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Wilmington,
Delaware – October 2012 – Hagley Museum and Library is where the du Pont story
begins. For youth and families, it is where the magic begins every weekend in
October.
Hayrides and
Crafts
On
Saturdays in October (6, 13, 20, and 27), families can take a unique hayride
along the Brandywine, admire fall foliage, and see stone mill buildings and
structures that date to the nineteenth century. Kids can get crafty and make
cornhusk dolls, apple wreaths, and other seasonal crafts. Live musical
entertainment and local apple cider will complete the autumn outing. Rides
leave every half hour from the Millwright Shop, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hayrides and crafts are
included with admission and free for members.
“All-American”
Day
On
Saturday, October 27, visitors can watch a nineteenth-century “Base Ball” game
and enjoy nineteenth-century games. The Diamond State Base Ball Club takes on the
Mechanicsburg Nine in this season finale game.
Nineteenth-century base ball is different from the baseball today. It was
a fast-paced and dramatic game, played without gloves and with some different
rules. Marshall Steam Museum at Auburn Heights Preserve will have a
steam-powered popcorn popper making popcorn. The Belin House Organic Café will
be selling baseball-favorites. Seating is informal: please bring a blanket and
chairs. Activities begin at 1:00 p.m., and the game starts at 2:00 p.m. All-American Day
is $2 for members, $3 non-members, and free for children 5 and under. Use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance.
Activities and
Demonstrations
Water
Power Self-Guided Tour: a walk along the Brandywine reveals how water power was
used to run the mills. Stops include a line shaft, dam, millrace,
turbine-powered roll mill*, a restored machine shop*, an operating waterwheel,
and a steam engine.* Be sure to stop and see the gunpowder testing explosion!
Social
History: experience life in a nineteenth-century mill community on Workers’ Hill.*
Families can visit a school and try activities like writing with a quill pen
and on a slate board, deciphering rebus puzzles, and solving problems on lesson
boards, then tour the foreman’s home and learn about the daily life of
families.
*Scheduled
demonstrations and/or hands-on activities
Hands-on
exhibits
“DuPont
Science and Discovery”
Sit in Jeff Gordon’s #24 DuPont NASCAR, have a close
encounter with a space shuttle suit, watch and wonder about the “happy and sad
balls,” and pick out the polymers. Plus there’s so much more to learn and do in
this dynamic exhibit of interactive fun. Open daily, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
“Easy Does It!”
Keep the wheels and axles turning, lift the levers,
switch gears, and learn the ropes with pulleys! Discover the amazing secrets of
machine technology in this hands-on exhibit.
Open weekends, 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Community
Support
In the spirit of the du Pont family
who founded the black powder mills along the Brandywine, Hagley Museum and
Library is committed to giving back to our community. Visitors are
encouraged to bring
donations of canned goods for the Food Bank of Delaware. Food donation barrels will be in Hagley’s
Visitor Center lobby through the month of October.
Admission
Admission to the entire 235-acre
museum, including the exhibit, is $11 for adults, $9 for students and senior
citizens, $4 for children six to fourteen, and free for children five and
under.
Hagley Museum
and Library
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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