Press Room
Welcome to Winterthur’s online Press Room. Members of the media may view information for current, past, and upcoming exhibitions and programs.
For media-related questions, please contact:
| Liz Farrell Communications Manager 302.888.4803 lfarrell@winterthur.org |
Jill Quale Communications Assistant 302.888.4780 jquale@winterthur.org |
Winterthur in the News
Town & Country shares with readers some photo highlights of the 35th annual Point-to-Point, held Sunday, May 5, 2013.
Channel 6 gives viewers a call to the gate for Winterthur's 35th Annual Point-to-Point.
Channel 6 in Philadelphia reminds its viewers of the upcoming Point-to-Point at Winterthur in this Friday preveiw.
Delaware's only steeplechase race, Point-to-Point, is one of the major area events featured in this issue of Signature Brandywine.
As the Hockessin Community News explains, Winterthur's Point-to-Point trophies are named for some of the region's illustrious citizens. Here the reporter explores the namesakes and the contributions they made to the Brandywine Valley.
County Lines Magazine explores regional steeplechase races, including the first event of the season, Winterthur's Point-to-Point.
For those who have wished for a birds eye view of Wintethur's garden in the spring, Philadelphia's Channel 6 News offered this unique perspective.
Delaware's 1150 AM WDEL gives its audience a preview of Winterthur's 35th Annual Point-to-Point in this news feature.
Winterthur's magical Enchanted Woods is one of the area children's gardens featured in this article in Chesapeake Family magazine.
Lucia Blackwell, editor of Signature Brandywine, gives readers a glimpse into the diversity of the map-related objects in Common Destinations: Maps in the American Experience. She also shares insight regarding how different segments of society historically interacted with maps in this article about the exhibition preview.
Hockessin Community News reporter Antonio Prado attended a preview of Winterthur's newest major exhibition, Common Destinations: Maps in the American Experience, and shared with readers some of the secrets revealed by the objects and the exhibition's curator, Martin Brückner.
Winterthur is one of the the Wilmington area gems highlighted in this Ladies' Home Journal travel article in the May 2013 issue.
The Wall Street Journal highlights the rare and diverse objects on exhibition in Common Destinations: Maps in the American Experience, April 20, 2013--January 5, 2014.
Review (University of Delaware)
The Review takes a closer look at the artists in residence who have participated in the partnership between Winterthur and the New Wilmington Art Association.
Antiques & Fine Art, Part 1
Antiques & Fine Art, Part 2
Curator Martin Brückner gives a preview of Winterthur's latest exhibition, Common Destinations: Maps in the American Experience, in the spring 2013 issue of Antiques & Fine Art.
Brandywine Radio "Brandywine Valley Speaks"
Curator Martin Brückner joins Lloyd Bankson Roach to discuss the upcoming major exhibition, Common Destinations: Maps in the American Experience. Then Jill Abbott, Race Director, discusses the exciting events planned for the 35th annual Point-to-Point steeplechase on May 5, 2013.
Winterthur is named one of four "gifts to America" in this article in American Profile magazine.
The News Journal asked local leaders in government and nonprofit institutions to point out the past year's most significant contributions toward protecting heritage and improving the future. Winterthur's Brown Horticulture Learning Center is highlighted.
Winterthur's aquisition of the John and Carolyn Grossman Collection is reported in the Houston Chronicle.
Wilmington radio station WDEL reports on Winterthur's aquisition of the John and Carolyn Grossman Collection.
The John and Carolyn Grossman Collection of ephemera is featured in a story for Fox News, Phoenix.
Atlanta television station, WSB TV, includes a story on the John and Carolyn Grossman Collection.
The Washington Post reports on the largest aquisition in Winterthur's history, the 250,000-piece John and Carolyn Grossman Collection.
Winterthur's recent landmark aquisition, the John and Carolyn Grossman Collection of ephemera, is featured in this News Journal article.
The Philadelphia Inquirer explains more about Winterthur's landmark aquisition, the John and Carolyn Grossman Collection of ephemera.
Wilmington's News Journal reminds its readers of Winterthur's March 1 reopening, inviting them to explore the remodeling of the reception area.
The Daily Local shares information about a lecture by horticultural gold medalist Alan Street focusing on Winterthur's delicately beautiful snowdrops.
Winterthur's upcoming major exhibition, Common Destinations: Maps in the American Experience, is described in this County Lines article article by curator Martin Brückner. The exhibition opens to the public April 20, 2013.
Brides magazine has named Winterthur one of the top 50 romantic wedding venues in the United States. After reviewing submitted photos and information, the Conde' Nast publication selected 50 locations they describe as "the dreamiest spots in the country to say 'I do'."
Victoria Magazine shares Winterthur's grandeur with its readers, taking them on a visually stunning tour of H.F. du Pont's former estate.
Town & Country Magazine delves into the pagentry and excitement of Winterthur's Point-to-Point.
UDaily, the University of Delaware Newspaper
UDaily takes a look at Winterthur's partnership with the University of Delaware, and the joint efforts to help preserve Iraqi antiquities.
The Magazine Antiques
Brock Jobe, professor of American Decorative Arts at Winterthur, explains Winterthur's new collaboration with the Massachusetts Histocial Society, Four Centuries of Massachusetts Furniture. The project that will result in landmark events beginning in March, 2013, including exhibitions, symposiums, and books.
Winterthur guest lecturer explains the painstaking process of crafting period designs in this piece from Departures.
Discover more about Winterthur's ties to the White House in this article from Departures magazine.
The thrill of the hunt for garden antiques, highly prized as Americans have embraced a newfound passion for gardening, is explained in Departures.
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal examines Winterthur's latest major exhbition, Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition with Leslie Grigsby, curator of the exhibition's exploration and celebration of wine and society from the 1600s-1800s.
The News Journal spotlights the visit the National Geographic Channel's America's Lost Treasures made to Winterthur to help some local residents learn the value of treasured family heirlooms. (NOTE: Some News Journal nonsubscribers may have difficulty viewing this link.)
The Magazine Antiques
J. Thomas Savage, director of museum affairs at Winterthur, reflects in this article on his passion for antiques and his thirst for knowledge about them, leading to the lifelong love of a periodical.
This article from Wine Spectator takes a look at the extensive scope and thoughtful placement of objects in Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition, and includes more insight from Leslie Grigsby, the curator of the exhibition.
Winterthur's current major exhibition, Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition, a celebration of the culture of wine in society from the 1600s–1800s, is described in this article by curator Leslie Grigsby. The exhibition runs through January 6, 2013.
New York Times Sunday Book Review
Read the New York Times Sunday Book Review recommendation of LABELING AMERICA: Popular Culture on Cigar Box Labels by John Grossman. The John and Carolyn Grossman Collection of chromolithography, referenced in the book, is housed at Winterthur Museum. The book is available for sale in the Winterthur bookstore.
In this article, Tom Savage, Winterthur director of museum affairs, offers his insights into the world of decorative arts connoisseurs and England's great estates.
Maggie Lidz, estate historian at Winterthur, is featured in a lecture series hosted by the Friends of the New York Institute of Technology School of Architecture and Design with her book The du Ponts: Houses and Gardens in the Brandywine, 1900-1951.
Current Press Releases
Common Destinations: Maps in the American Experience
Point to Point 2013
Snowdrop Expert Lectures for Bank to Bend
Winterthur Plans an Exciting Spring 2013
Winterthur Acquires Grossman Collection of Ephemera
Helen Kaminski Hat Chosen for Point-to-Point 2013
Winterthur Closes for Winter Season
Missing Snuff Box Recovered
Yuletide 2012 Press Release
Delaware Antiques Show, November 2012
Winterthur Dedicates the Brown Horticultural Learning Center
Winterthur Receives Prestigious Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Chic It Up! Design Conference Returns to Winterthur, and It's a Party!
Winterthur Farmstand Reopens for the Season
Terrific Tuesdays Teach Junior Conservators
TripAdvisor.com Recognizes Winterthur as Travel Destination
Winterthur Celebrates an Enchanted Summer Day
Wine-Tasting Events Planned in Conjunction with Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition
A Lasting Legacy Celebrates Winterthur's 60-year Partnership with University of Delaware
Winterthur, a Blue Star Museum, Free to Military and their Families for Summer
Archived Press Releases
Historic Autos Lecture
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Point-to-Point Carriages 2012
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Uncorked! Opening
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Jennifer Behm at Point-to-Point Events
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Author Brett Hull
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Winterthur Teaches Cultural Heritage Preservation in Iraq
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Uncorked! Wine, Objects and Tradtion
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Point-to-Point 2012 Ticket Sales
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Furniture Forum
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Point-to-Point 2012
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Volunteers Needed
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National Geographic Visits Winterthur
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Chic It Up! 2011
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Bachelorette at Winterthur
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Enchanted Summer Day 2011
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Point-to-Point Carriage Parade 2011
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50 Years of School Programming at Winterthur
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Point-to-Point and Flower Market Mother's Day Weekend
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Rolf Glass a Winterthur Licensed Product
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2011 Point-to-Point Announcement
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Paint, Pattern & People
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Made for the Trade
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Gift to Build Horticulture Learning Center
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Winterthur Launches Style Box
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