Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library

Winterthur Museum, Garden and Library is a museum in New Castle County, United States, set on an estate with gardens and woodland areas. The main building displays recreated interiors from different eras, while the library holds a collection of historical documents and books.

The estate took shape in the early 1800s when Jacques Bidermann acquired the land and built a Greek revival manor house. Henry Francis du Pont expanded the property from the 1920s and opened it as a public museum in 1951.

The name comes from Jacques Bidermann's hometown in Switzerland and appears as a coat of arms above the entrance to the original house. Visitors today see rooms filled with furniture and crafts from different regions of the early United States, gathered by Henry Francis du Pont over decades.

The estate offers marked trails through gardens and woodland that allow visitors to walk through different areas. Guided tours of the historic rooms are available, and the library is accessible by appointment.

The collection includes entire rooms taken from original houses, dismantled and rebuilt here to show the furnishings of different periods. Some rooms come from buildings along the East Coast that no longer exist elsewhere.

Location: New Castle County

Inception: 1951

Founders: Henry Francis du Pont

Architects: Marian Cruger Coffin

Official opening: 1951

Website: https://winterthur.org

GPS coordinates: 39.80583,-75.60083

Latest update: December 20, 2025 00:04