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Calendar of Events
- Winterthur in Spring
- Common Destinations: Maps in the American Experience
- The Flowering of American Tinware
- Volunteers' Antiques Show Preview Party
- 41st Annual Antiques Show
- Antiques Show Breakfast and lecture
- Which Way the Wind Blows: Antique American Weathervanes
- Antique Show - Dealer Booth Talks
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- The Look of Love: Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection
- 50th Annual Delaware Antiques Show
- Watercolor Open Studio
- Free admission on Sundays to the Delaware Art Museum
- First Friday Art Stroll
- Free Sunday mornings at Brandywine River Museum
- Clay Date
- Art on the Town
- imPERFECT CITY : A User-Generated Community
- State of The Art: Illustration 100 Years After Howard Pyle
- An Implied Narrative: Contemporary Figurative Drawing
- Gertrude Kasebier's Photographs of Eight: Portraits for Promotion
- DRIFT: A Series of Citywide Engagements
- Imagined Places: The Art of Alexi Natchev
- Philemona Williamson New Work
- Andrew Wyeth Studio Tours
- N.C. Wyeth House & Studio Tours
- Artists' Studios Tour
- Andrew Wyeth at Kuerner Farm Tour
- Art is Tasty at DAM
- Taxonomy of Trash
- Fashion Meets Science: Introducing Nylon
- American Masters
- "Flowers" at Newark Arts Alliance
- Margaret Morton: Makeshift Urban Gardens
- Erin Endicott Healing Sutras
- Kuerner Sounds
- Art is Social
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- VFIX II- -AERIOUS A Celebration of Female Artists
- Gretchen Hupfel Symposium 2013
- Jamie Wyeth Book Signing
- Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent and Monhegan
- The Artist in His Studio: Photographs from the National Trust for Historic Preservation
- New Castle County Summer Art Camps
- Wei-Tu Chen Monocartoon
- Creative Escape: "Building Imagination"
- Family Workshop: “Wonderful Weathervanes”
- Celebrate Summer - Special Evening at Brandywine River Museum
- Clay Date
- "Advanced Explorers" for children at Brandywine River Museum
- DCCA Summer Art Camp 2013: Imagine, Explore, Create
- Curator's Tour of Jamie Wyeth, Rockwell Kent and Monhegan
- Spend An Evening in Paris!
- Future Teaching Artist (FTA) Program, Ages 14-18
- Movie Night in the Sculpture Garden at Delaware Art Museum
- Hagley's Creek Kids: Black Powder
- Clay Date
- Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair
- Doggy Days of Summer
- Clay Date
- Clay Date
- Contemporary London: Frieze Art Fair
- 50th Annual Delaware Antiques Show
- Clay Date
- Clay Date
- University of Delaware - Hotel, Restaurant & Institutional Management's 25th Anniversary GALA
- Halloween Hoopla 5K Run/Walk
- Wilmington Garden Day
- Eat, Drink & Be Artsy
- Volunteers' Antiques Show Preview Party
- 41st Annual Antiques Show
- Relay For Life of Wilmington
- Holy Trinity Wilmington Greek Festival
- 2013 Shady Grove Music Fest
- St. Anthony's 2013 Italian Festival
- Tyler at Twilight Auction
- 2nd Annual Classic Car Cruise-In Benefiting Cancer Support Community Delaware
- Arden Fair
- AIDS Walk Delaware
- Stock Up For Seniors
- Dover Officers’ Spouses’ Craft & Holiday Show
- 50th Annual Delaware Antiques Show
- Newark Twlight Criterium
- Greenville Auto Show
- 2nd Annual Classic Car Cruise-In Benefiting Cancer Support Community Delaware
- Delaware Auto Show
- White Clay Creek Fest
- Holy Trinity Wilmington Greek Festival
- Free admission on Sundays to the Delaware Art Museum
- Family Night Cruise on the River Taxi
- White Clay Creek Fest
- Glow: Living Lights
- Winterthur in Spring
- Centennial Afternoon Tea
- Fashion Meets Science: Introducing Nylon
- "DCM Speedway" at The Delaware Children's Museum
- SPY - The Exhibit: The Secret World of Espionage
- Childrens Series at the Dupont Theatre - "Click, Clack, Moo"
- Blue Rocks vs. Lynchburg Hillcats
- Blue Rocks vs. Lynchburg Hillcats
- Blue Rocks vs. Lynchburg Hillcats
- Afternoon Tea in the Visitors Center at Winterthur
- Memorial Day Trail Challenge Hike
- Horseshoe Crab and Shorebird Festival
- Blue Rocks vs. Frederick Keys
- RightCoastPro Wrestling Tournament
- Summer Sunday Concert Series in Wilmington: Joseph Whitney Steel Pan Trio
- Family Night on the River Taxi
- Holy Trinity Wilmington Greek Festival
- Parents Night Out - Natural Photography
- 2013 Shady Grove Music Fest
- St. Anthony's 2013 Italian Festival
- New Castle County Safety Town Summer Camp
- New Castle County Summer Sports Camps
- Enchanted Summer Day at Winterthur!
- Hagley's Creek Kids: The Nat
- Father's Day Brunch at The Green Room
- New Castle County Summer Art Camps
- New Castle County Summer Recreation Camps
- Family Workshop: “Wonderful Weathervanes”
- Music Along The Bank at Winterthur featuring Buffalo Chip & The Plainsmen
- Pirate Sail on the Kalmar Nyckel
- "Advanced Explorers" for children at Brandywine River Museum
- DCCA Summer Art Camp 2013: Imagine, Explore, Create
- Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival
- Pirate Sail on the Kalmar Nyckel
- Fairy and Wizard Festival
- Terrific Tuesdays
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Pirate Sail on the Kalmar Nyckel
- Pirate Sail on the Kalmar Nyckel
- Summer Sunday Concert Series in Wilmington: Diamond State Concert Band
- Future Teaching Artist (FTA) Program, Ages 14-18
- Nanticoke Riverfest
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Mr. Molecules's Bing Bang Boom!" Science Show
- Parents Night Out - Fish Foray
- Hagley's Creek Kids: Black Powder
- Delaware State Fair
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Snow White"
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Jungle Book"
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Pinocchio"
- Wyoming Peach Festival
- Sail on the Kalmar Nyckel in Lewes
- Summer Sunday Concert Series in Wilmington: Ron Cole and The Jazzmobiles featuring Harry Spencer
- Rockwood Explorers Camp
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Red Riding Hood, A Doo Wop Musical"
- Parents Night Out - Bug Out!
- Hagley's Creek Kids: Innovation and Power
- Doggy Days of Summer
- All-American Day
- Summer Sunday Concert Series in Wilmington: The Obsoleets
- 27th Annual Kennett Square Mushroom Festival
- Arden Fair
- Nanticoke Indian Pow-wow
- River Towns Ride & Festival in New Castle and Delaware City
- Sea Witch Halloween & Fiddler's Festival
- Evening of Jazz
- "Menopause the Musical"
- "Forever Plaid - The Heavenly Musical Hit"
- Shakespeare Festival
- "A Chorus Line"
- "Singin' In The Rain"
- Jazz Night at Basil
- Jazz in Bloom at Winterthur
- Peter Yarrow and Noel Paul Stookey Concert
- "Menopause the Musical"
- Delaware Chamber Music Festival June Concert Series
- International Organ Competition
- Celebrate Summer - Special Evening at Brandywine River Museum
- Riverfront Blues Festival
- Free admission on Sundays to the Delaware Art Museum
- Art on the Town
- Winterthur in Spring
- Andrew Wyeth Studio Tours
- Afternoon Tea in the Visitors Center at Winterthur
- Tour & Tea at The Green Room
- Holy Trinity Wilmington Greek Festival
- Delaware Juneteenth Pagent
- Music Along The Bank at Winterthur featuring Buffalo Chip & The Plainsmen
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair
- Hagley's Creek Kids: Innovation and Power
- Nanticoke Indian Pow-wow
- Contemporary London: Frieze Art Fair
- Annual Bonsai Show
- BYOB Wine Dinner (Build Your Own Bordeaux)
- Gretchen Hupfel Symposium 2013
- Hagley's Creek Kids: Black Powder
- Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair
- Art on the Town
- Free Sunday mornings at Brandywine River Museum
- Art on the Town
- imPERFECT CITY : A User-Generated Community
- State of The Art: Illustration 100 Years After Howard Pyle
- An Implied Narrative: Contemporary Figurative Drawing
- Gertrude Kasebier's Photographs of Eight: Portraits for Promotion
- DRIFT: A Series of Citywide Engagements
- Winterthur in Spring
- Imagined Places: The Art of Alexi Natchev
- Philemona Williamson New Work
- Taxonomy of Trash
- Common Destinations: Maps in the American Experience
- Margaret Morton: Makeshift Urban Gardens
- Erin Endicott Healing Sutras
- SPY - The Exhibit: The Secret World of Espionage
- "Dear Lou": Civil War Letters Home from Capt Charles Corbit
- The Flowering of American Tinware
- Which Way the Wind Blows: Antique American Weathervanes
- Wei-Tu Chen Monocartoon
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- Hagley's Creek Kids: Black Powder
- Contemporary London: Frieze Art Fair
- Downtown Wilmington Farmers Market
- Horseshoe Crab and Shorebird Festival
- Holy Trinity Wilmington Greek Festival
- Brandywine Food & Wine Festival
- St. Anthony's 2013 Italian Festival
- Enchanted Summer Day at Winterthur!
- Hagley's Creek Kids: The Nat
- Celebrate Summer - Special Evening at Brandywine River Museum
- Firefly Music Festival
- Old Fashioned Ice Cream Festival
- Nanticoke Riverfest
- Shakespeare Festival
- Delaware State Fair
- Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair
- Riverfront Blues Festival
- Wyoming Peach Festival
- Newark Twlight Criterium
- 27th Annual Kennett Square Mushroom Festival
- Arden Fair
- Nanticoke Indian Pow-wow
- Delaware Saengerbund Oktoberfest
- Harvest Festival
- River Towns Ride & Festival in New Castle and Delaware City
- Contemporary London: Frieze Art Fair
- Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival
- Delaware Wine & Beer Festival
- Sea Witch Halloween & Fiddler's Festival
- World Championship Punkin Chunkin
- Milton Holly Festival
- "Gimme The Loot"
- "To The Wonder"
- Brewery Tours and Tastings
- Columbus Inn Brunch
- Daily Specials at Palettes
- Live Music at Tutto Fresco by Scotto!
- Swingin' At Sully's
- Sunday Brunch at Cantwell's Tavern
- Centennial Afternoon Tea
- Jazz in Bloom at Winterthur
- Downtown Wilmington Farmers Market
- Eat, Drink & Be Artsy
- Gatsby Gala at Sullivan's
- Wine & Jazz Festival at Longwood Gardens
- Rehoboth Beach Restaurant Week
- Tour & Tea at The Green Room
- Holy Trinity Wilmington Greek Festival
- Summer Sippers Class
- Wednesdays on the Water
- BYOB Wine Dinner (Build Your Own Bordeaux)
- Brandywine Food & Wine Festival
- Father's Day Brunch at The Green Room
- Brandywine "Big Bang" BBQ Weekend
- "Forever Plaid - The Heavenly Musical Hit"
- Riverfront Blues Festival
- "A Chorus Line"
- Harvest Festival
- Stock Up For Seniors
- Delaware Wine & Beer Festival
- "Singin' In The Rain"
- Holiday Open House
- Winterthur in Spring
- Jazz in Bloom at Winterthur
- Hockessin in Bloom
- Wilmington Garden Day
- Afternoon Tea in the Visitors Center at Winterthur
- Wine & Jazz Festival at Longwood Gardens
- Tyler at Twilight Auction
- Artful Yoga
- Enchanted Summer Day at Winterthur!
- Hagley's Creek Kids: The Nat
- Music Along The Bank at Winterthur featuring Buffalo Chip & The Plainsmen
- Fairy and Wizard Festival
- Terrific Tuesdays
- Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library
- All-American Day
- Glow: Living Lights
- Centennial Afternoon Tea
- Hockessin in Bloom
- Downtown Wilmington Farmers Market
- Tour & Tea at The Green Room
- Wednesdays on the Water
- BYOB Wine Dinner (Build Your Own Bordeaux)
- Father's Day Brunch at The Green Room
- Sail on the Kalmar Nyckel
- Winterthur Farmstand
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Mr. Molecules's Bing Bang Boom!" Science Show
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Snow White"
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Jungle Book"
- Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Pinocchio"
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Red Riding Hood, A Doo Wop Musical"
- Newark Twlight Criterium
- Doggy Days of Summer
- Blue Rocks vs. Lynchburg Hillcats
- Blue Rocks vs. Lynchburg Hillcats
- Blue Rocks vs. Lynchburg Hillcats
- Canoeing the River and Marsh
- Horseshoe Crab and Shorebird Festival
- Blue Rocks vs. Frederick Keys
- RightCoastPro Wrestling Tournament
- New Castle County Summer Sports Camps
- Artful Yoga
- New Castle County Summer Recreation Camps
- 58th Annual DFRC Blue-Gold All*Star Football Game
- Nanticoke Riverfest
- Newark Twlight Criterium
- All-American Day
- Football - University of Delaware vs Delaware State University
- Amish Country Bike Tour
- Football - University of Delaware vs Wagner
- Football - University of Delaware vs James Madison
- River Towns Ride & Festival in New Castle and Delaware City
- Football - University of Delaware vs Albany
- Football - University of Delaware vs William & Mary
- Football - University of Delaware vs Richmond
- Glow: Living Lights
- Fashion Meets Science: Introducing Nylon
- Common Destinations: Maps in the American Experience
- Delaware Yesterday, Delaware Today exhibit extension
- New Sweden at 375
- Visit Fort Delaware
- Tour & Tea at The Green Room
- Hagley's Creek Kids: The Nat
- Sail on the Kalmar Nyckel
- Hagley's Creek Kids: Black Powder
- Hagley's Creek Kids: Innovation and Power
- All-American Day
- "Forging Faith, Building Freedom" exhibit
- Father's Day Brunch at The Green Room
- Christmas in Odessa
- Holiday Open House at Historic Hale-Byrnes House
- Milton Holly Festival
- Nurture Your Self: For Advanced Breast Cancer Survivors
- imPERFECT CITY : A User-Generated Community
- Art is Tasty at DAM
- Antiques Show Breakfast and lecture
- Antique Show - Dealer Booth Talks
- Annual Bonsai Show
- Tour & Tea at The Green Room
- BYOB Wine Dinner (Build Your Own Bordeaux)
- Gretchen Hupfel Symposium 2013
- American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
- June Lecture Series – “Better than summer camp”.
- Creative Escape: "Building Imagination"
- Future Teaching Artist (FTA) Program, Ages 14-18
- American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
- Lafayette's Birthday Party
- American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
- American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
- American Revolution Round Table of Northern Delaware
- Glow: Living Lights
- Fashion Meets Science: Introducing Nylon
- Canoeing the River and Marsh
- Memorial Day Trail Challenge Hike
- Environmental Book Club
- Family Night on the River Taxi
- National Trails Day: Brandywine Creek River Clean-Up
- Hagley's Creek Kids: The Nat
- Rockwood Explorers Camp
- Daily Specials at Palettes
- Live Music at Tutto Fresco by Scotto!
- Art on the Town
- Art on the Town
- Party on the Patio
- Gatsby Gala at Sullivan's
- Art is Social
- Holy Trinity Wilmington Greek Festival
- BYOB Wine Dinner (Build Your Own Bordeaux)
- Spend An Evening in Paris!
- "Forever Plaid - The Heavenly Musical Hit"
- Movie Night in the Sculpture Garden at Delaware Art Museum
- "A Chorus Line"
- "Singin' In The Rain"
- Summer Sunday Concert Series in Wilmington: Joseph Whitney Steel Pan Trio
- 2013 Shady Grove Music Fest
- Summer Concerts in Old New Castle
- Dupont Clifford Brown Jazz Festival
- Summer Concerts in Old New Castle
- Firefly Music Festival
- Music Along The Bank at Winterthur featuring Buffalo Chip & The Plainsmen
- Summer Concerts in Old New Castle
- Bike and Hike at Hagley
- Summer Sunday Concert Series in Wilmington: Diamond State Concert Band
- Summer Concerts in Old New Castle
- Summer Concerts in Old New Castle
- Summer Concerts in Old New Castle
- Summer Concerts in Old New Castle
- Riverfront Blues Festival
- Summer Sunday Concert Series in Wilmington: Ron Cole and The Jazzmobiles featuring Harry Spencer
- Summer Concerts in Old New Castle
- Summer Concerts in Old New Castle
- Summer Sunday Concert Series in Wilmington: The Obsoleets
- 4th Friday Drum circle 2013
- Delaware Drum and Dance Hafla 2013
- Kuerner Sounds
- Childrens Series at the Dupont Theatre - "Click, Clack, Moo"
- Wine & Jazz Festival at Longwood Gardens
- "Much Ado About Nothing" in Arden
- "Menopause the Musical"
- Dickinson Theatre Organ Society Concert
- "Much Ado About Nothing" in Arden
- 2013 Delaware Chamber Music Festival
- "Much Ado About Nothing" in Arden
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Mr. Molecules's Bing Bang Boom!" Science Show
- "Forever Plaid - The Heavenly Musical Hit"
- Cheating on my Mistress (stageplay)
- 2013 Ladybug Music Festival
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Snow White"
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Jungle Book"
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Pinocchio" open auditions
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Pinocchio"
- The Grand's Summer Children's Theater:"Red Riding Hood, A Doo Wop Musical"
- "A Chorus Line"
- Rehoboth Beach Jazz Festival
- "Singin' In The Rain"
- Halloween Hoopla 5K Run/Walk
- Bike and Hike at Hagley
- AIDS Walk Delaware
- First Friday Art Stroll
- Hockessin in Bloom
- Downtown Wilmington Farmers Market
- Innovative Bead Expos
- Pennsylvania Guild Fine Craft Fair
- Stock Up For Seniors
- Dover Officers’ Spouses’ Craft & Holiday Show
- Submit an Event
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Hotels
- Doubletree Hotel Wilmington
- Bed and Breakfast Inns of the Brandywine Valley
- Ramada Newark/Wilmington
- Brandywine River Hotel
- Brighton Suites Hotel
- Days Inn Wilmington
- Comfort Inn & Suites Newark
- Brandywine Valley Suites Hotel
- Homewood Suites by Hilton - Wilmington/Brandywine Valley
- Inn at Wilmington
- Kennett House Bed & Breakfast
- Quality Inn & Suites Skyways
- Sheraton Dover Hotel
- St. Andrews Apartments
- Courtyard Newark at the University of Delaware
- Cottage at Elizabeth Gardens
- Best Western Plus Newark/Christiana Inn
- Embassy Suites Newark/Wilmington South
- Hampton Inn - Pennsville
- Hilton Wilmington/Christiana
- Crowne Plaza - Wilmington North
- Hotel du Pont
- Howard Johnson Inn & Suites Newark/Wilmington
- School Bell Apartments
- Comfort Inn & Suites Brandywine Valley
- Korman Residential Properties, Inc.
- Boardwalk Plaza Hotel
- Country Inn & Suites - Newark
- Courtyard by Marriott-Wilmington/Downtown
- Days Inn Newark
- DoubleTree by Hilton Downtown Wilmington Legal District
- Econo Lodge
- Quality Inn Newark
- Hampton Inn - Middletown
- Homewood Suites by Hilton - Newark/Wilmington South
- Inn at Montchanin Village & Spa
- ExecuStay/The Residences
- Pennsbury Inn
- Pettinaro Relocation
- Sheraton Suites Wilmington Downtown
- Philadelphia/West Chester KOA Campground
- Fairville Inn Bed and Breakfast
- Brandywine Apartments
- Faunbrook Bed & Breakfast
- Clarion Hotel - The Belle
- Best Western Brandywine Valley Inn
- The Terry House Bed & Breakfast
- Homewood Suites by Hilton - Wilmington/Brandywine Valley
- Blue Hen Bed & Breakfast
- Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Wilmington-Newark
- Staybridge Suites Wilmington-Newark
- Inn at Whitewing Farm
- Sheraton Wilmington South
- Web Portal Training Hotel Test Account
- Westin Wilmington Riverfront
- Comfort Suites
- Meridian Crossing Luxury Rental Condominiums
- Top of the Hill Apartments
- Apartments & Extended Stays
- Bed & Breakfast / Country Inn
- Campgrounds
- Cottage Rentals
- Delaware Green Hotels
- Hotels & Motels
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Specialized Services
- Advertising & PR Agencies
- Business Services
- Catering
- Education
- Finance & Insurance
- Hair, Nails & Spa
- Health Care & Fitness
- IT / Audio Visual
- Local Meeting & Event Planners
- Media & Publications
- Meeting & Event Entertainment
- Non Profit Organizations
- Parking
- Pet Adoption
- Photography & Video
- Printing
- Real Estate & Relocation
- Security & Crowd Managemet
- Sports Leagues
- Tour & Travel
- Transportation
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Suggested Itineraries
- Family Fun
- Kids Day
- See It Made
- Harvest Trail
- Art & Antiques
- Great Escapes
- History Comes Alive
- Discover Market Street
- The Glorious Outdoors
- The Spirit of Christmas
- Totally Free Things to Do
- Delaware & the Civil War
- Chateaus of the du Ponts
- Delaware Wine & Ale Trail
- Delaware Geocaching Trail
- Delaware Underground Railroad
The Visitors Center operates Monday - Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. Our toll-free number is 1-800-489-6664.
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