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The March Bank in spring is wonderful, but that’s only half the story. Explore the area in fall with Colin Hadsell, horticulturist, and you’ll understand the other half. Included with admission. Free for Members. Register now. Join our staff and invited experts for other Garden & Estate Insider events, every Wednesday, April–October.
Share the joy of reading while cultivating children’s interest in and appreciation for nature. Kids ages 3–6 sit among the Story Stones to hear nature-based stories. After, your children will enjoy a sensory station with objects and activities to match the day’s story. Included with admission. Free for children under 2. Members free. Story Time …
Hear chilling stories of people who spent earthly time on the estate. Who were they? Do they still call Winterthur home sweet home? After this guided walk with Tyler Johnson, estate interpreter, stop off at our tailgate in a secret location for lively conversation and tasty treats, including hors d’œuvres and a selection of hard …
Historic cookbooks give us a valuable glimpse into the lives of both the everyday person and society’s crème de la crème. Discover culinary trends, economic changes, and social climates as revealed in cookbooks and recipes in the library’s collection with Rebecca Parmer, library director, and Allie Alvis, special collections curator. Free. Reservations required; limited to …
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Before the Industrial Revolution, fireplace bellows were decorative objects and essential household tools used to regulate flames. Learn about the conservation process of a deteriorating bellows in the collection and the reasoning behind treating a damaged area in a historic object with Katherine (Kiki) Peters, graduate fellow in the Winterthur/University of Delaware Program in Art …
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This interactive and performative art piece will fill the Transformations: Contemporary Artists at Winterthur exhibition gallery as the factory-made Womb Chair is retooled with premade felted “puffs” and advanced embroidery stitches, re-centering experiences of female labor and an aesthetic marker of modern design under the direction of Kirin Joya Makker, lead artist and professor of …
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