May is Teacher Appreciation Month at Hagley!
Hagley is celebrating National Teacher Appreciation Day (May 6, 2008) by offering free museum admission for educators and their families during the entire month of May. Simply present your school identification and receive complimentary admission for you and up to three family members. Come see all we have to offer you, your family, and your students for free!
May 9 – Friday – 5 p.m.
Exhibit Reception for Members - Join us as we celebrate the opening of “Give It Your Best: Workplace Posters in the United States.” Invitations will be mailed in early April. This exhibit will feature more than seventy posters from the collections of the Hagley Museum and Library. The posters were printed to improve morale and bolster productivity and are also colorful and striking examples of graphic art. The exhibit spans from 1917 through World War II. Displayed posters will include Joseph Pennell’s World War I poster “That Liberty Shall Not Perish,” the Seagram Corporation’s “Loose Lips Might Sink Ships,” and Norman Rockwell’s “Four Freedoms.” On Saturdays at 2, 3, and 4 p.m., volunteers will give a fifteen-minute exhibit tour. Exhibit only admission is $5 for adults, $2 for children six through fourteen, and free for children five and under. Exhibit included in regular admission. Free for members. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware.
May 16 – Friday — 8:30 a.m.
Conference at Hagley: Commonplace Yet Extraordinary: Design Histories of Everyday Objects
The Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society hosts this conference on the histories of design processes that created everyday objects, such as appliances, tools, equipment, and miscellaneous things commonly used in homes, offices, factories, and public spaces. For registration information, please contact Carol Lockman at clockman@hagley.org or via phone at (302) 658-2400, ext. 243.
May 18 – Sunday – 1 to 4 p.m.
Hagley's Creek Kids: Mothers and Daughters at Hagley
Experience the social and family life of women in the nineteenth century. Activities include making ice cream and lemonade the nineteenth-century way, a ladies' tea, paper doll and paper fan making, and an assortment of indoor and outdoor nineteenth-century games. Included in regular museum admission. Free for members. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware.
June 13 and 20 – Friday – gates open at 5 p.m.
Wilmington Trust Presents Fireworks at Hagley
Hagley presents a pyrotechnic masterpiece that weaves together a story illustrated through music, narration, aerial shells, and intricate set pieces. Must be a member of Hagley to purchase tickets. Rain dates June 14 or 15 and June 21 or 22. Use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance off Route 100 in Wilmington, Delaware.
Click here to see video from Hagley's 2006 Fireworks.
June 15 – Sunday – 1 to 4 p.m.
Hagley's Creek Kids: Fathers and Sons at Hagley
Experience the social and work life of men in the nineteenth century. Included in regular museum admission. Free for members. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware.
June 16 – Monday – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Volunteer Interpreter Training
Potential Hagley Volunteer Interpreters are invited to attend this one-day training session. Lunch is included. For more information, fill out the online application (link) or contact Angela Williamson at awilliamson@hagley.org or (302) 658-2400, ext. 257.
June 23-27
Hagley Summer Camp: Games Unplugged
Hagley’s summer camps are unique learning adventures, integrating history, science, and the arts. Children enjoy experiencing something completely new to them every day! All of Hagley’s camps offer both indoor and outdoor activities on our beautiful 235-acre property along the Brandywine. During this session, campers will find out how to have fun without electricity! No iPods or Xboxes here, just good old-fashioned games from the nineteenth century. Advance registration required. For more information, you can download a brochure or contact Briana Flinchbaugh at bflinchbaugh@hagley.org or (302) 658-2400, ext. 285.
July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 -- Wednesdays – 5 to 8 p.m.
Bike and Hike
Bring your bike or walking shoes to Hagley these Wednesday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. Enjoy the riverside and wooded trails through Hagley’s scenic property and picnic along the Brandywine River. Reduced admission charged. Free for members. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware.
July 5, 12, 19, 26 – Saturdays – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dollar Days
Admission to Hagley is only one dollar every Saturday in July. Free for members. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware.
July 7-11
Hagley Summer Camp: Lost Skills and Arts
Hagley’s summer camps are unique learning adventures, integrating history, science, and the arts. Children enjoy experiencing something completely new to them every day! All of Hagley’s camps offer both indoor and outdoor activities on our beautiful 235-acre property along the Brandywine. During this session, campers will learn some of the skills children used every day in the 1800s. Before shopping malls and fast food, children learned to make their own clothes and toys, prepare snacks from fresh ingredients, and practice woodworking, fishing, and other “lost arts.” Advance registration required. For more information, you can download a brochure or contact Briana Flinchbaugh at bflinchbaugh@hagley.org or (302) 658-2400, ext. 285.
July 14-18
Hagley Summer Camp: Brandywine Naturalists
Hagley’s summer camps are unique learning adventures, integrating history, science, and the arts. Children enjoy experiencing something completely new to them every day! All of Hagley’s camps offer both indoor and outdoor activities on our beautiful 235-acre property along the Brandywine. During this session, campers will become naturalists for the week, exploring the environment of the Brandywine River, sketching flowers, identifying trees, bird watching, soil testing, and more. Advance registration required. For more information, you can download a brochure or contact Briana Flinchbaugh at bflinchbaugh@hagley.org or (302) 658-2400, ext. 285.
July 20 – Sunday – 1 to 4 p.m.
Hagley's Creek Kids: Gunpowder in American History
Hagley’s youth volunteers will examine the uses of gunpowder for military, hunting, and mining purposes. Its role in westward expansion will also be explored. Included in regular museum admission. Free for members. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware.
July 21-25
Hagley Summer Camp: Gears, Engineers, and Science Frontiers
Hagley’s summer camps are unique learning adventures, integrating history, science, and the arts. Children enjoy experiencing something completely new to them every day! All of Hagley’s camps offer both indoor and outdoor activities on our beautiful 235-acre property along the Brandywine. During this session, campers will take on engineering challenges and learn how engineers have helped to shape our world from the time of water wheels and steam engines to the era of Lycra and Teflon. Advance registration required. For more information, you can download a brochure or contact Briana Flinchbaugh at bflinchbaugh@hagley.org or (302) 658-2400, ext. 285.
August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 – Saturdays – 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Dollar Days
Admission to Hagley is only one dollar every Saturday in August. Free for members. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware.
August 6, 13, 20, 27 -- Wednesdays – 5 to 8 p.m.
Bike and Hike
Bring your bike or walking shoes to Hagley these Wednesday evenings from 5 to 8 p.m. Enjoy the riverside and wooded trails through Hagley’s scenic property and picnic along the Brandywine River. Reduced admission charged. Free for members. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware.
August 17 – Sunday – 1 to 4 p.m.
Hagley's Creek Kids: The Natural World of the Brandywine
Hagley’s youth volunteers will focus on the environment of the Brandywine Valley. Included in regular museum admission. Free for members. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware.
September 14 – Sunday – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Hagley Car Show
Browse through more than 600 antique and restored cars that date from the early nineteen-hundreds to the nineteen-eighties. The show features vehicle parades, motoring music, video and go cart racing, and a festival food court. Activities are on Hagley’s upper property. Adults $7, Children 6-14 $4. Free for members. Parking will be in the Barley Mill Plaza.
NOTE: Registration for those interested in showing vehicles at the car show will begin April 1. At that time, the registration form will be available by mail and posted on the website.
September 17 – Wednesday – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Volunteer Interpreter Training
Potential Hagley Volunteer Interpreters are invited to attend this one-day training session. Lunch is included. For more information, fill out the online application (link) or contact Angela Williamson at awilliamson@hagley.org or (302) 658-2400, ext. 257.
September 27 – Saturday – 4 to 7 p.m.
Golden Pheasants Harvest Party
This Saturday afternoon event is perfect for the young and young-at-heart and their families. Enjoy hayrides, live blue grass band, food catered by the Wilmington Club, pumpkin carving demonstrations, and games. Costs are $30 for adult members (21 and older), $40 for nonmember adults, $15 for young adults (15-20), $5 for youths (5-14), and children under 4 are free. Advance registration only. Rain date Sunday, September 28. Use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance off Route 100 in Wilmington, Delaware.
October 1 – Wednesday – 7 p.m.
Fall Lecture Series: Kevin Borg
Kevin Borg will discuss his recent work, Auto Mechanics: Technology and Expertise in the Twentieth-Century America, in the Copeland Room of the Hagley Library. This is the first book to explore the history of the auto mechanic shop. Borg traces the evolution of this profession within the context of class, race and gender and discusses how vocational education related to the unique expertise of the mechanic. The lecture will be followed with a question and answer session as well as book sales and signing by the author. Lecture is free and open to the public. Use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance off Route 100 in Wilmington, Delaware.
October 11 – Saturday –10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Scouting Out History
Girl Scouts visit Hagley and complete two Try-Its or Badges. Travel back in time to discover what life was like for girls in our workers’ community. Programs are available for brownies, juniors, cadettes, and seniors. For registration information, call Amanda McWilliams-May at (302) 456-7182.
October 15 – Wednesday – 7 p.m.
Fall Lecture Series: Nicholas D. Lowry
Nicholas D. Lowry, President of the Swann Auction Galleries in New York, will discuss posters as an art form in the Copeland Room of Hagley Library. This lecture will complement our newly installed exhibit on incentive posters entitled: Give It Your Best! Workplace Posters in the United States. Lowry will talk about the history, process and market, past and present, for such practical works of art. The lecture will be followed with a question and answer. Exhibit catalogue will be available for purchase. Lecture is free and open to the public. Use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance off Route 100 in Wilmington, Delaware.
October 18 and 19 – Saturday and Sunday – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hagley's Craft Fair
This artisans’ marketplace brings talented artisans from the Mid-Atlantic area to demonstrate, display, and sell fine arts and crafts. This premier show will feature works in wood, pottery, jewelry, fibers, metal, and other media. Reduced admission charged. Use Hagley's Buck Road East entrance off Route 100 in Wilmington, Delaware.
November 6 and 7–Thursday and Friday
Conference at Hagley: Automobility, the 100th Anniversary of the Model T
The Center for the History of Business, Technology, and Society organizes and administers the Hagley Museum and Library’s interaction with the world of scholarship. Its efforts are designed to bring attention to Hagley’s research collections and to generate intellectual dialogue at Hagley. The focus of this conference is the impact of motor vehicles in America since 1908. For registration information, please contact Carol Lockman at clockman@hagley.org or via phone at (302) 658-2400, ext. 243.
November 12 – Wednesday – 7 p.m.
“The Uncommon Man”
Hagley Soda House auditorium
Join Hagley for a film produced by the Atomic Heritage Foundation about the life of Crawford Greenewalt. In 1959, Crawford Greenewalt wrote: ”The story of America is the story of common men who were inspired to uncommon levels of accomplishment.” No one fits that description better than its author. The son of a physician, Greenewalt rose to incredible heights. A key figure in the Manhattan Project, Greenewalt also made major contributions to chemical engineering, ran the DuPont Company, and published a definitive study of the world’s hummingbirds. The film tells the story of his amazing life. A reception will follow the lecture.
November 19 - Wednesday - 7 p.m.
Fall Lecture Series: David Kirsch
David Kirsch will discuss his book on automobiles, The Electric Vehicle and the Burden of History, in the Copeland Room of the Hagley Library. In Kirsch’s study, the relationship of technology, society and the environment are considered as he explains why the gasoline engine became the dominant propulsion device of electric engines. Here we see that a given technology’s superiority over another cannot be determined without social context. The lecture will be followed with a question and answer session as well as book sales and signing by the author. Lecture is free and open to the public. Use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance off Route 100 in Wilmington, Delaware.
November 28 to January 1, 2009
Christmas at Hagley
The1803 du Pont ancestral home at Hagley is decorated for the holidays. The display will feature a special Twelfth Night dessert service in the dining room. Exhibit included in regular admission. Free for members. Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware.
December 10 – Wednesday – 7 p.m.
Fall Lecture Series: Barksdale Maynard
Barksdale Maynard will discuss his book, Buildings of Delaware, in the Copeland Room of Hagley Library. His book is part of the Buildings of the United States series published by the Society of Architectural Historians and the University Press of Virginia. This lecture will present a landscape very familiar to the citizens of Delaware and in the surrounding counties of Pennsylvania and Maryland and offer insight into the history and changing facades of many important buildings in the state. The lecture will be followed with a question and answer session as well as book sales and signing by the author. Lecture is free and open to the public. Use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance off Route 100 in Wilmington, Delaware.
