Major Attractions & Business Centers
Brandywine River Museum Brandywine River Museum is home to exhibits of three generations of Wyeths, as well as galleries featuring paintings by Jasper Cropsey, William Trost Richards, Maxfield Parrish, Harvey Dunn and Jessie Willcox Smith. The museum features the Wyeth Family House and N. C. Wyeth Studio where the three generations of artists worked for over 90 years and are now open to the public. Learn more...
Brandywine Zoo The Brandywine Zoo in Wilmington Delaware has Bearded Dragons, Giant Hissing Cockroaches, Llamas, Prehensile Tail Porcupine, Siberian Tigers, Yellow Anaconda and African Giant Black Millipede’s to name a few of the exotic and amazing animals in it’s zoo. Learn more...
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts The DCCA or Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts is a non-collecting art museum, meaning they present exhibitions that travel and are focused on contemporary art. The idea is to expose the creative process and educate the community at large. DCCA is also home to 26 artist studios which are open from 5-9pm during the Art On the Town nights. Learn more...
Nemours Mansion Nemours Mansion is named after the du Pont ancestral home in north central France, and was designed by Carrere and Hastings, built in 1910 for philanthropist Alfred I. du Pont. The mansion has 102 rooms and furnished with period antiques rare oriental rugs and paintings dating back to the 15th century. Learn more...
Rockwood Museum Rockwood Museum was designed by English architect George Williams for Joseph Shipley, a merchant-banker, and built in 1851 and is the only example of Rural Gothic architecture of its kind. The grand museum has tours, programs and festivals that tie the estate to the history of Wilmington. Learn more...
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