MEMBERS’ VIRTUAL TOUR - ONLINE PROGRAM THROUGH ZOOM

Members’ Virtual Tour: Welcome to Winterthur

Debbie Harper, senior curator of education at Winterthur Museum, Garden, and Library

Winterthur, the former country home of Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), houses the world’s premier collection of Euro-American decorative arts of the pre-Civil War period. Within its nine stories, rooms are filled with architecture salvaged from houses built along the eastern seaboard prior to 1840, each displaying the American-made furniture and imported accessories that du Pont felt best complimented the surroundings. Du Pont intended Winterthur to be a museum almost from the time he inherited it in 1928, but great country houses were built for entertaining, and most weekends saw the place filled with guests who enjoyed the hospitality HF and his wife Ruth lavished upon them amid the elegant surroundings of rooms that du Pont himself personally decorated. Follow in the footsteps of du Pont’s own guests as you explore the house he built for your enjoyment.

Members-only program, no fee