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  • Dip-Netting Discoveries at Lums Pond

    Dip-Netting Discoveries at Lums Pond

    Do you want to know what lives in Lums Pond? Come grab a net and find out! Weather permitting. Pre-Registration required by calling 302-368-6989. Free, with paid park entrance fee.

  • Going Batty at Killens Pond

    Going Batty at Killens Pond

    What’s that in the sky? Is it a bird or a plane? No, it’s just your favorite flying mammal! Join us as we explore the world of bats: discussing their myths and mysteries, their impacts, and what you may be able to do to help them! Program meets at the Nature Center. Pre-registration required. Call 302-284-4299 or email DNREC_KPSPNatureCenter@delaware.gov to register. Free, with paid park admission.

  • Rockford Tower Afternoons at Rockford Park

    Rockford Tower Afternoons at Rockford Park

    Enjoy views of the City of Wilmington and the surrounding countryside from the top of Rockford Tower. Note: Tower may close if there is inclement weather. Free!

  • Pontoon Tour (Reserved Seat) at Alapocas Run

    Pontoon Tour (Reserved Seat) at Alapocas Run

    Immerse yourself in the sights and sounds of the cypress swamp during this 1-hour guided tour aboard our 28-foot pontoon boat. These tickets are for individual seats on the pontoon boat. Online registration ends 48 hours prior to the pontoon tour. To make a reservation for your family/household group, please call the Baldcypress Nature Center directly at 302-875-5163. Adults $8, Children (Age 12 and under) $4.

  • Nature Babies Session 4 at White Clay Creek

    Nature Babies Session 4 at White Clay Creek

    For ages birth to 2. Bring your little ones out for their first nature programs at the park! Cost includes one parent /guardian with child.

  • Nature Nuggets Session 4 at White Clay Creek

    Nature Nuggets Session 4 at White Clay Creek

    For ages 2-4, we’ll spend about 45 minutes with the preschoolers and their adults investigating a variety of nature topics.

  • Bellevue Hall Guided Tour at Bellevue

    Bellevue Hall Guided Tour at Bellevue

    From the glamorous du Ponts of the Gilded Age to the eccentric philanthropist who first built his mansion here in the mid 1800’s, Bellevue Hall is a testament to its varied architectural and personal history. Come discover the beauty of this historic home on a guided tour, the 3rd Tuesday of each month (unless otherwise specified). We will explore the mansion itself and its interesting quirks, as well as stories of the folks who lived and worked here. This tour will cover the exterior, ground floor, and some of the second floor of the mansion. Register online. $6 per person.

  • Treasures from the Family: The Gift of Betsy James Wyeth

    Treasures from the Family: The Gift of Betsy James Wyeth

    Treasures from the Family: The Gift of Betsy James Wyeth

    Open Wednesday–Monday. Closed Tuesdays except for special events.

    May 23, 2026 – November 8, 2026

    Strawbridge Family Gallery

    Curated by Amanda C. Burdan, Ph.D.

    Treasures from the Family: The Gift of Betsy James Wyeth explores the profound legacy of Betsy James Wyeth (1921–2020) as steward of the Wyeth family’s artistic and archival history. The exhibition draws from the major bequest she arranged for the Brandywine Museum of Art, ensuring the long-term preservation of paintings and thousands of archival materials connected to the Wyeth family.

    Andrew and Betsy Wyeth were instrumental supporters of the museum from its founding in 1971. They ensured that works by N.C. Wyeth and Andrew Wyeth would be displayed in its galleries and played a central role in transferring the N.C. Wyeth House and Studio and later the Andrew Wyeth Studio into the museum’s care. Their long-term vision also helped establish the museum’s Andrew and Betsy Wyeth Study Center, which stewards the collections of the Wyeth Foundation for American Art.

    A Transformational Bequest

    Betsy Wyeth’s final philanthropic act extended beyond Andrew Wyeth’s work. Her bequest includes paintings long held within the family, many of which had been on extended loan to the museum for decades and are now permanently part of its collection.

    Among the highlights:

    • N.C. Wyeth’s Self-Portrait with Palette (ca. 1909–1912)
    • Captain Nemo (1918)
    • Early Western illustrations that launched N.C. Wyeth’s career
    • A teenage self-portrait revealing his formative years
    • Experiments with Impressionist brushwork

    While the bequest centers on N.C. Wyeth, it also includes works by other family members, including Henriette Wyeth, Carolyn Wyeth, and Jamie Wyeth. The exhibition reflects the interconnected creative lives of a multi-generational artistic family.

    Andrew and Betsy Wyeth also shared a deep admiration for illustrator Howard Pyle, Andrew’s grandfather and N.C. Wyeth’s teacher. Several Pyle paintings included in the exhibition reflect the couple’s personal collecting interests and their commitment to preserving the lineage of American illustration.

    The Archive: A Life’s Work

    Perhaps equally significant is the archive that Betsy Wyeth spent decades assembling and organizing. Known formally as the “N.C. Wyeth Correspondence Collection of Betsy James Wyeth,” the archive contains thousands of letters, photographs, and personal documents spanning from N.C. Wyeth’s birth in 1882 through the aftermath of his untimely death in 1945.

    Betsy gathered these materials from dispersed private collections and institutional sources, catalogued them, and published selections in her book The Wyeths: The Letters of N.C. Wyeth, 1901–1945. The archive is now housed within the museum’s Walter and Leonore Annenberg Research Center, where it supports ongoing scholarship.

    Selected materials in the exhibition include:

    • A 1904 valentine sent by N.C. Wyeth to Carolyn Bockius before their marriage
    • Family photographs taken by N.C. Wyeth
    • Letters exchanged between N.C. and Andrew Wyeth
    • N.C. Wyeth’s final known correspondence with Andrew, written weeks before his death

    These documents reveal the private dimension behind the public legacy, illuminating the Wyeths not only as artists but as a closely connected family navigating creativity, ambition, and loss.

    A Unified Legacy

    Treasures from the Family underscores Betsy Wyeth’s understanding that paintings and archives must be preserved together. Artworks gain depth through letters, photographs, and personal artifacts; archival materials gain resonance when seen alongside finished works. Her gift ensures that both will remain publicly accessible for generations of visitors and researchers.

    Through this bequest, the Brandywine Museum of Art becomes not only a guardian of the Wyeth artistic tradition, but also the primary steward of the family’s historical record.

  • Annie

    Annie

    Little orphan Annie charms everyone’s hearts as she attempts to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City orphanage. Based on the popular comic strip by Harold Gray, Annie has become a worldwide phenomenon and has won seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The beloved book and score by Tony Award winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse, and Martin Charnin features some of the greatest musical theater hits ever written, including “Tomorrow.”

    Times and dates vary. See the website for the latest schedule

    July 17 – August 30, 2026

  • The People’s Gallery

    The People’s Gallery

    The People’s Gallery – Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, DE)

    The Delaware Art Museum is closed on Monday and Tuesday

    Dates: August 7 – September 6, 2026

    Price: Free with museum admission

    Location: Gallery 10, Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware

    Celebrate Delaware’s creative community in The People’s Gallery, a special exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum that invites residents across the state to share their artwork with the public. Created as part of the Delaware250 celebration, the exhibition welcomes up to 600 Delaware residents and DelArt members to submit one piece of art for display in the museum.

    Unlike traditional juried exhibitions, The People’s Gallery offers an open opportunity for artists of all experience levels to showcase their work. Every submitted piece will be exhibited in the museum’s gallery space, highlighting the wide range of artistic voices found throughout Delaware communities.

    Artwork featured in the exhibition will also be available for purchase through Market at DelArt during the show’s run, giving visitors the chance to support local artists directly. Registration for participating artists opens online on July 5, 2026, with submissions accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

    Exhibition Highlights

    • Community exhibition featuring up to 600 Delaware artists
    • Open submission format with no jury selection
    • Artwork available for purchase through Market at DelArt
    • Part of the statewide Delaware250 celebration of the nation’s 250th anniversary
  • Photovoice

    Photovoice

    Photovoice – Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, DE)

    Dates: April 11 – September 6, 2026

    Price: Free with museum admission

    Location: Orientation Hallway, Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware

    The Delaware Art Museum is closed on Monday and Tuesday

    Experience powerful community storytelling in Photovoice, an exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum that presents personal narratives through photography and the historic cyanotype printing process. The exhibition highlights the lived experiences of participants who responded to the prompt “What does culture mean to you?” through images and written reflections.

    Participants—including refugees, immigrants, asylum seekers, and people closely connected to these communities—were provided with digital cameras to document meaningful moments from their daily lives. These photographs were later transformed into distinctive cyanotype prints during hands-on workshops and paired with captions written by the photographers themselves.

    The project was guided by Jon Cox, Associate Professor of Art and Design at the University of Delaware, and Andy Bale, Visiting Professor at Dickinson College. Together with community partners, the exhibition creates a space where personal stories highlight themes of identity, resilience, loss, belonging, and shared human experience.

    Displayed as a collective visual narrative, the works invite visitors to reflect on how diverse experiences shape community connections while revealing the common threads that unite people across cultures.

    Exhibition Highlights

    • Cyanotype photography created through participatory workshops
    • Images and captions produced by community members
    • Stories reflecting identity, culture, and belonging
    • Collaboration with educators, artists, and community partners
  • Fiddler On The Roof

    Fiddler On The Roof

    FIDDLER on the ROOF is the award-winning tale of Tevye the Dairyman and his family’s struggles in a changing Russia. This musical score, beloved by theater-goers for generations, includes songs such as “If I Were a Rich Man,” “Matchmaker,” and “Sunrise Sunset.”  Winner of nine Tony Awards when it debuted in 1964, Fiddler on the Roof is the brainchild of Broadway legends Jerome Robbins and Harold Prince; with book by Joseph Stein and score by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick

    Times and dates vary. See the website for the latest schedule

    September 18 – October 25, 2026

  • Fall at Longwood & Chrysanthemum Festival 2026

    Fall at Longwood & Chrysanthemum Festival 2026

    Fall at Longwood & Chrysanthemum Festival 2026

     

    Open Wednesday–Monday. Closed Tuesdays except for special events.

    This fall, nature picks up her brush and transforms Longwood Gardens into a living canvas of amber, crimson, and gold. Towering trees ignite in color, ornamental grasses shimmer in the breeze, and late-season blooms hold their own against the crisp blue sky. It’s the season when artistry and agriculture meet—when master gardeners, designers, and scientists showcase what careful planning and bold imagination can achieve.

    Wander the Flower Garden Walk, where autumn perennials and textured foliage create layered ribbons of color. Explore the Hillside Garden, a quieter, contemplative space where horticultural rarities and thoughtful plant pairings reveal subtle beauty. In the expansive Meadow Garden, sweeping fields of goldenrod, asters, and native grasses glow in the afternoon light, creating one of the most photogenic landscapes in the region.

    The Ornamental Kitchen Garden offers another kind of bounty. Here, edible crops mix with decorative plantings, proving that productivity can be beautiful. Heirloom vegetables, vibrant peppers, and richly colored greens demonstrate that form and function aren’t rivals—they’re partners.

    Chrysanthemum Festival 2026

    Beginning October 16, 2026, Longwood’s artists and scientists stretch horticultural limits during the celebrated Chrysanthemum Festival. This isn’t a simple flower show. It’s a feat of botanical engineering.

    Expect:

    • Cascading chrysanthemum towers
    • Intricate trained forms
    • Sculptural displays cultivated over many months
    • Rare varieties grown exclusively for the exhibition

    Longwood has cultivated chrysanthemums for nearly a century, building a reputation for precision growing techniques and dramatic presentation. Each plant is trained, pruned, and shaped to create architectural forms that seem almost impossible—proof that patience is powerful.

    Tiny trivia: Some chrysanthemum specimens are trained for nearly a full year before they bloom on cue. Talk about sticking to a growth plan.

    October 2–25, 2026

    Gardens Open

    10:00 am–6:00 pm

    Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

    10:00 am–9:00 pm

    Friday, Saturday, Sunday

    October 26–November 15, 2026

    Gardens Open

    10:00 am–5:00 pm

    Wednesday–Monday

    Autumn at Longwood blends sweeping landscapes with fine detail. From golden meadows to meticulously trained chrysanthemums, the season offers both grand vistas and intimate discoveries. If summer dazzles with fountains, fall answers with fire—this time in the leaves.

  • Fall at Longwood Gardens – Extended Hours (October 2–25, 2026)

    Fall at Longwood Gardens – Extended Hours (October 2–25, 2026)

    Fall at Longwood & Chrysanthemum Festival 2026

     

    Open Wednesday–Monday. Closed Tuesdays except for special events.

    This fall, nature picks up her brush and transforms Longwood Gardens into a living canvas of amber, crimson, and gold. Towering trees ignite in color, ornamental grasses shimmer in the breeze, and late-season blooms hold their own against the crisp blue sky. It’s the season when artistry and agriculture meet—when master gardeners, designers, and scientists showcase what careful planning and bold imagination can achieve.

    Wander the Flower Garden Walk, where autumn perennials and textured foliage create layered ribbons of color. Explore the Hillside Garden, a quieter, contemplative space where horticultural rarities and thoughtful plant pairings reveal subtle beauty. In the expansive Meadow Garden, sweeping fields of goldenrod, asters, and native grasses glow in the afternoon light, creating one of the most photogenic landscapes in the region.

    The Ornamental Kitchen Garden offers another kind of bounty. Here, edible crops mix with decorative plantings, proving that productivity can be beautiful. Heirloom vegetables, vibrant peppers, and richly colored greens demonstrate that form and function aren’t rivals—they’re partners.

    Chrysanthemum Festival 2026

    Beginning October 16, 2026, Longwood’s artists and scientists stretch horticultural limits during the celebrated Chrysanthemum Festival. This isn’t a simple flower show. It’s a feat of botanical engineering.

    Expect:

    • Cascading chrysanthemum towers

    • Intricate trained forms

    • Sculptural displays cultivated over many months

    • Rare varieties grown exclusively for the exhibition

    Longwood has cultivated chrysanthemums for nearly a century, building a reputation for precision growing techniques and dramatic presentation. Each plant is trained, pruned, and shaped to create architectural forms that seem almost impossible—proof that patience is powerful.

    Tiny trivia: Some chrysanthemum specimens are trained for nearly a full year before they bloom on cue. Talk about sticking to a growth plan.

    October 2–25, 2026

    Gardens Open

    10:00 am–6:00 pm

    Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

    10:00 am–9:00 pm

    Friday, Saturday, Sunday

    Closed Tuesdays

    October 26–November 15, 2026

    Gardens Open

    10:00 am–5:00 pm

    Wednesday–Monday

    Autumn at Longwood blends sweeping landscapes with fine detail. From golden meadows to meticulously trained chrysanthemums, the season offers both grand vistas and intimate discoveries. If summer dazzles with fountains, fall answers with fire—this time in the leaves.

  • Transcendent: Landscapes of the Hudson River School

    Transcendent: Landscapes of the Hudson River School

    Transcendent: Landscapes of the Hudson River School – Delaware Art Museum (Wilmington, DE)

    The Delaware Art Museum is closed on Monday and Tuesday

    Dates: October 10, 2026 – January 10, 2027

    Price: Free with museum admission

    Location: Gallery 10, Delaware Art Museum, 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware

    Discover the power of nature through American landscape painting in Transcendent: Landscapes of the Hudson River School, an exhibition at the Delaware Art Museum that explores the artistic and spiritual ideas behind one of the most influential movements in 19th-century American art. Drawn primarily from the collections of The New York Historical, the exhibition presents iconic works that reflect the philosophy of Transcendentalism, which emphasized a deep spiritual connection between humans and the natural world.

    Emerging in the 1850s and reaching its height in the 1870s, the Hudson River School represented a defining moment in American landscape painting. Artists associated with the movement viewed nature as a reflection of the divine, creating dramatic scenes of mountains, forests, rivers, and skies that conveyed both beauty and spiritual meaning.

    The exhibition brings together significant paintings and studies from public and private collections, introducing visitors to the artistic tradition that flourished across the United States during the mid-19th century. Through these works, visitors gain insight into how artists, writers, and theologians of the period understood the natural world as a place where the divine could be experienced.

    Exhibition Highlights

    • Landscape paintings from the influential Hudson River School movement
    • Works exploring the philosophy of Transcendentalism and spirituality in nature
    • Artwork primarily drawn from The New York Historical collections
    • Additional loans from public and private collections
     
     
  • Early November At Longwood Gardens

    Early November At Longwood Gardens

    Fall at Longwood & Chrysanthemum Festival 2026

     

    Open Wednesday–Monday. Closed Tuesdays except for special events.

    This fall, nature picks up her brush and transforms Longwood Gardens into a living canvas of amber, crimson, and gold. Towering trees ignite in color, ornamental grasses shimmer in the breeze, and late-season blooms hold their own against the crisp blue sky. It’s the season when artistry and agriculture meet—when master gardeners, designers, and scientists showcase what careful planning and bold imagination can achieve.

    Wander the Flower Garden Walk, where autumn perennials and textured foliage create layered ribbons of color. Explore the Hillside Garden, a quieter, contemplative space where horticultural rarities and thoughtful plant pairings reveal subtle beauty. In the expansive Meadow Garden, sweeping fields of goldenrod, asters, and native grasses glow in the afternoon light, creating one of the most photogenic landscapes in the region.

    The Ornamental Kitchen Garden offers another kind of bounty. Here, edible crops mix with decorative plantings, proving that productivity can be beautiful. Heirloom vegetables, vibrant peppers, and richly colored greens demonstrate that form and function aren’t rivals—they’re partners.

    Chrysanthemum Festival 2026

    Beginning October 16, 2026, Longwood’s artists and scientists stretch horticultural limits during the celebrated Chrysanthemum Festival. This isn’t a simple flower show. It’s a feat of botanical engineering.

    Expect:

    • Cascading chrysanthemum towers
    • Intricate trained forms
    • Sculptural displays cultivated over many months
    • Rare varieties grown exclusively for the exhibition

    Longwood has cultivated chrysanthemums for nearly a century, building a reputation for precision growing techniques and dramatic presentation. Each plant is trained, pruned, and shaped to create architectural forms that seem almost impossible—proof that patience is powerful.

    Tiny trivia: Some chrysanthemum specimens are trained for nearly a full year before they bloom on cue. Talk about sticking to a growth plan.

    October 2–25, 2026

    Gardens Open

    10:00 am–6:00 pm

    Monday, Wednesday, Thursday

    10:00 am–9:00 pm

    Friday, Saturday, Sunday

    October 26–November 15, 2026

    Gardens Open

    10:00 am–5:00 pm

    Wednesday–Monday

    Autumn at Longwood blends sweeping landscapes with fine detail. From golden meadows to meticulously trained chrysanthemums, the season offers both grand vistas and intimate discoveries. If summer dazzles with fountains, fall answers with fire—this time in the leaves.