Winterthur
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All the species are inconspicuously identified for those
who wish to take special note, and directional arrows lead
garden visitors to special points of interest. Mushroom
Seat, Azalea Woods, Magnolia Bend, Pinetum, Sundial
Garden, Sycamore Area, Quarry Garden, Oak Hill, Glade
and Pool, and Peony Garden are a sample of some of the
garden areas. The gardens are open from mid-April
through October, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. except on all Mondays
and the Fourth of July. Visitors walk through the gardens
as they wish.
With the same desire to preserve and recreate natural
settings as seen in the gardens, Henry Francis duPont
furnished the museum, which was originally his home.
Henry duPont inherited the home, built in 1839, from his
great-uncle and great aunt, James and Evelina duPont
Biderman. Biderman named the estate Winterthur for the
Swiss city in which the family had resided. Henry duPont
literally filled over 100 rooms in the great Winterthur
country house with his enormous collection of American
decorative arts spanning 200 years' of craftsmanship,
from the 17th through the early 19th centuries. Winterthur
museum is a tribute to the early American artisans and
their tradition of craftsmanship in architecture, furniture,
textiles, silver, pewter, ceramics, painting and prints.
From the smallest piece of silverware to impressive
pieces of furniture, and even entire walls and rooms which
have been installed in the home as authenically as
possible. Over 100 period rooms covering the early
American domestic scene are complete to the finest
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All of the furnishings at Winterthur, with very rare
exceptions, were made m colonial America'or'during the
first years of the republic. Henry Francis duPont began
arranging the collection in his then personal dwelling in
1927. In 1951 the duPonts moved into a new home con
structed nearby, and in October the Winterthur home was
opened to the public as a museum. The south wing, opened
in 1959, contains 14 period rooms which show the
chronological development of architectural and furniture
styles from 1684 to 1840. Included in this wing is the
Dominy Woodworking Shop. The shop originally stood on
Main Street in East Hampton, Long Island, from the
1750’s until 1946. Here are more than 800 tools used bet
ween 1765 and 1868 by three generations of the Dominy
family as they carried on their trade as cabinet and clock
makers. The original workbenches, tools, rare documents
of the cabinet maker’s craft such as templates (patterns)
for cutting furniture pieces, all are on display as if the
craftsmen had stopped work in mid-project and had gone
outside for a moment.
Rather than a museum showcases, Winterthur consists
of whole rooms as they appeared for each era. A number
of tours are available throughout the year in various
sections of the museum. To give a sample of the almost
infinite variety of displays available for both casual ob
servation and scholarly research are seventeenth cen
tury, William and Mary, Queen Anne, Chippendale,
Federal and Empire interiors. American pewter,
seventeenth and eighteenth century sliver including a
unique set of six sliver tankards by Paul Revere, Penn
sylvania graffito and slipware pottery, Chinese imported
porcelain made for the American market, miniature
furniture, original paintings by American artists,
wallpaper painted in China in 1770, complete walls,
staircases, fireplaces, panelling, molding and windows
collected from homes from Georgia to New England are
all on display.
Recognition of the museum’s potential as a center for
research in the American decorative arts, and the need
for scientific laboratories to facilitate conservation and
preservation of the thousands of items in the collection
resulted in an addition in 1969 of the Louise duPont
Crowninshield Research Building and Library.
Until May 22, Tuesday through Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m., 30 period rooms of the museum mav be seen. From
May 24 through October same days and time, 14 rooms
of the South Wing showing the chronological development
of the decorative arts can be viewed. Included in this
segment is the Dominy Workshop described earlier.
There are so many special tours available at various
times throughout the year that it is advisable to call or
write in advance for brochures for a particular season.
Phone 302-656-8591. Winterthur Museum, Winterthur,
Delaware, 19735.
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A variety of topics,
ranging from “Effective
Communication” to physical
fitness and “Legal Rights of
Women”, included in the
scope of classroom sessions
scheduled for next month’s
annual College Days at the
University of Maryland
campus here.
The 54-year-old program is
sponsored annually in early
June by the University’s
statewide Cooperative
Extension Service. Dates for
this year’s two-day event are
June 8 and 9.
Keynote speaker at the
opening session on June 8
will be Or. Thomas R.
Bennett, President of Media
Productions, Inc., at
Downers Grove, 111. His topic
will be “Shape the Future”.
Closing out the program on
June 9 will be Dr. Helen G.
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professor of history at North
Carolina Central University
in Durham, N.C. Her topic
will be “Roles of women in
the Future”.
Classroom teachers during 7
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include Marguerite Garden
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College Park campus, or
they may commute as day
students. An interpreter for
the deaf will provide sign
language communication
during plenary sessions and
some of the classroom in
struction. Registration
deadline is May 27.
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