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At Winterthur, there are...

...enchanting details around every corner! The house has several wings and walking around the exterior you can find wonderful little vignettes like this.

 

Almost 60 years ago, collector and horticulturist Henry Francis du Pont (1880–1969) opened his childhood home, Winterthur, to the public. Today, Winterthur (pronounced “winter-tour”) is the premier museum of American decorative arts, with an unparalleled collection of nearly 90,000 objects made or used in America between about 1640 and 1860. The collection is displayed in the magnificent 175-room house, much as it was when the du Pont family lived here, as well as in permanent and changing exhibition galleries.

 

Do view large!

 

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Uploaded on June 6, 2017
Taken on May 28, 2017