I grew up in the Wilmington area and never really explored it until my nephews came to visit. It's a great learning experience for all ages with beautiful scenery to boot. The staff is very friendly and knowledgeable.
Awesome place! Definitely worth the ticket price. You can down all day here walking around, learning about the history, and watching several exhibitions. And this is during COVID when we couldn t go inside anywhere except the gift shop. The Brandywine River is beautiful and they have several picnic tables and benches to relax on. Definitely worth the trip.
Great, unique spot. Lots & lots of walking. The bus doesn't go everywhere.
People with disabilities will face challenges. Nothing ADA about the olden days, or the olden buildings.
Plan ahead to face this reality.
Five stars overall, except for the limited access to some key areas, plus overall poor signage.
So much rich history here to see and learn. I sure appreciate the buses to get from one exhibit to another. It's a distance to walk all of it. Glad to see continued improvements made to keep it all safe for visitors to enjoy for the future. Would love to see the Dupont house gardens restored one day.
The Hagley Museum is fascinating. It is a gunpowder factory that helped make the DuPont fortune and is quite a large campus. You can walk or take the shuttle and the tours are very informative. Situated along the Brandywine river, there are many mills and building to explore. Learn how gunpowder was made and many other interesting things. Our favorites were the tour of the gunpowder mills, run by gravity powered water turbines (it ends with a BANG) and the machine shop (so jealous). The museum is near the DuPont Estate and both can be seen in a day if you are ready to walk. I Highly recommend visiting, especially if you like engineering, machines, etc.
Nice historical buildings and artifacts. Easy to locate on Google Maps but once you pay admission, directions to visit exhibits are poor. All signs direct you to exit, visit the Soda House (wedding venue) or parking lots. Cannot locate the barn, garden or DuPont home ..main exhibits for the museum. When ask a bus driver for direction, he ignored us. Later on we saw the bus driver took passengers to the barn.
Natural resources beauty kingdom!
You can watch and enjoy waterfalls sound very closely , it s small height but still very beautiful.
Very rare find old and big stones construction which you can easily find here and very climbing hill experience is very nice.
Definitely check out Hagley before Winather if planning to see both. The docents were super knowledgeable and it was fun to see the salesman powder explosion demo.
Beauty, tranquility. You can feel the history all around you. Wonderful guides, a sweet day to be had here. The sound of the river and geese is all a part of taking you back in history and bringing joy to your day. Great little gift shop, too!
Great place to explore while learning the history of Dupont's beginnings!
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