History

Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library

Winterthur, Delaware

About

Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library near Wilmington, Delaware is the premier museum of American decorative arts, housed in the former country estate of Henry Francis du Pont. The museum's 175 rooms display one of the most significant collections of American antiques in the world, spanning 1640 to 1860. The surrounding 60-acre naturalistic garden, designed by du Pont himself, is one of America's finest.

Highlights & Things Not to Miss

175 Period Rooms

Antiques displayed as they would have been lived with

Du Pont Garden

60 acres of naturalistic gardens designed by Henry Francis du Pont

American Furniture

Finest collection of American antique furniture in the world