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Hagley Car Show September 17 Hagley Craft Fair October 14 & 15 Hayrides at Hagley HagleyMAGAZINE Weekends October 14-29

Hagley Craft Fair From The Executive Director

“You’re only as good as your volunteers!” Convention (staffed by nearly 100 volunteers), Executive Director David Cole This is an old saying in the museum world, Fireworks (eighty volunteers per evening), but it’s never been more relevant than it is and Car Show (which relies on the efforts today. Collections may play an outsized role of sixty volunteers) simply could not be Cover: Visitors at Hagley’s Craft Fair. in shaping museums’ brands and in attracting produced without the helping hands of Back: Hagley’s spectacular fireworks the attention of audiences, but it is the quality volunteers. Perhaps less visible, but just as shows are a huge hit with members. of the experience that encourages visitors critical to our success, are the dozens of to come back. That experience is created additional volunteers who give their time to by the people who bring collections to life and handle the countless tasks that keep museums humming. In an Volunteers play a crucial environment characterized by tight budgets and ever- role in keeping Hagley expanding roles for full- and vibrant and growing. part-time staff, volunteers— and the talents, energy, and dedication they bring with them—can make the difference between staff ongoing educational programs, tend to visitor experiences that are just so-so and gardens, translate communications for our those that are truly memorable. growing pool of international visitors, or help Board of Trustees Henry B. duPont IV As a following article suggests, Hagley with mailings. President volunteer Wei-Ling Moloy embodies the Whether working directly with our guests, Carol A. Ammon passion, creativity, and dedication for or making a difference behind the scenes, our Vice President Augustus I. duPont which Hagley’s volunteer team is known volunteer corps plays a crucial role in keeping Treasurer and celebrated. One of thirteen individuals Hagley vibrant and growing. If you have time to Ann C. Rose honored with Delaware’s Governor’s Youth volunteer and would like to join the fun, please Secretary Volunteer Service Award, Wei-Ling is part of contact my colleague Angela Williamson at Edward J. Bassett, CFA E. Matthew Brown a team of more than 500 Hagley volunteers [email protected]. Thank you! Mati Bonetti de Buccini whose efforts merit special mention. High- James C. Collins, Jr. profile Hagley events such as Invention Howard E. Cosgrove Charles M. Elson William J. Farrell II Hagley Magazine is published quarterly by Hagley Museum Hagley Magazine welcomes your feedback. Blaine T. Phillips and Library, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contact us at [email protected]. M. Gary Talley Address: P. O. Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 19807-0630 Steven W. Usselman, Ph.D. (302) 658-2400 • www.hagley.org John S. Wellons IN MEMORIAM

Edward B. duPont On April 30, 2017, Hagley Museum and Vice President of Longwood Foundation, Inc.; Edward B. duPont with former Library lost one of its strongest supporters Chairman of the Board of Welfare Foundation, Delaware Governor Ruth and important leaders, Edward B. duPont. Mr. Inc.; and Chairman of the Board of Atlantic Ann Minner at Hagley’s 50th anniversary celebration in 2007. duPont was elected to the Board in 1976, and Aviation Corp. in 1983 he was elected as Board President. He Hagley was fortunate to be one of served as Board President until he stepped the Boards on which Mr. duPont served. down from the position in 2009. At that time, Thanks to his generosity and leadership, the he was awarded the title of President Emeritus museum and library grew and became even and continued to serve on Hagley’s Board of more relevant, not just in the community, Trustees and Board-related committees until but globally. his passing. In appreciation for his years of service Mr. duPont was well-known for his active to Hagley, the Board of Trustees has named participation in the Wilmington community, the library conference room where the Board and served on numerous company and meets “The Edward B. duPont Boardroom” in organization boards, including Wilmington his honor. Trust Company; E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.; Christiana Care Health Services System; the University of Delaware; Pomfret School; Mystic Seaport; and The Wilmington Public Library. In addition, he served as a trustee and 3 COVERHAPPENING STORY AT HAGLEY

What’s New at the Craft Fair Hagley’s Craft Fair features items The Hagley Craft Fair, which runs on the to customizing their own jewelry, finding a from a wide variety of artisans weekend of October 14 and 15, will feature mosaic bench for the garden, and choosing a and a Specialty Food Market. both new items from returning artisans and whimsical ceramic fairy cottage as they shop introduce new artisans to our audience. for holiday gifts. Allen Androkites of Telford, Pennsylvania, In addition to all the fine crafts, the who creates Shaker-style boxes, is adding Specialty Food Market will be full of goodies, ukuleles. “My current motivation and both savory and sweet. Visit www.hagley.org discovery has been building ukuleles,” he said. for a list of artisans and specialty food vendors. “Many of the techniques used to make Shaker The fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. boxes have been carried over to the ukulele on Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Sunday. building. By using unique woods and luthier Admission is $5, free for Hagley members and techniques, an object that looks good and children five and under. sounds terrific is created.” Enter using Hagley’s Buck Road East Phyllis Stawicki of New Castle, Delaware, entrance off Route 100 in Wilmington, has added elves along with Santas Delaware. The GPS address is 298 Buck Road, representing different countries to her line Wilmington, DE 19807. of hand-sculpted Santas. The elves were the result of requests from several customers. The fair will also welcome several new 4 artisans this year. Shoppers can look forward HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

Photo by Ashley Schroeder Escape the Powder Yards! Decipher codes, solve riddles, and After much brainstorming and Hagley’s Youth Leadership uncover the secret combinations for locks. deliberation, the first team of teen Program will turn this tranquil If you want to get out of the Powder developers chose to create a scavenger setting into an escape room. Yards, you’ll have to accomplish all of hunt, styled like an escape room, through these challenges to succeed at Hagley’s Hagley’s powder yards. Escape rooms are a first “Escape the Powder Yards” event on growing entertainment trend for young and Escape the Powder Yards Saturday, August 19 August 19. This free event is the brainchild old, with businesses in Wilmington, Newark, 4 to 7 p.m. (last entry 6:30 p.m.) of teen volunteers in Hagley’s Youth Dover, and Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and Open to teams of four to six Leadership Program. in nearby parts of Pennsylvania. The general teens with current student ID Hagley launched its Tier III Teen concept is that teams work together to solve Registration encouraged, contact Jeff Durst at [email protected] Developer level of the Youth Leadership a series of challenges and puzzles to “escape” Admission is free. Program during its spring/summer a themed room within a set period. session this year. Youth leaders in this “Escape the Powder Yards” is open to tier have served in the previous two tiers high school students from across the region. and are seeking greater responsibilities It will run from 4 to 7 p.m. on Saturday, and involvement at Hagley. Their task is August 19. Teams of four to six teens will to create a program designed for their solve puzzles through a series of buildings peer, high school audience. This includes in the center of the Hagley property. conceptualization, program development, Registration is encouraged by emailing Jeff prototyping, marketing, staffing, and Durst at [email protected]. 5 implementation, all within four months. HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

Photos by Ashley Schroeder Hagley Car Show: Styling in the 1950s The 1950s’ car culture is perhaps items such as power steering, power brakes, Hagley Car Show unparalleled by any other decade. There were and automatic transmission became more Sunday, September 17 many innovations in design and safety and popular and widely available. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., rain or shine the 1950s gave birth to many highly prized Hagley’s twenty-second annual car show Advance tickets $8 adults, $4 children 6-14 classic cars. The jet-set lifestyle had captured will feature these colorful cars and a general Available at the Hagley Store the hearts of the American public and field of more than 500 vintage vehicles. Visitors or www.hagley.org. designers of the time leaped on the chance to can also enjoy motoring music, a vintage Day-of-show tickets $10 adults, $5 children 6-14. exploit this fascination. Mundane family cars jukebox display, a NASCAR simulator, a pedal Free for members and began to sprout wings, turbines, and after- car race course, and a festival food court. children five and under. burner tail lights. “Hagley’s show is a very different car Use Hagley’s main entrance The look of the vehicles is a major show experience,” said Curator of Mechanical off Route 141 in Wilmington. component of the 1950s’ car culture. Pastel Exhibitions John McCoy, who also serves as Parking is on site. shades of blue, pink, and green were very chair for the show. “We have a lot of activities popular. The beginning of the Space Age is to offer our visitors, and they can enjoy the reflected in car styles with large tail fins, a lot vehicles in a lush setting instead of an asphalt of chrome, and a flowing design that echoed parking lot.” the look of rockets. Elaborate taillights, often Hagley’s Car Show is presented by bright red in color, were another defining Glenmede. feature of 1950s’ cars, as were wrap-around 6 windshields and hood ornaments. Luxury HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

Talks on Aviation and Fraud Alan Meyer will open the fall Author Talks An American History from Barnum to Madoff. Author Talks participants on October 26. He will draw on his recent Balleisen will trace the history of fraud in include Alan Meyer (left) and book, Weekend Pilots, to chart the dramatic America—and the evolving efforts to combat Edward J. Balleisen (right). growth of the private aviation community it. Starting with an early nineteenth-century following World War II. Military flight schools American legal world of “buyer beware,” he Author Talks and postwar GI-Bill flight training swelled will describe the slow, piecemeal construction October 26 the ranks of private pilots with hundreds of of regulations intended to protect consumers Alan Meyer thousands of young, mostly middle-class and investors since the Gilded Age. He also “Private Pilots and the Rise of Civil Aviation” men. Formal flight instruction screened will address the recent era of deregulation, December 7 and acculturated aspiring fliers to meet a which has brought with it a spate of costly Edward J. Balleisen masculine norm that traced its roots to prewar frauds, including the savings and loan crisis, “Fraud: An American History from Barnum to Madoff” barnstorming and wartime combat training. corporate accounting scandals, and the recent Both begin at 7 p.m. Meyer also will describe how these pilots mortgage-marketing debacle. Hagley Soda House Auditorium forged a community outside the cockpit. Balleisen is associate professor of history Those interested in attending Meyer is a longtime private pilot who and public policy and vice provost for should contact Carol Lockman received his Ph.D. in history from the University interdisciplinary studies at Duke University. at [email protected] or (302) 658-2400, ext. 243. of Delaware. Currently he is associate professor of history at Auburn University. On December 7, Edward J. Balleisen will discuss his just-published book Fraud: 7 Bike & Hike evenings give visitors the opportunity to enjoy a picnic on Hagley’s tranquil 235 acres.

Photo by Jackie Kane

Hagley Thanks Its 2017 Corporate Partners Hagley preserves and shares the stories of American enterprise. Corporate Partners help Hagley use these stories to inspire innovation and educate tomorrow’s entrepreneurs.

PRESENTERS Invention Convention presented by Bike & Hike presented by Hagley Car Show presented by Fireworks at Hagley presented by Agilent Technologies Dogfish Head Craft Brewery Glenmede M&T Bank and Wilmington Trust

TRAILBLAZERS EXPLORERS Jiffy Lube of Delaware KDI Office Technology Patterson-Schwartz Real Estate DISCOVERERS Alderman Automotive Machine Lyons Companies Nickle Electrical Companies Cover & Rossiter, PA Microsoft Sheridan Auto Group GROUNDBREAKERS Advanced Networking, Inc. Gerber Masonry PNC Bank Atlantic Landscape Company Joe Feeney State Farm Agency Royal Pest Solutions 8 Artisans’ Bank Last Chance Garage Service Unlimited, Inc. Concord Mall/Allied Properties Mercer Health & Benefits LLC Tri-State Carpet, Inc. HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

Photo (left) by Ashley Schroeder. Photos (top, bottom) by Jackie Kane. Dogfish Partnership Involves History Since Dogfish Head Craft Brewery’s Carter, director of Beer & Benevolence. Visitors to Hagley’s Bike, Hike, & inception in 1995, the company has prided “We can’t think of a better way to enjoy Brews nights can enjoy Dogfish itself not only on its off-centered beers but the beauty of northern Delaware and Head craft beer along the most beautiful mile of the Brandywine. also on its commitment to philanthropy. celebrate some of our state’s history.” Through its Beer & Benevolence branch, In addition to the company’s support of Bike & Hike is presented by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery. Dogfish endeavors to creatively collaborate Bike & Hike, Dogfish founder Sam Calagione with nonprofit organizations to foster previously conducted research on beer community, nourish artistic advancement, and brewing history using Hagley’s library and cultivate environmental stewardship. collections. Calagione is also featured Dogfish and Hagley first partnered in 2016 in Hagley’s most recent oral history on with the museum’s Bike, Hike, & Brews nights. craft brewing in the mid-Atlantic. For 2017, Dogfish took an even more important Hagley’s final Bike, Hike, & Brews role by agreeing to present the entire Bike & night for 2017 will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Hike series, running from June through mid- on Wednesday, August 16, with music September. Bike & Hike is the perfect venue for provided by the Susquehanna Floods. Bike Dogfish to share its newest brews and connect & Hike evenings continue on Wednesday with Hagley members and other visitors. evenings through September 13, with “Dogfish is excited to get outside at hours from 5 to 7 p.m. on September 6 Hagley and share some big cheers with and 13 to allow for earlier sunset times. Bike & Hike guests this summer,” said Mark 9 HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

Governor Honors Teen Volunteer Wei-Ling Moloy Wei-Ling Moloy, a teenager regularly Hagley as a middle school student in the at the forefront of new opportunities at Youth Leadership Program. By serving in all Hagley, was one of thirteen individuals and three tiers of the program, she facilitates and five groups honored this year by Delaware designs SparkCart programs and activities Gov. John Carney with the Governor’s Youth related to Hagley’s stories of technology, Volunteer Service Awards. science, and innovation. Moloy prototyped the first demonstrations She has twice served on a design for SparkCart, Hagley’s mobile activity cart. team creating demonstration kits for She served as a counselor for Hagley’s first the SparkCart. Her kits’ themes were the Wonders of Winter camp and she was a camp telegraph (evolutions in communication) and counselor for Hagley’s new partnership with transmission of power. She is now a member the Summer Learning Collaborative to provide of a developer group tasked with creating a programming for underserved youth. public or digital program for their fellow high “Wei-Ling has grown into a strong leader school students. who is respected both by her fellow youth As a camp counselor, she supports the adult leaders and the adult mentors,” Jeff Durst, camp instructors by interacting with campers, Hagley’s education program coordinator, assisting with activities, and maintaining the wrote in nominating her for the award. enjoyment and safety for the campers. A rising senior at Padua Academy in Congratulations, Wei-Ling! 10 Wilmington, Moloy began volunteering at HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

New Board Member Elected Hagley Museum and Library’s board of client services business. Prior to that, he Hagley welcomes its new trustees has elected Bill Farrell as a member. was responsible for managing all aspects of board member Bill Farrell. As executive vice president and a member information technology and trust operations of M&T Bank’s management group, Farrell for Wilmington Trust, including systems has overall responsibility for the wealth and development and information resource institutional services division, which includes management. the global capital markets, shared services and Farrell holds a bachelor’s degree in retirement services businesses, along with the accounting from Goldey-Beacom College M&T insurance agency and business line risk and is a non-practicing CPA. He serves on management and strategic solutions. the board of directors of the Pennsylvania Farrell joined Wilmington Trust in 1976 Academy of the Arts and is a member of the and has held a number of senior management Ronald McDonald House finance committee. positions across the organization in wealth advisory services, asset management, M&T securities, retail banking, investment accounting, accounting operations, trust operations and technology. In 2005, he was appointed executive vice president overseeing all administrative and business development functions for Wilmington Trust’s institutional 11 COLLECTIONS

DuPont Co., Hotel du Pont Art Donated The Brandywine by Frank Jefferis, Several works of art from the DuPont Co. donated to the various museums includes one of the donated works. and the Hotel du Pont will be put on display important pieces by three generations of at Hagley. The works, now undergoing a the Wyeth family, Frank Schoonover, and conservation assessment, are part of a larger Edward Loper, among other renowned donation made by DuPont to Hagley, the artists. The pieces donated to Hagley Brandywine River Museum of Art, and the include works by Andrew Wyeth’s nephew, Delaware Art Museum. Additionally, more than Andrew N. Wyeth, and others. 400 works were donated to the United Way “We are thankful for the opportunity to of Delaware, which held a public sale of the display artwork from DuPont at Hagley and pieces in June to help support its programs. share this piece of the company’s history “DuPont is pleased to make this with our visitors,” said Hagley Museum and significant gift to the Wilmington Library Executive Director David Cole. “The community,” said Richard C. Olson, senior donated artwork is an important part of vice president, DuPont corporate services. the legacy of the Brandywine Valley, and “These outstanding museums will ensure the we’re pleased to assist in keeping these care and conservation of important works works within the community where they’ve from our collection so that the public can been enjoyed for generations.” Once the enjoy them for generations to come.” conservation assessment is completed, the DuPont began to collect art for the artwork will find a home in the museum 12 Hotel du Pont in the 1940s. The artwork where visitors may enjoy them. COLLECTIONS

Patent Models, Down on the Farm As the United States grew westward Improvement in Cockle-Separators, which was Left: Stump Puller, 1880, Patent during the nineteenth century, growing crops used in grain processing. Number 235,842. Patented for food and other uses became extremely Hagley is fortunate to have one of by William Youngblood from important. The fall harvest season is an Lewis Miller’s patent models. Miller (1829- Cedar Springs, Michigan. excellent time to look at Hagley’s growing 1899), a prominent inventor with more than Top: Improvement in Cockle- collection of farming-related patent models. ninety patents, is represented with his 1878 Separators, 1879, Patent Number 220,477. Patented by Paulina Herse So far there are more than fifty patent Improvement in Grain-Binders patent model, from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. models, primarily related to improving a harvesting machine with an automatic Bottom: Improvement in machines and tools for growing corn, potatoes, binder attached. Miller was well-known for Grain-Binders, 1878, Patent grain, hay, cotton, and tobacco. The most his improvements to farm machinery and was Number 198,898. Patented by prevalent include plows, cultivators, and inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Lewis Miller from Akron, Ohio. stump pullers for preparing land for planting. Fame in 2006. He is connected with another Later, DuPont advertised explosives as a much famous inventor, as his daughter Mina married quicker way to remove stumps from fields. Thomas Edison. Passionate about education, he The models are from twenty states, from was one of the co-founders of the Chautauqua New York to Georgia to California, with a Institution, which still exists today. very large concentration from the Midwest. The museum collections staff looks Three other countries are represented: France, forward to seeing this farming-related Austria, and Canada. The only woman patentee collection grow as the remaining 3,000 patent was Canadian Paulina Herse, for an 1879 models are processed. 13 COLLECTIONS

Auto Dealers Collection Digitized Detail from the cover of NADA Hagley has launched a digital collection The publications include periodicals and Magazine, “the management from the National Automobile Dealers newsletters like AutoExec, NADA Magazine, magazine for authorized new car Association (NADA) that includes historic Cars & Trucks, and NADA Bulletin. Other and truck dealers,” May 1954. publications, press releases, photographs, documents comprise material related to the ephemera, and video. annual NADA convention, now known as the The 100-year-old association represents NADA Show. Material is also available for the the interests of franchised new-car and American Truck Dealers division. -truck dealers. In addition to government The NADA archive offers previously and industry advocacy, NADA offers unavailable access to a significant resource education and training for its members; on the study of automobile culture in develops research data; and operates a America. Considering the massive economic charitable foundation with funds donated impact of the auto industry over the last by NADA members, their families, and other century, the role of franchised new-car and contributors. -truck dealers hasn’t received much attention The collection at Hagley began with a from historians. Hagley staffers are excited scanning project supported by NADA in 2014. about the potential new scholarship that will Since then, Hagley has digitized more than emerge out of these sources. 2,600 publications and 600 videos accessible via the Hagley Digital Archives at digital. 14 hagley.org/nada. COLLECTIONS

HHC Program Gets Pew Support A recent $500,000 grant from the Pew maintained by the library under extended and Axalta advertisement featuring Charitable Trusts will support the library’s new renewable loan agreements. HHC enables the former professional stock car Hagley Heritage Curators (HHC) program aimed library staff members to package the work it racer Jeff Gordon. Axalta is a at advancing scholarship and public knowledge has carried on for these organizations for years, new member of the Hagley Heritage Curators program. of American enterprise and innovation. and attract similar collections by marketing HHC attracts historical materials for their preservation work to organizations the library and preserves them through a seeking to save and access their heritage. In membership program that offers depositors a doing so, the library builds on relationships suite of curatorial, reference, and conservation it has been developing for more than half a services as well as the prospect of digitization and century, while also expanding into emerging oral history projects. Augmenting the library’s industries with a national focus. existing collections, new deposits attracted by The library at Hagley maintains the most HHC, such as Axalta, will also be available to significant collection of historical research historical researchers. materials describing the American experience The library has attracted important with business, technology, and industrial design. collections from companies and trade Spread over three years, the Pew grant will allow organizations throughout its history. Some HHC to build on the library’s existing collections have been gifts, but records of active and leverage its long experience with deposits commercial organizations are often placed by helping trade associations and businesses to on deposit at Hagley, meaning they are make strategic use of their heritage. 15 ON THE GROUNDS

How About Them Apples? These grafted heirloom apples will This year, horticulturists from Hagley’s maintenance and increased fruit production. replace our aging espaliered trees Grounds department grafted and installed With the help of North Star Orchard in in the E. I. du Pont Restored Garden. several heirloom varieties of apples in an Cochranville, Pennsylvania, Hagley staff were effort to replace aging espaliered trees in the provided cuttings of ten different antique E. I. du Pont Garden. apple types, all of which occurred in the early While only a handful of apple types have garden of E. I. du Pont. grown in our garden in recent years, early Approximately 100 trees were grafted garden records indicate that twenty-seven using the whip-and-tongue method, which varieties once grew in the garden during the unites the fruiting scion wood and the early nineteenth century, representing a mix of rootstock, producing a tree that is ready to old world types and early-American cultivars. plant in the garden after healing takes place Two notable varieties which we over the course of a few weeks. reintroduced include the Esopus Spitzenburg, In time, our trees will be pruned and a favorite of Thomas Jefferson’s, and Newtown trained to replace older espaliered specimens Pippin, one of the first commercially successful in the garden, which are succumbing to apple types in the mid-Atlantic region. pathogens and other rigors of time. We look The grafting process started with forward to displaying the fruits of our labor to purchasing dwarfing rootstocks from a Hagley visitors in the near future. supplier in Oregon, ensuring that trees remain 16 small upon maturity and allowing for easier POWDER KEG KIDS PAGE

FUN FACTS – ROLLER COASTERS! FIND THE MATCH – ALL AMERICAN DAYS At Science Saturday: Rocking Roller Coasters on At All-American Days on September 9, you can see a baseball game August 26, you can learn about physics as you build a as it was played in the nineteenth century. miniature ! Can you tell which two baseball gloves below are exactly alike? Some fascinating facts about roller coasters: • That chain noise you hear on the ride up the hill is 1 2 3 actually a safety device. • Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio has the highest number of roller coasters, with seventeen different coasters to choose from. • The Six Flags Great Adventure Park in New Jersey is home to the roller coaster, which is currently the tallest in the world, reaching a whopping of 465 feet. 4 5 6 • The oldest recorded roller coaster was built in 1904, and now stands in Lakemont Park, Pennsylvania. • In 1959, the first ever tubular was created. The Matterhorn bobsled roller coaster was built for Disneyland, in Anaheim, California. • The Colossus roller coaster in , England,

has an incredible ten inversions. ANSWERS: BASEBALL GLOVES ONE AND FIVE ARE EXACTLY ALIKE. EXACTLY ARE FIVE AND ONE GLOVES BASEBALL ANSWERS: WORD SEARCH - HAGLEY CAR SHOW At the Hagley Car Show presented by Glenmede, visitors can enjoy more than 500 antique and restored cars, vehicle parades, a vintage jukebox display, video and pedal car racing, and a festival food court. Find the driving-related words in the grid below.

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Hagley is open daily, Unless otherwise noted, activities listed below are included with admission and free for members and children five and under. year-round, at 10 a.m. and closed Thanksgiving Walking Tours – visit www.hagley.org for schedule October 14 and 15 Day and Christmas Day. Hagley offers weekend walking tours exploring gunpowder Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. – Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. production, water power, geology, life in an industrial village, Hagley Craft Fair The Belin House Organic Café Hagley’s gardens, and explosions. Walking tours are included with This artisans’ marketplace brings talented artisans from the is open daily 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. admission, reservations requested at (302) 658-2400, ext. 261. Mid-Atlantic area to display and sell fine arts, crafts, and gourmet items. Admission is $5 and free for Hagley members For guided tours, research Science Saturdays – visit www.hagley.org for schedule and children five and under. Use Hagley’s Buck Road East Experiment and innovate with Hagley’s series of science activities. library hours, and event entrance off Route 100 in Wilmington, Delaware. details, visit www.hagley.org. Visitors use their creativity to make scientific discoveries. October 26 – Thursday – 7 p.m. August 16, 23 & 30, September 6 & 13 Author Talk: Private Pilots and the Rise of Civil Aviation Wednesdays – 5 to 8 p.m. In his talk, Alan Meyer provides an engaging account of private Bike & Hike presented by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery aviation, taking the audience inside a community that required Enjoy these final Bike & Hike evenings of the summer! August 16 is the exceptionally high skill levels, celebrated facing and overcoming risk, final Bike, Hike, & Brews night with Dogfish Head craft brews available and encouraged fierce personal independence. Free, reply requested, for purchase. August 23 and September 6 are Ice Cream nights with call (302) 658-2400, ext. 243, or email [email protected]. cold treats available for purchase, and August 30 is the final Dog Days Held in the Soda House, use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance. of Summer. September evenings end at 7 p.m. because of sunset times. October 27 – Friday August 19 – Saturday – 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Conference - Hidden Capitalism Summer Saturday: Fun with Power The conference will explore the substantial economic activity This Saturday, power up your imagination with that occurs on the margins and in the concealed corners of the hovercraft, spin art, and fender blender activities. formal economy. Registration required, contact Carol Lockman August 19 – Saturday – 4 to 7 p.m. at [email protected] or (302) 658-2400, ext. 243. Held in Escape the Powder Yards the Soda House, use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance. Decipher codes, solve riddles, and uncover the secret combinations October 28 – Saturday – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. for locks. This event is free and for high school students only. Maker Day at Hagley Registration encouraged. Last entry at 6:30 p.m. For info/ In the Maker Space, you will be tasked to “make” a registration contact Jeff Durst, at [email protected]. solution to one of several problems. Local makers will September 9 – Saturday – 1 to 4 p.m. exhibit their projects and answer your questions. Photo by Jackie Kane All-American Day November 11 – Saturday – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On this All-American Day, the Diamond State Base Ball Veterans’ Day A young visitor watches his club returns to play the Rising Sun Base Ball Club. Admission is free for military veterans. Admission is always satellite soar at Science Saturday. September 14 – Thursday – 6:30 p.m. free for current military personnel and their families. Research Seminar: Alexandra Hui November 16 – Thursday – 6:30 p.m. Attendees are encouraged to read Alexandra Hui’s paper “Making Research Seminar: Marcus Allen Muzak Natural: The Sounds of Life, Death, and the Lyre Bird Attendees are encouraged to read Marcus Allen’s paper “The in the Built Environment, 1950-1970,” which may be obtained Black Saver Paradigm: Understanding Black Capitalism in by contacting Carol Lockman at [email protected]. Library Nineteenth Century Baltimore,” which may be obtained by Copeland Room, use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance. contacting Carol Lockman at [email protected]. Library September 17 – Sunday – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Copeland Room, use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance. Hagley Car Show presented by Glenmede November 24, 25, & 26 • 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Experience the wonders of automotive innovation. Browse Thanksgiving weekend through more than 500 antique and restored cars. $10 for adults, Sample historic holiday dishes, enjoy nineteenth-century crafts $5 children 6-14, Free for Hagley members and children 5 and and parlor games, and dress up in period clothing for a picture- under. Pre-show discounts available, visit www.hagley.org. perfect memory. Included with admission, free for members. October 12 – Thursday – 6:30 p.m. December 7 – Thursday – 7 p.m. Research Seminar: Emanuela Scarpellini Author Talk: Fraud: An American History Attendees are encouraged to read Emanuela Scarpellini’s paper “The from Barnum to Madoff Invention of Democratic Beauty: Avon Products in Italy,” which may In his talk, Edward J. Balleisen will trace the history of fraud be obtained by contacting Carol Lockman at [email protected]. in America—and the evolving efforts to combat it—from Library Copeland Room, use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance. the age of P. T. Barnum through the eras of Charles Ponzi and October 14-15, 21-22, 28-29 • 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Bernie Madoff. Those planning to attend should contact Carol Hayrides at Hagley Lockman at [email protected] or (302) 658-2400, ext. 243. Take a hayride along the Brandywine to experience the beautiful Held in the Soda House, use Hagley’s Buck Road East entrance. fall foliage in the Powder Yard. Enjoy a hayride scavenger hunt, fall-themed crafts, apple cider, tours, and demonstrations. Stop at the Belin House Organic Café for fresh seasonal selections. 18 Included with admission, free for members. Seating is limited, rides depart every half hour, please sign up in the Visitor Center. IN THE HAGLEY STORE

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