Sights, Sounds, and Smells Walking Tour

A canon fires off in the powder yards.

Sights, Sounds, and Smells Walking Tour

NEXT DATE: June 17, 2018  |  11 a.m.  |  Sunday
category: Walking Tours  |  location: Visitor Center

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. Tour involves walking on uneven ground. Included in admission and free for members. Reservations requested, call (302) 658-2400, ext. 261.

Use Hagley’s main entrance off Route 141 in Wilmington, Delaware. 

 

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