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Welcome to Winterthur’s online Press Room. Members of the media may view information for current, past, and upcoming exhibitions and programs.

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Current Press Releases

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Challenging Masterpieces: Art and Identity in American Furniture Exhibition to Open September 26
New exhibition asks who gets to decide what counts as a masterpiece,…

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Winterthur’s Artisan Market
Celebrating American Artistry & Craftsmanship Across Three Days July 17–19, 2026 |…

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Luke Pecoraro Appointed Curator of Ceramics and Glass
WINTERTHUR, Del. (June 18, 2026)—Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library has appointed Luke…

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Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library Opens At Home at Winterthur Exhibition May 23
Traces 200 years of family history and Winterthur’s evolution from a home,…

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Winterthur Expands Peale Collection with Landmark Acquisition, Strengthening Holdings of First Family of American Art Ahead of Major 2027 Exhibition
Paintings, works on paper, and a series of rare letters drawn from…

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Winterthur Celebrates Museum’s 75th Anniversary with a Grand Garden Party on May 16
WINTERTHUR, Del. (April 27, 2026)—Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library is celebrating the…

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Winterthur Ushers in First Wave of Spring with Bank to Bend on March 14
Event rooted in founder Henry Francis du Pont’s family tradition of walking…

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Garden Club of America Inducts Winterthur CEO Chris Strand as 2025 Honorary Member
WINTERTHUR, DE – May 20, 2025—The Garden Club of America (GCA) recently…

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NEH Grant Terminated
April 7, 2025 Late last week we learned that our $71,880 multiyear…

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Bringing the “Afric-American Picture Gallery” to Life for the First Time
Bringing the “Afric-American Picture Gallery” to Life for the First Time: Winterthur…

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Winterthur Appoints Merissa Courtright as Chief Development Officer
WINTERTHUR, DE (October 14, 2024)—Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library has appointed Merissa…

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Winterthur acquires painting depicting a free Black woman in pre-Civil War Maryland
WINTERTHUR, DE (May 4, 2024) – Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library has…

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National Park Service grant to help restore Winterthur gatehouse
WINTERTHUR, DE (December 12, 2023) – A project to preserve the historic…

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Scholars to reveal interpretations of unique centuries-old manuscript that illuminates life in the American borderlands
WINTERTHUR, DE (May 9, 2023) – A devotional manuscript made in the…

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