Explore the Brandywine with Hagley’s Creek Kids

            Wilmington, Delaware – August 2011 – Join Hagley’s Creek Kids for two afternoons along the Brandywine, Tuesday, August 16, and Sunday, August 21, from 1 to 4 p.m. Today we can access power with a flip of a switch, run to the grocery store to pick up food for dinner, and stop by the shopping mall if we need new socks or a shirt. Life in the nineteenth century was not the same. Come watch, learn, and experience how the people who lived and worked along the Brandywine depended on natural elements for their daily tasks. From growing fruits and vegetables in gardens to using water from the Brandywine to power the mills, the environment of the Brandywine was a vital part of this community. Activities are included in admission and free for members.

            The afternoons’ activities will explore the natural world of the Brandywine. Parents and children can try their hands at fishing with a bamboo pole or take a walking tour of the water power process. Local artisans will be discussing textile arts and demonstrating the use of old-fashioned spinning and weaving wheels. Other activities will include making lavender sachets, peeling willow branches, and learning about the Workers’ Garden.

Hagley's Creek Kids is a youth leadership and development program. High school students undergo extensive training from November through August to learn how to develop and implement a public program. Training includes lessons on leadership, instruction in history and science content, brainstorming and planning session, and hands-on exercises. Students apply this training during public programs at Hagley.

            The Creek Kids program is supported, in part, by Capital Growth Management, LP., and Mercer Health & Benefits Company.

The museum is located on Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware. Admission to the entire 235-acre museum is $11 for adults, $9 for students and senior citizens, $4 for children six to fourteen, and free for members and children five and under.

Hagley Museum and Library collects, preserves, and interprets the unfolding history of American enterprise. Call (302) 658-2400 weekdays for more information or visit www.hagley.org.

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