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This Month's Events

Sun 05

The Buds & the Bees: Pollination & the Secret Lives of Plants 09:00am @ Longwood Gardens

This exhibit delves into the sights, sounds and science of pollination.


Sun 05

Totally Terrific Treehouses: Nature's Play 09:00am @ Tyler Arboretum

The Tyler Arboretum's summer treehouse exhibit expands to ten interactive exhibits for the summer fun. Each treehouse becomes an outdoor classroom where nature is the teacher inviting visitors of


Sun 05

David Rogers: the Flower Force 09:00am @ Longwood Gardens

This exhibit features a selection of Rogers' large-scale sculpture, including bee beautiful beehives, flowers, butterflies and hummingbirds, all created from natural materials.


Sun 05

Nature's Castles 09:00am @ Longwood Gardens

This exhibit features three large-scale treehouses created by the country's best designers.


Sun 05

Robert Beck 09:00am @ Pennswood Village Art Gallery

This exhibit features a selection of Beck's oil paintings.


Sun 05

Dupont: the Explosives Era 09:30am @ Hagley Museum and Library

This exhibit focuses on the DuPont family's decision to come to America, the manufacturing of black powder and the role of explosives in 19th and early-20th-century life.


Sun 05

Hagley Powder Yard 09:30am @ Hagley Museum and Library

Massive stone mills, storehouses and a waterwheel recall the time when waterpower was the source of energy. Exhibits and working models tell the history of the economic and technological expansion of


Sun 05

Dupont Science & Discovery 09:30am @ Hagley Museum and Library

This exhibit chronicles 200 years of DuPont Company history. Check out some of the company's innovative products, sit in Jeff Gordon's #24 NASCAR vehicle, admire an astronaut's suit and


Sun 05

Workers' Hill 09:30am @ Hagley Museum and Library

This area focuses on the social and family history of the workers who operated the powder mills. Costumed interpreters reflect life during the late 19th century.


Sun 05

Eleutherian Mills 09:30am @ Hagley Museum and Library

The first du Pont Family home in America, Eleutherian Mills, was built by E. I. du Pont in 1803. Situated on the crest of a hill, it affords a commanding view of the Brandywine River, with a dam which


Sun 05

From the Orient 09:30am @ Hagley Museum and Library

'From the Orient: Souvenirs From Captain Samuel Francis Du Pont's Voyage of 1857-1858.' This exhibit features decorative and fine arts, furnishings and other items colleged by Captain S


Sun 05

19th-Century Patent Models: Innovation in Miniature 09:30am @ Hagley Museum and Library

This exhibit features over 100 patent models dating back to the 19th century.


Sun 05

Easy Does It! How Machines Make Life Easier 09:30am @ Hagley Museum and Library

This fun, hands-on exhibit allows visitors to explore simple machine technology such as wheels, levers, gears and pulleys.


Sun 05

The Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens 10:00am @ Winterthur Museum & Country Estate

'The Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens' at Winterthur is a permanent exhibition on display in Winterthur's Dorrance Gallery. This treasure trove of artfully crafted tureens in fascina


Sun 05

Ceramics & Glass 10:00am @ Winterthur Museum & Country Estate

The ceramics and glass gallery showcases the remarkable survivors of these fragile art forms. Examples from Winterthur's extensive holdings of American glass and English, Chinese, French and Amer


Sun 05

Guided Tours 10:00am @ Rockwood Museum

Tour this historic building, built by Quaker merchant banker Joseph Shipley between 1851 and 1854. Its Gothic revival architecture and enchanting landscape were designed by Shipley to reflect the beau


Sun 05

Textiles & Needlework 10:00am @ Winterthur Museum & Country Estate

Textiles were one of Henry Francis du Pont's first loves. From quilts to gowns, needlework pictures to bedcovers, Winterthur has some of the finest works of textile art made or used in America. T


Sun 05

Metalworks 10:00am @ Winterthur Museum & Country Estate

The metals gallery includes displays of silver, brass and iron that illustrate how metals were formed into useful and beautiful objects. The displays explore the properties of different metals to disc


Sun 05

In Wood 10:00am @ Winterthur Museum & Country Estate

The 'In Wood' display presents aspects of Winterthur's world-renowned furniture collection. A cabinetmaker's chest of tools, samples of raw materials and designers' pattern bo


Sun 05

Painting & Prints 10:00am @ Winterthur Museum & Country Estate

Visitors often think of Winterthur as a decorative arts museum and are therefore surprised to discover the caliber of works on display in this gallery. Many of the paintings, prints and drawings on vi