Lailah J.
10/3/2025
Wilmington, DE - the Winterthur estate is another grand property in the Brandywine Valley area that was built by generations of the du Pont family, with a 175-room mansion, landscaped gardens on...
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
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5105 Kennett Pike
Wilmington, DE 19735
Founded by Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur Museum is one of the leading museums in the United States. A nonprofit organization, Winterthur has been operational for more than 90 years. An American county estate, the museum features more than 150 period rooms, conservation facilities, a multipurpose cafeteria, visitor center, souvenir store, exhibition galleries and naturalistic garden, and serves over 100,000 visitors annually. Located in Winterthur, Del., it displays more than 85,000 objects, including furniture, textiles, paintings, prints, pewter, silver, ceramics, glass, needlework and brass items. Winterhur s research library stock more than 70,000 bound and microfilm volumes, books, manuscripts, periodicals, journals, magazines and photographs. Winterthur Museum offers graduate programs in early American culture and art conservation in conjunction with the University of Delaware.
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4.0145 reviews
Sandahl T.
8/24/2025
Winterthur is a beautiful gem. We visited with the whole family and our kiddos and enjoyed the visit. We took the tram up to the children's garden and explored the fairy ring, little house, may...
Scott P.
3/2/2025
Winterthur is a 1,000 acre estate in northern Delaware, once home to the Du Pont family, and named for the ancestral home in Switzerland of Jacques Antoine Biedermann who married into the family....
Gary B.
5/16/2025
The house tour itself is very ornate and very elaborate. The trails are not marked well and the map doesn't help you very much. Tried going to the quarry garden but they dont tell you that you...
Mark H.
11/2/2024
Great garden and fall colors! We liked the meadow and the old growth forest beyond. Good signage on the way in. Our first visit was on a Trick or Treat Saturday. If you are an American...
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