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Join us for Bike & Hike & Brews! Stroll, jog, or bike through the most beautiful mile of the Brandywine. Bring a picnic or pre-order from Caffe Gelato. 

Hagley is delighted to offer exclusive yoga classes with teacher Mary Currie for our members at the Household and above levels. Classes are held Tuesday and Thursday mornings.

Learn about pigments and diffusion. Find the hidden colors in marker ink using chromatography!

Spend a Summer Saturday at Hagley and play classic lawn games like croquet and badminton! 

Math is everywhere in nature! Patterns and symmetry will be used to make your own sun art.

Visitors will experience in-depth the devastating power of black powder while exploring the heart of the DuPont production yards. Guests will hear personal stories about what life was like for those working and living within the reach of the nineteenth century’s most dangerous explosives, while considering the larger world of work in 1800s. T

Step back in time to enjoy a festive fair with carnival games, period dancing, fresh lemonade, hand-cranked ice cream and so much more. A

Hagley’s 2020 Fireworks Shows Canceled

Join one of our Hagley guides for an introductory tour of Hagley’s patent model collection.

This week, discover the wonderful, worm-filled world of soil! Create your own mixture, plant a seed in it, and watch it grow! Visitors of all ages are invited to discover solutions to science and engineering challenges at Science Saturday.

Visitors experience an in-depth, hands-on tour focused on gunpowder production in the Hagley Powder Yard and visit production areas rarely seen by guests. This tour ends with an explosive finish. 

Hagley’s 2020 Fireworks Shows Canceled

Spend a Summer Saturday at Hagley and relax while fishing on the Brandywine. Afterwards, cool off with some hand-cranked ice cream. 

Launch stomp rockets and create your own balloon pinwheels that demonstrate Newton’s Third Law of equal and opposite reactions! 

Dig into two very different gardens – one fed the du Pont family and the other DuPont Company workers in the nineteenth century. This tour explores the socioeconomic factors influencing the architecture, produce, and the philosophies of each garden. 

Visitors experience an in-depth, hands-on tour focused on gunpowder production in the Hagley Powder Yard and visit production areas rarely seen by guests. This tour ends with an explosive finish. 

This week, learn how sound is produced by vibrations. Create a musical instrument that will vibrate to make sound. Visitors of all ages are invited to discover solutions to science and engineering challenges at Science Saturday. 

CANCELED - Experience the wonders of automotive innovation. Browse through more than 500 antique and restored cars that date from the early 1990s all the way back to the early twentieth century. This year’s theme is “Dream Rides: American Sports Cars.” The show features vehicle parades, motoring music, video and pedal car racing, and food court. 

Take a Sunday stroll at Hagley! Hagley’s property will be open to give visitors a unique opportunity to take a leisurely walk to the residence and garden, normally only accessible by bus. The 3-mile roundtrip walk to the du Pont ancestral home and back will be open for guests to wander and enjoy the beauty of the property.

This week, protect an egg from a car crash by using Newton's Laws of Motion. Things could get ugly! Visitors of all ages are invited to discover solutions to science and engineering challenges at Science Saturday. 

Families can take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard. Guests can create fall-themed crafts, and see a gunpowder explosion, roll mill in action, and working nineteenth-century machines.

This week, learn about pigments and diffusion. Visitors of all ages are invited to discover solutions to science and engineering challenges at Science Saturday. Experiment with different tree leaves to discover their hidden colors using chromatography. 

Families can take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard. Guests can create fall-themed crafts, and see a gunpowder explosion, roll mill in action, and working nineteenth-century machines.

Families can take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard. Guests can create fall-themed crafts, and see a gunpowder explosion, roll mill in action, and working nineteenth-century machines.

Held in two of Hagley’s historic buildings, this marketplace brings talented artisans from the Mid-Atlantic area to display and sell fine arts, crafts, and gourmet items. This premier show will feature works in wood, pottery, jewelry, fibers, metal, and other media and includes a specialty outdoor food market.

Families can take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard. Guests can create fall-themed crafts, and see a gunpowder explosion, roll mill in action, and working nineteenth-century machines.

Families can take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard. Guests can create fall-themed crafts, and see a gunpowder explosion, roll mill in action, and working nineteenth-century machines.

Families can take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard. Guests can create fall-themed crafts, and see a gunpowder explosion, roll mill in action, and working nineteenth-century machines.

Visitors can take advantage of this unique opportunity to see the grounds of Hagley in a different light and meet one of our guides for a stroll through the property. Photography beginners or experts will enjoy this experience. Ability to walk some distance and carry your own equipment is necessary. 

This week, you might be seeing double! Visitors of all ages are invited to discover solutions to science and engineering challenges at Science Saturday. Optical illusions and tricks of the mind will have you guessing what's real! Test out your perception and make a spinning disc picture. 

Free admission for current military members, veterans, and their families.

This week, learn how living things get their unique traits and discover what strawberry DNA looks like without a microscope! Visitors of all ages are invited to discover solutions to science and engineering challenges at Science Saturday.

Experience the du Pont ancestral home decorated for the holidays and the “Holiday Entertaining” exhibition. 

On Saturday, December 5, Bring the kids to take photos with Santa!

"Truss Me, You Won't Fall" focuses on structural engineering while challenging kids to build their own bridges.

Enjoy a rare opportunity to see Eleutherian Mills, the first du Pont family home built in America, dressed for the holidays and illuminated with softly glowing lights.