| Week of May 1 — May 6 |
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| Tue, May 1 10:00 am to 12:00 pm History through Fiction Book Club During this three-month series, we will discuss classic and new works that illuminate American life and examine relevant objects from the Winterthur collection. This month's book is The House of 7 Gables by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Registration required by March 1. $20 Member/$30 nonmember for the entire three-month series. |
| Wed, May 2 10:30 am to 11:30 am WOW! Wee Ones at Winterthur On the first or third Wednesday of each month, join us for stories related to Winterthur's museum or garden. This early childhood literacy series incorporates active learning through music, movement, and the exploration of objects in a warm and welcoming setting. Members and children under 2 free. $5 per nonmember child with 1 free adult. Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks covering a wide range of gardening topics. Programs take place on Wednesdays starting at the Winterthur Greenhouses and each week cover a different topic. Members free. Included with admission. See the former dairy and farm and hear
accounts of estate history on this 45-minute
narrated tram tour. Meet outside the Dorrance
Gallery. Members only. Reservations recommended by 4:00 pm, $5 per person, family friendly. |
| Thu, May 3 10:00 am to 5:30 pm Spend $100, save 20% When you spend $100 in on the Museum Store or Bookstore, you will receive 20% off your purchase. Not valid with Member or employee discount. The first lunchtime lecture as part of the Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition exhibition, Leslie B. Grigsby, senior curator of ceramics and glass, will explore ceramic drinking vessels and the alcoholic beverages served from them in ancient times through the early 1800s. Members free. Included with admission. Let Sandy Brown, interior designer, help solve your decorating dilemmas. Bring in pictures, swatches, measurements, pillows or sketched room layouts of the problem area. Her quick suggestions will help transform your room from a dilemma to a delight. Find her each Thursday in the Museum Store. Is your daughter in 4th-6th grade? Does she love to read, make crafts, and learn about living long ago? Join us as we discuss historical fiction books, try tasty snacks, and make book-related crafts. Group meets the first Thursday of each month, November-May. $25 per Member adult/child pair; $35 per nonmember pair for complete 7-month series. Registration required by October 30. |
| Fri, May 4 10:00 am to 5:30 pm Spend $100, save 20% When you spend $100 in on the Museum Store or Bookstore, you will receive 20% off your purchase. Not valid with Member or employee discount. Experience a new, Members-only tour of the house in conjunction with Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition. This special tour offers new insight into wining and dining in early America. Each week we will bring you into selected rooms and study areas, some of which are not generally available to the public, to explore food- and beverage-related objects. Reservations are strongly suggested. $10 per person per tour. Call 800.448.3883 or e-mail tourinfo@winterthur.org. |
| Sat, May 5 10:00 am to 5:30 pm Spend $100, save 20% When you spend $100 in on the Museum Store or Bookstore, you will receive 20% off your purchase. Not valid with Member or employee discount. Stop by the Hands on History Cart outside the exhibition Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition to further explore the world of wine-related objects. Members free. Included with admission. Step back in time to see elegant automobiles of the country-estate era. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Walter Higgins, owner of Higgins Restoration, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, will outline the decision-making process in creating a historically accurate automobile restoration. His presentation will debunk myths about "absolutes" in restoration standards by using scientific evidence and historical research. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. |
| Sun, May 6 10:00 am to 5:30 pm Spend $100, save 20% When you spend $100 in on the Museum Store or Bookstore, you will receive 20% off your purchase. Not valid with Member or employee discount. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Join us at the 34th annual Winterthur Point-to-Point as the culinary arts come hoof to hoof with elite horse racing. Celebrity chefs Dana Herbert and Jennifer Behm serve up cooking demonstrations and tastings. Pack a picnic lunch or a tailgate spread, bring the family, and take in the splendor of spring at Winterthur! Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. |
| Week of May 7 — May 13 |
| Mon, May 7 |
| Tue, May 8 |
| Wed, May 9 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Garden Walk: Wednesdays at Winterthur Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks covering a wide range of gardening topics. Programs take place on Wednesdays starting at the Winterthur Greenhouses and each week cover a different topic. Members free. Included with admission. See the former dairy and farm and hear
accounts of estate history on this 45-minute
narrated tram tour. Meet outside the Dorrance
Gallery. Members only. Reservations recommended by 4:00 pm, $5 per person, family friendly. |
| Thu, May 10 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Design Days in the Museum Store Let Sandy Brown, interior designer, help solve your decorating dilemmas. Bring in pictures, swatches, measurements, pillows or sketched room layouts of the problem area. Her quick suggestions will help transform your room from a dilemma to a delight. Find her each Thursday in the Museum Store. |
| Fri, May 11 10:00 am to 5:30 pm Member Double Discount Days Don't miss this semi-annual event in appreciation of Winterthur Member's support! Receive an additional 10% off on purchases at our Museum Store and Bookstore during these three special days. Just present your Winterthur membership card! Convenient parking by each store. Not valid for online purchases or prior purchases. No further discounts apply. Experience a new, Members-only tour of the house in conjunction with Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition. This special tour offers new insight into wining and dining in early America. Each week we will bring you into selected rooms and study areas, some of which are not generally available to the public, to explore food- and beverage-related objects. Reservations are strongly suggested. $10 per person per tour. Call 800.448.3883 or e-mail tourinfo@winterthur.org. |
| Sat, May 12 10:00 am to 5:30 pm Member Double Discount Days Don't miss this semi-annual event in appreciation of Winterthur Member's support! Receive an additional 10% off on purchases at our Museum Store and Bookstore during these three special days. Just present your Winterthur membership card! Convenient parking by each store. Not valid for online purchases or prior purchases. No further discounts apply. Join a garden staff member for a walk highlighting this special aspect o the garden. Dress for the weather. Members free. Included with admission. Stop by the Hands on History Cart outside the exhibition Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition to further explore the world of wine-related objects. Members free. Included with admission. Step back in time to see elegant automobiles of the country-estate era. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Gregory Landrey, director of the Library, Collections Management & Academic Programs Division at Winterthur, will discuss automobile advertising from the 1930s in Conde Nast's publication Vogue. Vogue served as the fashion magazine of its time, and the automobiles advertised between its covers helped to enhance that image. The lecture will highlight artwork and photography illustrating the virtues of a wide range of vehicles from the more affordable Ford Model A and the Chevrolet Six to Cadillac's premier V-16 and Lincoln's Willoughby-bodied sedans. Other makes, such as Cord, Auburn, Packard, REO, Marmon, Pierce Arrow, and Chrysler, will be presented as well. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. |
| Sun, May 13 10:30 am to 2:30 pm Mother's Day Brunch Come celebrate mom with a delicious Mother's Day brunch at Winterthur. Seatings at 10:30AM, 12:30PM and 2:30PM.
$34.95 per adult; children under 12 are 50% off; Members receive 10% discount up to a party of 4. One complimentary mimosa or glass of prosecco is included for each adult. Don't miss this semi-annual event in appreciation of Winterthur Member's support! Receive an additional 10% off on purchases at our Museum Store and Bookstore during these three special days. Just present your Winterthur membership card! Convenient parking by each store. Not valid for online purchases or prior purchases. No further discounts apply. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. |
| Week of May 14 — May 20 |
| Mon, May 14 |
| Tue, May 15 |
| Wed, May 16 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Garden Walk: Wednesdays at Winterthur Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks covering a wide range of gardening topics. Programs take place on Wednesdays starting at the Winterthur Greenhouses and each week cover a different topic. Members free. Included with admission. See the former dairy and farm and hear
accounts of estate history on this 45-minute
narrated tram tour. Meet outside the Dorrance
Gallery. Members only. Reservations recommended by 4:00 pm, $5 per person, family friendly. |
| Thu, May 17 12:15 pm to 1:15 pm Lecture: Uncorking the past Following a tantalizing trail of archaeological and chemical clues around the world and through the millennia, Patrick McGovern, scientific director of Penn Museum's Biomolecular Archaeology Laboratory, tells the compelling story of humanity's ingenious and intoxicating quest for the perfect drink. Members free. Included with admission. Bring your antiques! Our experts will discuss their condition and care. The Clinic is held once a month, September through May (except January and February). Follow the link for additional dates. Sorry, no appraisals. By appoinment only; call 302.888.4786. Free. Let Sandy Brown, interior designer, help solve your decorating dilemmas. Bring in pictures, swatches, measurements, pillows or sketched room layouts of the problem area. Her quick suggestions will help transform your room from a dilemma to a delight. Find her each Thursday in the Museum Store. |
| Fri, May 18 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Your Neighbor's Envy Nursery Trunk Show Shop our selection of locally grown trees, shrubs, and perennials that will be available during these two special days. Your Neighbor's Envy staff will be here to answer any of your play questions and help you make the right selection for your yard. In the Museum Store. Experience a new, Members-only tour of the house in conjunction with Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition. This special tour offers new insight into wining and dining in early America. Each week we will bring you into selected rooms and study areas, some of which are not generally available to the public, to explore food- and beverage-related objects. Reservations are strongly suggested. $10 per person per tour. Call 800.448.3883 or e-mail tourinfo@winterthur.org. |
| Sat, May 19 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Your Neighbor's Envy Nursery Trunk Show Shop our selection of locally grown trees, shrubs, and perennials that will be available during these two special days. Your Neighbor's Envy staff will be here to answer any of your play questions and help you make the right selection for your yard. In the Museum Store. Join us for a flute duet with Diane Delaney & Susan McAlley in the Galleries Reception Area. Stop by the Hands on History Cart outside the exhibition Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition to further explore the world of wine-related objects. Members free. Included with admission. Step back in time to see elegant automobiles of the country-estate era. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. In January 2010 Hagley Museum and Library received The Z. Taylor Vinson Transportation Collection consisting of 700 cubic feet of transportation (primarily automotive) memorabilia. The collection is currently being processed as part of a three-year Council on Library and Information Resources Cataloging Hidden Special Collections and Archives program grant. Emily Cottle, project archivist and cataloguer of the collection, will discuss Vinson's lifetime passion for collecting car memorabilia, the challenges of processing such a large collection, its current status, and the promise of digital techniques to promote the collection and increase its availability. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. |
| Sun, May 20 11:30 am to 12:00 pm Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition Gallery Walk Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. |
| Week of May 21 — May 27 |
| Mon, May 21 |
| Tue, May 22 5:30 pm to 6:30 pm Lecture: Chasing Venus Andrea Wulf discusses her book Chasing Venus: The Race to Measure the Heavens. The book tells the story of the first global scientific collaboration set amid warring armies, hurricanes, scientific endeavor, and personal tragedy in the 1760s. Free to Members and the general public. |
| Wed, May 23 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Garden Walk: Wednesdays at Winterthur Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks covering a wide range of gardening topics. Programs take place on Wednesdays starting at the Winterthur Greenhouses and each week cover a different topic. Members free. Included with admission. See the former dairy and farm and hear
accounts of estate history on this 45-minute
narrated tram tour. Meet outside the Dorrance
Gallery. Members only. Reservations recommended by 4:00 pm, $5 per person, family friendly. |
| Thu, May 24 |
| Fri, May 25 10:00 am to 5:00 pm Exhibition Opening: A Lasting Legacy: Sixty Years of Winterthur Graduate Programs Commemorating the nation's most successful university-museum partnership, A Lasting Legacy: Sixty Years of Winterthur Graduate Programs explores the changing roles of conservation and curatorial scholarship over the past 60 years. The exhibition opens May 25 and runs through June 16, 2013. Experience a new, Members-only tour of the house in conjunction with Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition. This special tour offers new insight into wining and dining in early America. Each week we will bring you into selected rooms and study areas, some of which are not generally available to the public, to explore food- and beverage-related objects. Reservations are strongly suggested. $10 per person per tour. Call 800.448.3883 or e-mail tourinfo@winterthur.org. |
| Sat, May 26 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Uncorked! Hands on History Cart Stop by the Hands on History Cart outside the exhibition Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition to further explore the world of wine-related objects. Members free. Included with admission. Step back in time to see elegant automobiles of the country-estate era. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Join Mark Derham Bowen, PE, CFM, and ecological engineering team leader at Kleinschmidt Associates, for a discussion on the Derham Body Company, which built fine custom automobile bodies and horse-drawn carriages for nearly 100 years in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. Many local families, movie stars, and foreign dignitaries owned custom Derham bodies built on chassis by Duesenberg, Cadillac, Peirce Arrow, and many more. Family recollections along with Enos Derham's favorite photos will be presented, including rare photos of the Derham Body Company shops and hand-drawn renderings prepared by Enos. Parts of the lecture will be based on a presentation that Enos himself made in the 1970s. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. |
| Sun, May 27 11:30 am to 12:00 pm Uncorked! Wine, Objects & Tradition Gallery Walk Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Take a closer look at the exhibition with a 30-minute guided gallery walk. Every weekend during the exhibition. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. Enjoy a 20-30 minute guided walk in the beauty of the Reflecting Pool gardens. Scout out the plants now in exuberant bloom. Weekends, April through October, weather permitting. Members free. Included with admission. |
| Week of May 28 — May 31 |
| Mon, May 28 |
| Tue, May 29 |
| Wed, May 30 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Garden Walk: Wednesdays at Winterthur Join us for demonstrations, talks, and guided walks covering a wide range of gardening topics. Programs take place on Wednesdays starting at the Winterthur Greenhouses and each week cover a different topic. Members free. Included with admission. See the former dairy and farm and hear
accounts of estate history on this 45-minute
narrated tram tour. Meet outside the Dorrance
Gallery. Members only. Reservations recommended by 4:00 pm, $5 per person, family friendly. |
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