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Photo Essay: Winterthur Delaware’s holiday home
Delaware’s holiday home
Photos by Moonloop Photography Text by Richard L. Gaw
In what may have been her most well-recognized and quoted verse, the author Marjorie Holmes wrote, “At Christmas, all roads lead home. crowding and the crushing, the delays, the confusion, we clutch
As Delawareans ease their way into the holidays, all roads may still lead home, but not without a visit to another home history and architecture that every holiday season unfolds like Yuletide memories.
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Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library has become the over the river and through the woods traditional visit for several generations of Delawareans. From former home to an ever-changing bounty of activities for the senses and the soul. featuring all-metal, large-scale Standard Gauge toy trains. Introduced by Lionel in 1906, these technologies of railroads and electricity at the beginning of the 20th century.
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House Christmas tree in 1961, that featured decorations The Nutcracker. celebrate American history, creativity, and their causes.
A large-scale gingerbread version of Winterthur will cake creations have been featured on TLC and the Food Network.
Yuletide at Winterthur runs through January 8, 2023 and will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and for selfguided tours from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Winterthur will stay open late on Wednesdays in December for evening tours, live jazz, and a different workshop each week, from a wine tasting to a chocolate tasting, and more. The Museum Store is open daily for holiday shopping, featuring unique home décor, gifts, jewelry, and more that celebrate Winterthur’s beauty, indoors and out.
Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library is located at 5105 Kennett Pike, Winterthur, Del. 19735. To learn more, visit www.winterthur.org., or call 302-888-4600.
