February 10th, 2008
Vacation Ideas - Hagley Museum And Library, Wilmington, Delaware, Usa
The Hagley Museum and Library is located at 298 Buck Road East, Wilmington, Delaware 19807 with a telephone number of 302-658-2400.
The Hagley Museum and Library sits on 235 picturesque acres along the Brandywine River. Hagley is home to the DuPont Company. The park-like museum resembles the home and work life of a 19th century industrial community. Visitors have the opportunity to ride along the Brandywine River to tour the first DuPont family home in America, and participate in a mid-nineteenth-century school day. Period machines powered by water and steam are visible as you stroll through a formal French garden. The first office of the DuPont Company and a barn filled with antique vehicles that include an early nineteenth-century Conestoga wagon is on site here. Learn about the intricacies of making gunpowder, DuPont’s original product. A key step in the gunpowder production process is the Brandywine River’s falling water turning a sixteen ton iron wheel to mix the ingredients.