Young Minds Explore Science and Technology at Hagley’s Invention Convention

Wilmington, Delaware – January 2011 – A family favorite returns to Hagley! Hagley’s Invention Convention will be Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, January 15, 16, and 17. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., youngsters will invent, explore, examine, experience, and get excited about science and engineering! Admission, including supplies, is $3.50 per child (4-14), $5 per adult, and free for Hagley members and children 3 and under. Use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance off of Route 100.

Imagination and Ingenuity will soar at the Create-An-Invention workshop.  Kids can build an invention using familiar household items like cereal boxes, paper towel rolls, oatmeal containers, and more. The Hagley patent office will be present to give young inventors patents for the inventions they make in the Create-an-Invention workshop.

At the Tinkering Tables, children can safely take apart appliances, machines and other discarded things like computers, telephones, and radios. Kids and parents alike will find a job on the assembly line making powder at the Factory System Workshop. 

Science shows will be performed at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. with a different theme each day. Saturday will feature “Cool Chemistry” with Mike Stemniski, Sunday will be the DuPont Miracle Workerz Robotics team, and Monday will feature “Fun with Physics” with Jon-Eric Burgess.

“Invention Convention enables children to tap into their ingenuity by dismantling an array of machines and creating gadgets from basic everyday materials,” says Education Coordinator Jeff Durst.

            Invention Convention is sponsored, in part, by Goodwill of Delaware and Delaware County and EDiS Construction Managers, Inc.

Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. Hagley is located on Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware. For more information, call (302) 658-2400 weekdays or visit www.hagley.org

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Hagley Archivist Marge McNinch to Retire

After forty years of exemplary service, Marjorie McNinch, Hagley’s extraordinary Reference Archivist, is retiring.  It is often said that Marge delivers “the gold standard” of public services, and time and time again scholars have written to us celebrating her contribution to their success.  It is now time to honor her for the indelible imprint she leaves at Hagley. 

The newly established “McNinch Endowment Fund for Reference and Outreach” will be used to promote Hagley Library’s world-class collections and advance researchers’ access to those collections. 

Our goal is to raise $100,000 in order to generate annual resources of approximately $5,000 per year to fund a range of outreach projects ─ from subject guides, to finding aids, to web-based products, to History Day support, to summer internships that teach graduate students the fine art of reference work.  The possibilities are endless!

Checks may be made payable to Hagley Museum and Library with “McNinch Endowment Fund” noted in the memo line and send to my attention.  Or you may make a contribution through the website - www.hagley.org/library/mcninchfund.

Please help us honor Marge’s legacy as she begins a new chapter in her life. This endowment fund will honor her fine work, her commitment to scholarship, and her strong public service for years to come.

Your help will be greatly appreciated!

Henry du Pont and the Civil War

Those familiar with Civil War history are well aware of the DuPont Company’s crucial role in many Union successes throughout the conflict, primarily through its manufacture of gunpowder.  However, the lesser-told narratives come from within the rank and file of the company and family. Among these stories is that of DuPont Company President Henry du Pont (1812-1889), son of company founder E.I. du Pont, and his roles as Major-General and commander of the Delaware Home Guard.

More information at the Hagley Library and Archives blog: Henry du Pont and the Civil War
(by Andrew Engel)

Interesting article on a visit to Hagley

NJ Wild blog

The Belin House Organic Café at Hagley Offers Holiday Brunch on Weekends

Wilmington, Delaware – November and December 2010 – The Belin House Organic Café at Hagley will be serving holiday brunches Saturdays and Sundays, November 27 through January 2. Enjoy this delicious addition to a festive holiday tour of Hagley! The café will be open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. No reservations necessary.

The special holiday brunch menu is prepared using farm-fresh, locally grown, sustainable and organic products. Featured specialties are  la carte and include made-to-order omelets, pumpkin leek soup, open-faced roasted turkey sandwiches, Maryland crab cakes, warm apple cider, and more. The Belin House Organic Café is self-service with self-seating.

This year’s “Christmas at Hagley” exhibit is inspired by the winter pastimes of the property’s former residents. We welcome you to visit the exhibit, open Friday, November 26, 2010, through Sunday, January 2, 2011. The museum is open 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the first bus leaving for the exhibit at 10 a.m. and the last bus at 3:30 p.m. The holiday display is included in the cost of admission and is free for members. Hagley, located in the beautiful Brandywine Valley, is where the du Pont story begins and features the original du Pont mills, estate, and gardens. Hagley is closed Christmas Day.

            Please visit www.hagley.org for information on “Christmas at Hagley” family activities, programs, and specials at the Belin House Organic Café.

Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. Hagley is located on Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware. Admission to the 235-acre museum site is $11 for adults, $9 for students and senior citizens, $4 for children six to fourteen, and free for children five and under. For more information, call (302) 658-2400 weekdays or visit www.hagley.org.

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Hear the Holidays at Hagley

CONTACT:  Meg Marcozzi, Public Relations Coordinator

                     (302) 658-2400, ext. 238  mmarcozzi@hagley.org

IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Wilmington, Delaware – November and December 2010 – Hagley Museum and Library invites you to enjoy live choir performances during “Christmas at Hagley.” These local choirs have volunteered their time and voices to help spread holiday spirit! Performances will be held Saturday and Sunday from November 27 to December 19.

            The following choirs will be performing at Hagley: Chester County Choral Society (November 27), Diamond State Chorus Sweet Adelines (November 27), Opus One Vocal Jazz (November 28), Wilmington Christian School (December 4), The Boys from BVBC (December 4), St. Paul’s Choirs (December 4), St. Mary of the Assumption Adult Choir (December 5), Brandywine Valley Chorale (December 5), Zion Lutheran Church Choir (December 11), Ursuline Academy Chapel Choir Singers (December 11), Jubilate Deo from BVBC (December 11), Centreville Singers (December 12), Delaware Children’s Chorus (December 18), Cab Calloway School of the Arts (December 18), Concord Christian Academy Singers (December 18), Sanford Vocal Ensemble (December 18), and Madrigals of Concord High School (December 19). Please visit www.hagley.org for times, locations, and additional choir information.

            Hagley thanks the choirs for supporting this program.

            This year’s “Christmas at Hagley” exhibit is inspired by the winter pastimes of the property’s former residents. We welcome you to visit the exhibit, open Friday, November 26, 2010, through Sunday, January 2, 2011. The museum is open 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the first bus leaving for the exhibit at 10 a.m. and the last bus at 3:30 p.m. The holiday display is included in the cost of admission and is free for members. Hagley, located in the beautiful Brandywine Valley, is where the du Pont story begins and features the original du Pont mills, estate, and gardens. Hagley is closed Christmas Day.

            Please visit www.hagley.org for information on “Christmas at Hagley” family activities, programs, and specials at the Belin House Organic Café.

Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. Hagley is located on Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware. Admission to the 235-acre museum site is $11 for adults, $9 for students and senior citizens, $4 for children six to fourteen, and free for children five and under. For more information, call (302) 658-2400 weekdays or visit www.hagley.org.

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Family Fun during the Holidays at Hagley

Wilmington, Delaware – November and December 2010 – Hagley Museum and Library invites families to participate in the “Christmas at Hagley” activities on Workers’ Hill. Visit the Sunday School and Gibbons House to enjoy holiday pastimes. Activities include playing indoor games, baking and tasting old time recipes (cookies, biscuits, popcorn), doing handwork (knit, crochet, quilt, needlework), playing or listening to musical instruments, looking through a stereoscope, solving rebus brain teasers, and making a paper ornament. Activities on Workers’ Hill will be held November 26-30, weekends in December (4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19), and December 26 through January 2. Please visit www.hagley.org for full activity descriptions, times, and locations.

“Christmas gives us pause to appreciate our friends and relatives,” says Angela Williamson, Hagley’s coordinator of volunteers. “Come take a peek into the holiday activities the powder yard workers and their families would have enjoyed together.”

This year’s “Christmas at Hagley” exhibit is inspired by the winter pastimes of the property’s former residents. We welcome you to visit the exhibit, open Friday, November 26, 2010, through Sunday, January 2, 2011. The museum is open 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the first bus leaving for the exhibit at 10 a.m. and the last bus at 3:30 p.m. The holiday display is included in the cost of admission and is free for members. Hagley, located in the beautiful Brandywine Valley, is where the du Pont story begins and features the original du Pont mills, estate, and gardens. Hagley is closed Christmas Day.

            Please visit www.hagley.org for information on “Christmas at Hagley” family activities, programs, musical concerts, and specials at the Belin House Organic Café.

Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. Hagley is located on Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware. Admission to the 235-acre museum site is $11 for adults, $9 for students and senior citizens, $4 for children six to fourteen, and free for children five and under. For more information, call (302) 658-2400 weekdays or visit www.hagley.org.

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