Non-Reserved Tours

Introductory Tour

Enjoy an array of rooms used by the du Ponts for entertaining, plus beautiful spring floral displays.

Floors 5 & 6. Family friendly; 1 hour. Call 800.448.3883, e-mail tourinfo@winterthur.org.

Reserved Tours (requiring separate tickets)

Once Upon a Family

Explore the spaces where the du Pont family played, worked, and entertained. This fun, interactive tour is designed especially for families with children ages 4–11.

Floor 5 and garden, weather permitting. Family friendly; 1 hour. Call 800.448.3883, e-mail tourinfo@winterthur.org.

American Interiors

Explore the lives of men, women, and children of long ago through the objects they owned.

Floors 1 & 7. (Adult [age 8 and above]; 1 hr. Call 800.448.3883 or e-mail tourinfo@winterthur.org.)

Be Tween

Tweens and their moms explore objects related to a different theme on the second Sunday of every month at 11:00 am and 1:00 pm. Debuts May 12.

Please call 800.448.3883 or email tourinfo@winterthur.org for more information.

Antiques & Architecture

View American furnishings from the 1600s to the 1800s in the inviting rooms designed by H. F. du Pont. See outstanding Quaker artifacts and Pennsylvania German folk art and architectural interiors.

Floors 1 & 4. (Adult [age 8 and above]; 1 hr. Call 800.448.3883 or e-mail tourinfo@winterthur.org.)

Winterthur Then and Now

This tour features the magnificent garden as well as several floors of the house. It focuses on the life of the du Pont family in the first half of the 20th century, the development of the collection of American decorative arts, and the evolution of a private estate into a public resource.

(Adult [age 8 and above ]; 2 hrs. Please call 800.448.3883 or email tourinfo@winterthur.org.) for more information.

Estate Tour

Visit the former dairy and farm while exploring the ever-changing estate landscape on this narrated tram tour led by a specially-trained guide. Glimpse behind the scenes, hear accounts of estate history, and see how we have repurposed historic work areas. The 45- minute tour will leave from the east circle near the Dorrance Gallery.

(Adult [age 8 and above ]; 1 hour. Please call 800.448.3883 or email tourinfo@winterthur.org.) for more information.

Private Tours

Ask about our Private Tours and have a custom tour of the house or study a particular aspect of Henry Francis du Pont’s magnificent collection. Reservations required two weeks in advance.

Adult; 2 hr.; 5 person limit. **Reservation 2 weeks in advance preferred. Call 800.448.3883 or e-mail tourinfo@winterthur.org.

Conservation

Go into any major museum in America and odds are good that the conservators who care for the collections trained at Winterthur. Tour the world-famous conservation laboratories where works of art and antiquity are examined, studied, and cared for by expert conservators.

Adult (age 8); 2 hr. 1:00–3:00 pm first Wednesday of every month; 10 person limit. Call 800.448.3883 or e-mail tourinfo@winterthur.org.