. Wheelchairs and strollers are available free of charge. For details on accommodations, please call 800.448.3883. Garden Tram Operates March through December (weather permitting; with seasonal limitations). The Museum Stores Tuesday–Sunday, 10:00 am–5:30 pm Discover a wide selection of unique items, including home furnishings, books, garden accessories, plants, and jewelry, inspired by our collections. Shop our online museum store at winterthurstore.com. Dining Enjoy a variety of dining options in the Visitor Center Garden Café and the Cottage Café. Group Visits Winterthur offers group tour options and special rates for groups of 15 or more. Call our Information and Tours Office at 800.448.3883 or visit winterthur.org/groups. More as a Member Winterthur Members enjoy special benefits, including free general admission all year, discounted tickets to events, savings in the Museum Stores and cafés, and much more! To join, visit winterthur.org/membership. Event Rental Spaces are available for meetings, parties, or weddings. Call for information and pricing. 7/15 Enchanted Woods for families • ONE SPECTACULAR EXPERIENCE a world-renowned garden • Yuletide at Winterthur • house and garden tours Directions Nestled in the heart of Delaware’s beautiful Brandywine Valley, midway between New York City and Washington, D.C., Winterthur is located just minutes away from Longwood Gardens and other Brandywine Valley attractions, hotels, and restaurants— including world-class museums, gardens, and historic sites. Close to It All • 40 minutes from Philadelphia • 1 hour from Baltimore • 45 minutes from Lancaster, Pennsylvania • 45 minutes from Valley Forge, Pennsylvania “Breathtaking. A treasure worth exploring.” – TripAdvisor review Information subject to change. W ilmington 141 9 1 N.J. Turnpike from NYC From Atlantic City 40 295 295 NEW JERSEY From Baltimore From Philadelphia DELAWARE 52 495 202 N PENNSYLVANIA 1 F r o m P h ilad elp hia and N YC 95 F ro m Baltimore & W ashington Address Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library 5105 Kennett Pike (Route 52) Winterthur, DE 19735 For in-car GPS and online mapping services, use: 5105 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE 19807. We recommend using MapQuest ® for directions to Winterthur. Connect with us! @winterthurmuse du Pont family history • a superlative research library • Spring Tour “One of America’s 10 great places of historical proportions.” – USA Today 90,000 masterpieces of American antiques • special exhibitions and events TripAdvisor ® Certificate of Excellence Award Winner—2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. —Inside and Out! Discover Winterthur’s Treasures
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AN AMERICAN TREASUREWinterthur Museum, Garden & Library
5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, DE 19735 • 800.448.3883 • 302.888.4600For more information, visit winterthur.org.
Admission PricesFor a complete list of tours and ticket prices,please call 800.448.3883 or visitwinterthur.org.
Museum and Garden HoursTuesday–Sunday, 10:00 am–5:00 pm
Last tour tickets sold at 3:15 pm. ClosedMondays, Thanksgiving, and Christmas Day.Closed January 4–February 29, 2016. Opendaily during Yuletide. Hours subject to change.
Accessibility and ServicesWinterthur is committed to providingexcellent service to all visitors to themuseum and garden. Our garden, galleries,and most buildings are accessible forpersons with disabilities. Wheelchairs andstrollers are available free of charge. Fordetails on accommodations, please call800.448.3883.
Garden TramOperates March through December (weatherpermitting; with seasonal limitations).
The Museum StoresTuesday–Sunday, 10:00 am–5:30 pm
Discover a wide selection of unique items,including home furnishings, books, gardenaccessories, plants, and jewelry, inspired byour collections. Shop our online museumstore at winterthurstore.com.
DiningEnjoy a variety of dining options in the VisitorCenter Garden Café and the Cottage Café.
Group VisitsWinterthur offers group tour options andspecial rates for groups of 15 or more. Callour Information and Tours Office at800.448.3883 or visit winterthur.org/groups.
More as a Member Winterthur Members enjoy special benefits,including free general admission all year,discounted tickets to events, savings in theMuseum Stores and cafés, and much more!To join, visit winterthur.org/membership.
Event RentalSpaces are available for meetings, parties, orweddings. Call for information and pricing.
7/15
Enchanted Woods for families • ONE SPECTACULAR EXPERIENCE
a world-renowned garden • Yuletide at Winterthur • house and garden tours
DirectionsNestled in the heart of Delaware’s beautifulBrandywine Valley, midway between NewYork City and Washington, D.C., Winterthuris located just minutes away from LongwoodGardens and other Brandywine Valleyattractions, hotels, and restaurants—including world-class museums, gardens,and historic sites.
For in-car GPS and online mapping services,use: 5105 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE19807. We recommend using MapQuest® fordirections to Winterthur.
Connect with us! @winterthurmuse
du Pont family history • a superlative research library • Spring Tour
“One of America’s 10 great places of historical proportions.”
–USA Today
90,000 masterpieces of American antiques • special exhibitions and events
TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence AwardWinner—2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015.
—Inside and Out! Discover Winterthur’s Treasures
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The Winterthur StoryNestled in the rolling hills of the historic Brandywine Valley,where in 1777, General George Washington faced Britishtroops in the largest land battle of the Revolutionary War,where a young America rose to global industrial power in theearly 20th century, and where three generations of Wyethshave painted landscapes, Winterthur sits as it has forgenerations, a grand estate like few others in America.
Yet the story of Winterthur is also the story of the du Ponts.French immigrants who arrived in America January 1, 1800,and who founded the highly profitable DuPont Company,they became a dynasty of entrepreneurs, engineers,horticulturists, and collectors. The family pursued manypassions, resulting in exquisite art collections, botanicalgardens, and libraries now enjoyed by the American public.From 1839 to 1969, four generations of du Ponts calledWinterthur home.
The Winterthur of today is the living vision of collector andhorticulturist Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969), whoopened his childhood home to the public in 1951. Theexhibition galleries and 175 rooms of the house showcase aworld-renowned collection of 90,000 antiques and decorativearts objects made or used in America between 1640 and 1860.The Winterthur Garden, called the greatest naturalisticgarden in North America, sits within a majestic thousand-acre estate. Its striking succession of seasonal blooms delightsvisitors year-round, while Winterthur’s superlative researchlibrary serves scholars from around the world.
As an academic institution,Winterthur proudly sponsors twograduate programs in conjunction with the University ofDelaware: the Winterthur Program in American MaterialCulture and the Winterthur/University of DelawareProgram in Art Conservation.
We invite you to visit and explore this exceptional place ofbeauty, history, and tradition.
PLAN YOUR VISIT There’s so much to see and do at Winterthur! Call 800.448.3883 or visit winterthur.org to plan
your visit to our world-class museum, garden, and former du Pont estate.
“The story of Winterthur tells thegreatest story of our time, thestory of the American people.”
–Henry Francis du Pont
In the HouseTour H. F. du Pont’s spectacular 175-room former home andview elegantly furnished rooms in which du Pont entertainedhis family and friends in grand country house style.Winterthur offers a number of tour options, including oursignature Spring Tour and Yuletide at Winterthur, aremarkable showcase of the du Pont house decorated inholiday style.
The Winterthur GardenStroll H. F. du Pont’s masterful 60-acre garden and enjoy asuccession of showstopping blooms. Spring festivals celebratethe March Bank, Azalea Woods, the Peony Garden,Enchanted Woods, and more. Narrated tram tours available(weather permitting).
The GalleriesTake an up-close look at American craftsmanship andvarying styles found in the Winterthur collection and discoverdazzling treasures displayed in the Campbell Collectionof Soup Tureens.
Special ExhibitionsDelight in extraordinary and captivating exhibitions, fromboth our own collection and distinguished institutions aroundthe world.
For Families Families can discover a world of wonder in EnchantedWoods, our award-winning children’s garden. Special familytours and programs such as Terrific Tuesdays, EnchantedSummer Day, and Truck and Tractor Day delight kidsof all ages.
Special Events and ProgramsWinterthur offers more than 200 special programs and eventsannually—from spectacular annual events such as the Point-to-Point steeplechase race and Delaware AntiquesShow to a wide array of lectures, concerts and performances,workshops, and more.
“Winterthur is definitely worth the trip.”–Martha Stewart
“The majestic mansions ofNewport, RI, pale in
comparison.”–The Boston Globe
“Best Historic Site in Delaware.”–Southern Living
Cover: Winterthur exterior, photo by Bob Leitch. Inside folds, clockwise from top left: Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens at Winterthur; Chinese Parlor; Reflecting Pool stairs, photo by Russ Kennedy;Enchanted Woods, photo by Carlos Alejandro. Inside, left: Painting of Henry Francis du Pont by Ellen Emmet Rand, 1914. Bequest of Henry Francis du Pont; inside right: Montmorenci Stair Hall atYuletide, photo by Carlos Alejandro.
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