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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 ...
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.
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In 1952, family members donated 185 acres (0.75 km 2) of land and the DuPont company established a $6,000,000 endowment for the Eleutherian Mill-Hagley Foundation for a museum of industrial history. The Hagley Museum and Library formed in 1957. [4] The site was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. [2] [3]
Member museums and gardens in the Brandywine Museums & Gardens Alliance "Brandywine 10". Pages in category "Brandywine Museums & Gardens Alliance" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total.
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The Nemours Estate is a 200-acre (81 ha) country estate with jardin à la française formal gardens and a French neoclassical mansion in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Built to resemble a French château , its 105 rooms on four floors occupy nearly 47,000 sq ft (4,400 m 2 ).