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Top Ten Celebrate Arts & Culture

Celebrate Arts & Culture

1. Nemours Mansion
2. St. Anthony's Italian Festival
3. Riverfront Wilmington
4. Winterthur Museum
5. Delaware Art Museum
6. Biggs Museum
7. Johnson Victrola Museum
8. DuPont Theatre
9. Rehoboth Art League
10. Creatable Crafts

A message from Delaware Governor, Ruth Ann Minner

There is no place quite like Delaware.  Escape to “Chateau Country” for riveting landscapes made famous by Andrew Wyeth’s paintings. Watch the sun rise over the ocean at the Great Dune near Lewes and a great blue heron as it takes flight from the marshlands of Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge. This year, retrace history along the Nanticoke and Broad Creek rivers with the Captain John Smith Reenactment Voyage.

Our state capital, Dover, is home to one of the most beautifully preserved capitol complexes in the nation, captured by the First State Heritage Park. Old New Castle is a charming town to visit with its original cobblestone streets, colonial homes and guided historical tours. And don’t forget the coastal town of Lewes, which tells the story of Delaware’s seafaring past that dates back to the 1600s.

Enjoy the best opera, dance, drama and music or get inspired by a showcase of galleries featuring our state’s finest artists. Shop tax-free at Delaware’s brand name outlet stores, boutiques and antique shops.

We invite you to experience the wonder and diversity the First State has to offer. Delaware, it’s good being first.

Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge
Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge was established in 1963 primarily to preserve coastal wetlands as wintering and breeding habitat for migratory waterfowl. It is located on the west shore of Delaware Bay, approximately 22 miles southeast of Dover, the State capital, and 64 miles southeast of Wilmington, Delaware. Prime Hook NWR is managed primarily to provide nesting, resting, and feeding habitat for migratory waterfowl, with maintenance of optimum black duck wintering habitat being an important objective. Waterfowl production, especially for black ducks and wood ducks is becoming increasingly important. Water levels in the marsh are manipulated at different times of the year via water control structures to stimulate the growth of emergent aquatic plant species which serve as a food source. Refuge habitat types are varied and are managed to maintain a diversity of wildlife species. Prime Hook consists of over 9,700 acres, approximately 7,400 acres of which are fresh marsh, tidal marsh, and open water. Other habitats include approximately 1,000 acres of timber and brush and 1,300 acres of grasslands and croplands. Public use objectives at Prime Hook are to provide wildlife-oriented recreational opportunities compatible with habitat and wildlife objectives. Since the signing of the National Wildlife Refuge System Improvement Act of 1997, appropriate public uses of the Refuge System include six major wildlife-dependent recreational uses and are: hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, photography, environmental education, and environmental interpretation.

Wilmington's Own "Little Italy"
A historic urban neighborhood featuring several fine dining establishments, noted for their authentic flavors, award-winning subs and pizza parlors, floral design studios, photography, butcher, bakeries and a host of other retail shops.

Fort Delaware State Park
Civil War era fortress and prison to more than 30,000 Confederate, Federal and political prisoners. Features living history programming with highly interactive interpreters in period attire. Daily demonstrations of our eight-inch Columbiad cannon, Civil War cooking, prisoners and civilian life on the island.

Treasures of the Sea Exhibit
Exhibit showcases the riches recovered from the wreck of the Spanish galleon Nuestra Senora de Atocha, which sank off the Florida Keys during a hurricane in 1622. Touring the exhibit, viewing a video on the search for the shipwreck, and visiting the gift shop typically takes about 1-1/2 hours.

Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
The home of collector and horticulturist Henry Francis du Pont (1880-1969), Winterthur is one of the greatest surviving country estates of its kind in the nation. Magnificent mansion tours, holiday tours, garden tram tours, new exhibitions, annual events, dining and tax-free shopping. It will be even more than you expected.