Destination:
Delaware

Delaware Museum of Natural History

Featuring some fantastic exhibits, the Delaware Museum of Natural History is a great attraction for visitors of all ages and persuasions. The dinosaur gallery is a favourite with most visitors, where skeletons of Tuojiangosaurusand Yangchuanosaurustower over awe-inspired visitors. View the Elephant Bird egg in the Hall of Birds, walk through the seven continents' range of mammals in the Hall of Mammals, take a stroll though the beautiful Butterfly Garden or ponder your very existence in the Charles Darwin and Evolution exhibit. In addition to the permanent exhibits, there are constantly changing special exhibits on display.

Delaware Art Museum

Holding a collection of more than 12,000 works, the Delaware Art Museum was founded in 1912 by the Wilmington Society of Fine Arts in honour of the artist Howard Pyle, whose painting 'Battle of Bunker Hill' was in the museum's possession until it went missing and was presumed stolen in 2001. The museum is perhaps best known for its extensive collection of British Pre-Raphaelite art, works by Wilmington-native Howard Pyle and fellow American illustrators, while urban landscapes by John Sloan can also be viewed here. Public and group tours are available.

Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts

The state's only contemporary art museum, the Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts features displays of local and regional artists in its seven galleries. It also features 26 artists' studios, a gift shop, high-tech auditorium, and a classroom and is best known for its challenging and intriguing exhibitions.

Hagley Museum and Library

The Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves and interprets the history of American enterprise and is a non-profit educational institution. With a range of exhibitions, some changing on an annual basis, there is so much to learn at the Hagley Museum. Visitors can experience nineteenth-century living on Workers' Hill, visit the Powder Yard, where massive stone mills, storehouses, and a waterwheel echo the times when water was the source of energy, and tour the Eleutherian Mills, a mansion that has been home to five generations of the famous du Pont family and features breathtaking views over the Brandywine Valley.