All Events

Cannon firings in the powder yards demonstrate how black powder was made and used.

For one day we offer free admission in an annual event hosted by Smithsonian magazine.

Discover how explosions light up the world. Play with miniature rockets and build your own building to withstand an explosion.

Dig into two very different gardens – one that fed the du Pont family and the other the DuPont Company workers in the nineteenth century.

Roast marshmallows at our fire pit, sip Dogfish beer and listen to live music at this 21+ event.

Visitors experience an in-depth, hands-on tour focused on gunpowder production in the Hagley Powder Yard.

Emanuela Scarpellini, University of Milan will discuss her paper "The Invention of Democratic Beauty: Avon Products in Italy."

Held on both Saturday and Sunday, October 14 and 15, 2017, this artisans’ marketplace brings talented artisans from the Mid-Atlantic area to display and sell fine arts, crafts, and gourmet items.

Take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard.

The concepts of momentum and energy transfer are introduced and applied to meet the challenge of building a catapult to launch a “pom-kin”.

Held on both Saturday and Sunday, October 14 and 15, 2017, this artisans’ marketplace brings talented artisans from the Mid-Atlantic area to display and sell fine arts, crafts, and gourmet items.

Take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard.

Take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard.

Take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard.

History professor and private pilot Alan Meyer provides an engaging account of the post-World War II aviation community.

In celebration of Archives Month 2017, the Library will be hosting a film screening and open house.

Tasked with problems, can you "make" a solution in our Maker Space? Come and find out!

Photography beginners or experts will enjoy this experience as they have the opportunity to photograph areas off the usual visitor route.

Take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard.

Take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful fall foliage in the Powder Yard.

Clayton J. Ruminski details Mahoning Valley’s unorthodox rise from mid-scale iron producer to “Steel Valley” in a tale of innovation, stagnation, and, above all, extreme change.

Veterans' Day - Free admission for military veterans.

Get a sneak peek at activities for Invention Convention 2018.

Marcus Anthony Allen, North Carolina A&T State University, will discuss his paper "The Black Saver Paradigm: Understanding Black Capitalism in 19th Century Baltimore."

Bring your family and out-of-town guests to enjoy activities, crafts, and games.

November 24 through January 1— The 1803 du Pont family ancestral home will feature holiday decorations and interpretation on the French traditions of exchanging gifts on New Year’s Day and the celebration of Twelfth Night.

Edward Balleisen traces the history of fraud in America from P. T. Barnum through Bernie Madoff.

Learn all about sound with some noisy hands-on activities. Create your own musical instrument to take home.

On our special preview night spend a relaxed evening with refreshments, a ride through the illuminated powder yards, carols sung by a local choir, and a tour of the home at your own pace.

Experience Eleutherian Mills adorned with lace, fresh greenery, poinsettias, and holiday displays throughout the residence.

Dara Orenstein, George Washington University, will discuss her paper "'Free Ports for Refugees': How the U.S. Turned a Warehouse for Duty-Free Garbanzo Beans into an Internment Camp for European Jews."

Adam Rome, University at Buffalo, will discuss his paper "DuPont and the Limits of Corporate Environmentalism."

Francesca Russello Ammon explores how postwar America came to equate destruction with progress.

Kendra Smith-Howard, University at Albany, will discuss her paper "The Messy Work of Cleaning Up: Economy, Policy, and the Disposable Diaper, 1936–1996."

Jessica Levy, Johns Hopkins University, will discuss her paper "Black Empowerment, Global American Business, and the Post-Jim Crow/Apartheid City."

Courtney Fullilove unearths the history of American agriculture, showing how seeds became important political tools.