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The Hagley Museum and Library is a nonprofit educational institution in unincorporated New Castle County, Delaware, near Wilmington. [2] Covering more than 235 acres (95 ha) along the banks of the Brandywine Creek, the museum and grounds include the first du Pont family home and garden in the United States, the powder yards, and a 19th-century machine shop. [3]
Entrance to Hagley Museum. Hagley Museum and Library [10] is located on 235 acres (0.95 km 2) along the Brandywine Creek. It is “where the du Pont story begins.” [11] Hagley is the site of the Eleutherian Mills gunpowder works founded by Eleuthère Irénée du Pont in 1802. It provides a glimpse at early American industry and includes ...
Jacob Broom built a cotton mill on the Brandywine Creek just north of Wilmington, Delaware, in 1795, which burned down in 1797.In 1802, he sold the site, complete with a working dam and mill race, to Eleuthère Irénée du Pont, who paid $6,740 for the 95 acres (380,000 m 2), [5] two years after he and his family left France to escape the French Revolution. [6]
Hagley visitors can discover more than 200 years of Delaware and American history on tours of first du Pont family residence in America.
Hagley Museum (298 Buck Road, Greenville) from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 21; and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 22. ... this season to benefit families staying at the Ronald McDonald ...
Round-up of Wilmington-area historic sites open to the public that might be of interest to tourists, and even to some locals. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800 ...
The Jacob Broom House is located northwest of Wilmington, Delaware, on a terrace overlooking Brandywine Creek southeast of the village of Montchanin.It is located between the two portions of the Hagley Museum and Library, which commemorates the early industrial history of the du Pont family.
Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library. This list of museums in Delaware contains museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.