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Top Ten FREE Admission Attractions

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: Governor Ross Mansion and Plantation
A restored Italian Villa-style structure circa 1859, featuring a three-story entry tower. Once a 1400-acre plantation, it today consists of 20 acres and features eight unique outbuildings, including a log slave quarter and honeymoon cottage. Docents available for tours. Buses welcome. Group rates. Special events.

: The Schwartz Center for the Arts
The Schwartz Center for the Arts was originally constructed in 1904 and known as The Dover Opera House. George M. Schwartz expanded it into a movie theater in 1923 and tabbed it The Capital Theater. For years the Theater flourished but in the 1970s fell into a state of disrepair and in 1982 the doors were closed. After an extensive statewide fundraising campaign spearheaded by Board Chair Frank Fantini (then Vice President of Independent Newspapers) led to extensive modernization and expansion, the beautiful $8.3 million facility reopened in October, 2001 as the Schwartz Center for the Arts. In 2004, under the leadership of Board Chair Dr. Scott D. Miller (President of Wesley College), a strategic alliance was formed to partner the resources of Wesley College, Delaware State University, The Grand Opera House and The Friends of the Capital Theater, to maximize usage and position the historic treasure as the premiere performing arts center south of Wilmington

: Wilmington & Western Railroad
Historic steam train operation that takes you through the scenic Red Clay Valley. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Come aboard and experience more than 130 years of living railroad history.

: Delaware Theatre Company

: 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.