Wilmington, Delaware – January 3 through March 2011 – Hagley Museum announces winter hours beginning in 2011.From January 4 to March 12, 2011, the museum’s winter hours will feature special guided tours at 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. During these weekday tours, visitors will be escorted through the property by a guide who will interpret the 235-acre site including Eleutherian Mills, the du Pont ancestral home; the powder yard; and Workers’ Hill; The tour is included in the cost of admission, $11 adults, $9 students and senior citizens, $4 children six through to fourteen, free for children five and under and free for members. On weekends, guided tours of Eleutherian Mills are offered every half hour; other parts of the property are self guided.
During the winter, visitors who wish to only walk on the site or peruse the exhibits in the Visitor Center at Hagley may do so for $5, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., on weekdays. Bus service to the Belin House Organic Café will be from 11:30am to 2:30pm. This shuttle will continue to run a 15-minute circuit from the Visitors Center to the café.
Winter events and programs include Hagley’s Invention Convention on January 15, 16, and 17; Victorine’s Valentine’s Day on February 13; and research seminars on February 17 and March 24. Also this winter, visit Hagley for only a dollar on Saturdays in February and March! For more information, visit www.hagley.org or call (302) 658-2400.
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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