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Holidays at Hagley November 27 - January 3 Twilight Tours Tuesday and Wednesday Evenings in December HagleyMAGAZINE Invention Convention January 16, 17, 18

Invention Convention 2016 From The Executive Director

Executive Director The scenes are iconic and familiar: in their creators’ local environments David Cole the Wright brothers’ rickety plane and do not have world-changing taking flight from the beaches at implications. Moreover, the romantic Kitty Hawk; Alexander Graham Bell notion of the inventor as a solitary Cover: A young visitor shouting through the first telephone, genius is at odds with reality. Inventors at Hagley’ Invention “Mr. Watson, come here—I want you;” are deeply influenced by the people, Convention. and Thomas Edison basking in the glow of Back: Visitors enjoy his incandescent bulb. There is an inventor a walk at Hagley The history of invention during a snowfall. in the Unites States is the hidden inside each of us. stuff of myth, a tale of groundbreaking inventions and larger- places, and things in their environments than-life creators. Americans can take and often work in concert with others to justifiable pride in their rich heritage of make incremental improvements to the innovation, but could also be excused status quo. for drawing some questionable lessons Hagley offers public programs— from this history: that inventors are such as our ever-popular “Invention special people born with unusual gifts, Convention”—that encourage visitors that they work in relative isolation, and to dispel myths, and discover inspiring Board of Trustees Henry . duPont IV that their inspirations come to them in truths, about innovation. After hours of President “Eureka!” moments. hands-on fun tinkering with everyday Edward B. duPont The truth about innovation is machines, exploring the future of President Emeritus Howard . Cosgrove actually a little more complicated. robotics, and creating and “patenting” Vice President Inventions are typically the products of their own inventions, Invention Augustus I. duPont Treasurer long hours (even years) of methodical Convention participants learn the most Ann . Rose experimentation by people whose important innovation lesson of all: that Secretary talents, while impressive, are not there is an inventor hidden inside each Carol A. Ammon Edward . Bassett, CFA extraordinary. These inventions are of us. Please join us, January 16-18, and E. Matthew Brown often responses to practical problems see for yourself! James C. Collins, Jr. Dr. Thomas . Connelly, Jr., Ph.. Charles M. Elson Hagley Magazine is published quarterly by Hagley Hagley Magazine welcomes your feedback. Blaine . Phillips Museum and Library, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Contact us at www.hagley.org/contact. M. Gary Talley Address: P. . Box 3630, Wilmington, DE 19807-0630 (302) 658-2400 • www.hagley.org Steven . Usselman, Ph.D. JoAnne Yates, Ph.D. COVER STORY

Robotics Rocks Invention Convention Robots have explored the far reaches audiences. Franklin Institute Motions Young guests prepare of space, the depths of the oceans, and and Machines shows will come to the themselves for the bang the inner workings of the human body. convention for the first time and Cool during an Invention Now you can explore robots themselves. Chemistry shows will return. Convention demonstration. Visitors asked for the chance to Visitors will also enjoy Tinkering understand robotics, so it’s the theme for Tables, Create-an-Invention, and a Invention Convention Invention Convention 2016, January 16 Hands-on Science Fair. At the Tinkering January 16, 17, 18 through 18. Tables, families can work together 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The Martin Luther King, Jr., to take apart an electronic gadget to Soda House and Library weekend event will explore the see what it is made of and how it is Adults $8 fascinating world of robotics with constructed. Children can harness their Children 4-14 $6 robotic demonstrations, hands-on creativity while building their own Children under 4 and Hagley members free engineering challenges, and in-person invention at Create-an-Invention. Using Lunch available from the conversations with professionals who everyday household items, children can Belin House Organic Café use robots in their daily work. Visitors make an invention that will earn them For details, www.hagley.org will discover how the Wilmington a Hagley “patent.” Community partners Police Department uses bomb robots to will showcase interactive experiments dispose of explosive devices. They will and demonstrations at the Hands-on also be able to create a series of simple Science Fair, including handling a space Hagley “robots” using hydraulic pumps, suit built by local company ILC Dover. Invention Convention gears, and circuits. is sponsored in part Throughout the event, science shows by InterDigital, Inc. and live demonstrations will captivate 3 HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

Photos by Ashley Schroeder Thanksgiving Weekend Hagley is the perfect place to bring Guests can also visit Workers’ Hill Holidays at Hagley family, friends, and loved ones this for a taste of a Victorian Christmas. Family Activities holiday season. Thanksgiving weekend Stop in the Gibbons’ House to sample November 27, 28, and 29 will be full of food, shopping, and historical holiday dishes, inspired 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. celebrations. by The Hagley Cookbook: Recipes with a Hagley’s Handwork Group As a new feature this year, Hagley’s Brandywine Tradition and prepared by Booth Sale - November 27 Handwork Group will set up a booth on Chef Roy Eckbold at the Belin House Holiday Family Backpacks the Friday after Thanksgiving. Stop by to Organic Café. Climb the stairs to play November 27 - January 3 Check them out at the buy handmade goods made with donated classic parlor games like Charades or Visitor Center materials. All proceeds support education Hide the Thimble. Be sure to bring your Included with admission, programs at Hagley. Every purchase camera for a nineteenth-century dress- free for members enables a child to visit Hagley who up opportunity. Visit the Sunday School wouldn’t otherwise have the opportunity. to make Victorian Christmas ornaments. That’s a holiday gift to be proud of. Families can have a special holiday Visitors can enjoy The Handwork Group will experience any day during the holiday nineteenth-century also demonstrate paper quilling, a season. Stop by the Visitor Center to pastimes and parlor games nineteenth-century art form. Women check out a Holiday Backpack. Discover Thanksgiving weekend. would roll, fold, and shape thin strips the different traditions celebrated of paper to create interesting shapes. during the holiday season at Hagley 4 Watch an artist practice this craft. with activities inside. HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

A Feminine Touch for the Holidays Lace decorations add to the daughters of E. I. du Pont (Victorine, ambiance of Hagley’s annual holiday Evelina, Eleuthera, and Sophie) became Holidays at Hagley exhibition. The theme this year at skilled in adorning their clothing and November 27 Eleutherian Mills residence is “A accessories with the then-fashionable through January 3 Feminine Touch.” style of whitework embroidery. Samples Included with admission For centuries, girls and women of their shawls, collars, and cuffs “A Feminine Touch” on have handmade lace and whitework sets, plus the patterns that they used, display in the Eleutherian Mills residence embroidered items for clothing and will be on display. Representing later Pair it with Brunch! other household uses. The holiday generations of du Ponts is an exquisite Belin House Organic Café display incorporates lace into Tiffany mother-of-pearl and Brussels Weekends November 28 decorations, giving it that decidedly lace hand fan, circa 1890, owned by through January 3, feminine touch. All Christmas trees Annie Rogers Zinn (1858-1927). 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on display feature lace decorations, Well-loved displays returning including the Terrace Room tree with include the elaborate Twelfth Night ornaments made from dried Queen celebration in the dining room and Tiffany mother-of- Anne’s lace. the Victorian library’s Christmas pearl and Brussels lace Featured throughout the house is for children with its table-top tree hand fan owned by a small display of Hagley’s historic surrounded by toys and games. Of Annie Rogers Zinn. du Pont family whitework and lace course, there will be warm glowing collections. In the early 1800s, the lights and poinsettias. 5 HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

Photos by Ashley Schroeder Twilight Tours On Tuesday and Wednesday Tuesday, December, 1 is reserved for Twilight Tours evenings in December, Hagley will only Hagley members and their guests. Tuesday and Wednesday offer an exceptional opportunity to Public tours begin December 2 and evenings in December experience the du Pont family residence continue each Tuesday and Wednesday 4:30 to 8 p.m. by the warm winter glow of candles through December. Tours are on the Tuesday, December 1 is and twilight. Small groups will be half-hour beginning at 4:30, with the last for Hagley members only. guided through the house and get an tour leaving the Visitor Center at 8 p.m. Cost: $10. Free for members and intimate glimpse at the holiday season Reservations are required and can be children 5 and under as the du Ponts might have experienced made by calling (302) 658-2400, ext. 261. Reservations it after a long day of gift-making, A limited number of tickets will be sold (302) 658-2400, ext. 261. calling, and merry making. for each tour. Admission $10, free for This year’s decorations include a members and children 5 and under. special exhibition of delicate whitework Be sure to make your reservations embroidery and lace from the du Pont early, as these special tours tend to fill family collections. up quickly. Twilight Tours will begin at the Visitor Center followed by a ride through the powder yards to the residence. 6 HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

Photo by Ashley Schroeder Hagley WOWs Campers This Winter A new camp shows children how Campers can attend one, two, or all captivating Hagley is in the winter. Each three days of the camp. Each day will WOW Camp day of WOW Camp this December is be different. Discounts are available December 28, 29, 30 packed with explorations. WOW stands for campers who attend three days. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. for “Wonders of Winter,” and the camp WOW camp will be staffed with trained Members $60 per day is designed for children 7 to 10 years old. Hagley guides assisted by high school $150 for three days The camp offers a fantastic student volunteers. Non-members opportunity for parents who are looking Interested parents should register $75 per day for new, fun ways to fill their children’s their children soon; there is a maximum $200 for three days winter vacation. of twenty-five campers per day. For Information WOW camp takes place December more information about this new winter Jeff Durst [email protected] 28, 29, and 30. Campers will participate camp, contact Jeff Durst at (302) 658-2400, (302) 658-2400, ext. 285 in creative crafts and engaging ext. 285, or [email protected]. Registration experiments that reflect the history, Donna Johnson science, and innovation of Hagley. (302) 658-2400, ext. 256 Campers might build a catapult one day and then bake cookies in a cast iron stove the next day. They may even make their own spin art or smoothie on the bike-powered Fender Blender. 7 HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

Photos by Ashley Schroeder Winter Wonders at Hagley! Hagley’s winter events The weather outside may be which visitors will learn about density include the popular frightful, but spending time at Hagley and buoyancy while building a boat Science Saturdays and during the winter months is delightful! that will carry the largest load possible. Victorine’s Valentine’s Winter is a wonderful time to visit “Bridge the Divide” on January 23 Day as well as Hagley’s Hagley. It is often less crowded, the air focuses on structural engineering new Maker Event and is crisp and clear, and special tours and while challenging kids to build their Spark Cart Extravaganza. programming are offered. own bridge. Help “Move the ‘Powder During the week, guided tours Keg’” on February 6 while discovering of the property include stops in the different simple machines. Then build powder yards, Workers’ Hill, and the a hydraulic-powered machine on du Pont family Residence. Tours leave February 27 at “Pump It Up!” The final from the Visitor Center at 10:30 a.m. and Science Saturday of winter on March 12 1:30 p.m. Every Saturday, indoor family focuses on “The Science of Nylon.” programs enhance your visit and spark your imagination. SparkCart Extravaganza Discover what Hagley’s youth Science Saturdays volunteers have been up to on January The whole family will be challenged 30. Hagley recently introduced the to solve a problem using science. SparkCart—a mobile activity station 8 January 9 is “Float Your Boat,” during that moves throughout the property. HAPPENING AT HAGLEY

At the Extravaganza, teen volunteers Science Saturdays will present the whole range of cart Winter Family Programming encourage visitors of all programs in one day. Event Schedule ages to explore science Science Saturday: Float Your Boat problems by engaging Victorine’s Valentine’s Day January 9 – Saturday – 1 to 4 p.m. in critical thinking. This classic program is back for Science Saturday: Bridge the Divide another year of handmade cards, January 23 – Saturday – 1 to 4 p.m. sweet treats, and Victorian traditions. SparkCart Extravaganza Celebrate Valentine’s Day by decorating January 30 – Saturday – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. a candy bar wrapper, designing Science Saturday: Move the “Powder Keg” Valentine’s Day cards, and nibbling on a February 6 – Saturday – 1 to 4 p.m. fresh-baked gingerbread heart. Victorine’s Valentine’s Day February 13 – Saturday – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Hagley’s Maker Event Maker Event Create and Innovate at Hagley! Enjoy February 20 – Saturday – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.. a family-friendly festival of invention, Science Saturday: Pump It Up creativity, and resourcefulness, and a February 27 – Saturday – 1 to 4 p.m. celebration of the Maker movement. Science Saturday: The Science of Nylon March 12 – Saturday – 1 to 4 p.m. 9 HAPPENING AT HAGLEY GOLDEN PHEASANTS GAME DINNER

Prohibition is Over! Get dolled up in your glad rags the Wilmington Club, this five-course Game Dinner 2016 and head off to our juice joint, the dinner is paired with wine selected Saturday, January 30 Hagley Soda House, for this fun 1930s and described by Alain Blanchon. This Cocktails at 6 p.m. Followed by talk and dinner prohibition-themed Game Dinner, year’s menu features curried warm $150 for members sponsored by the Golden Pheasants on apple bisque, marinated and roasted $185 for nonmembers Saturday, January 30. quail stuffed with fennel and venison Bad weather date Cocktails begin at 6 p.m. followed sausage, roast loin of elk in bathtub Sunday, January 31 by a talk and dinner. During cocktails juniper gin sauce, mixed greens with For reservations and guests can participate in a silent auction smoked trout, and a Hagley Cannonball information, contact Kim and raffle featuring jewelry and in a bourbon vanilla sauce for dessert. Kelleher at kkelleher@ hagley.org or (302) accessories from Out of the Box, a case Dinner tickets are $150 for members 658-2400, ext. 235. of French wine to smuggle back to your and $185 for non-member guests. private residence, and more. Reservations required. Invitations will Golden Pheasants Committee: The dinner features a talk by be mailed to Golden Pheasant members Roniece & Henry duPont Erik Rau, Hagley’s director of library in December. Contact Kim Kelleher Anne & Phil Annone services, about Prohibition and the role in the membership office for more Tracy & Brian Fuchs Robin & Jeffrey Kusumi of du Pont family members in its repeal. information, (302) 658-2400, ext. 235. Bad Anne & David Lyons, Jr. Hagley will also have on display some weather date is Sunday, January 31. Megan & A.J. McCrery Mark Talley treasures from its collection highlighting 10 the du Pont family’s role. Catered by ORAL HISTORY

Oral History Project Office Opens With generous support from the historically interpret its site. In the 1990s Left: Howard High School, family and friends of the late Mary and early 2000s, Hagley embarked on 1929, from Hagley’s “A Laird Silvia, a benefactor of scholarship an ambitious oral history documentary Separate Place” oral at Hagley, the library has created the project supported by the Longwood history documentary. Hagley Oral History Project Office. Foundation, “A Separate Place: The Gregory Hargreaves is its first manager. African American Schools P. S. du Pont Top: Hagley Machine Hargreaves was a fellow in the UD- Built” (2001). Last summer, the library Shop workers, 1885. Hagley Program in the History of launched an oral history series Industrialization, and at Hagley launched documenting the development of Kevlar Bottom: Tree dedication the “Stories from the Stacks” podcast at the DuPont Company. ceremony for Mary Laird series, featuring interviews with scholars Along with electronic records Silvia in July of 2013. using the library’s collections. preservation, oral history has become With training in American industrial increasingly important in recent years history as well as years of experience in to document the historical development radio, he is uniquely suited to develop of business organizations. The library’s and manage Hagley’s oral history current and potential depositors of program. Soon after opening, Hagley collections have expressed interest in took oral histories with former DuPont supporting oral history projects that will Company powder yard workers and do just that. their families as part of its efforts to 11 COLLECTIONS

DuPont Gunpowder Workers From 1802, when E. I. du Pont steerage label. When DuPont celebrated Artifacts moved to the Brandywine, until the its 200th anniversary at Hagley in 2002, The museum is always manufactory closed in 1921, the DuPont DuPont employee Edward Beacom IV, seeking artifacts owned Company relied on its diverse group of now retired, attended to represent the by DuPont powder workers. Please contact workers, both natural and foreign-born, fourth generation of his family to work Debra Hughes, curator of to produce its high-quality gunpowder. for the company. collections and exhibits, The museum documents these workers One pastime of the workers is at [email protected] or (302) 658-2400, ext. through a 200-piece collection, which demonstrated through this German- 308, for more information. includes the steerage trunk and violin made violin owned by Eben T. Jones, seen here. who began working for DuPont in Many workers emigrated from 1890. Jones became a member of the Violin and steerage Europe to start new lives on the Tankopanicum Musical Club, which trunk, part of the Brandywine. Edward Beacom was a had been founded by Alfred I. du Pont 200-piece collection of farmer in County Fermanagh in northern in the 1880s. Tankopanicum is a Native items owned by DuPont Ireland who traveled in steerage aboard a American word for Brandywine. Other Company workers. ship from Liverpool, England, arriving in instruments used in the band in the Philadelphia in 1870. All of his cherished collection include another violin, belongings were packed in the small clarinets and a baritone horn. trunk (8 inches high by 14 inches long 12 and 10 inches deep) that still has its COLLECTIONS

Rare Brewer’s Log Book Acquired How beer was made almost two brewers, merchants, land speculators, Detail from Thomas centuries ago is documented in a manufacturers, and prominent Morris’s log book. brewer’s log book recently acquired participants in public affairs. His by the Manuscripts and Archives business, the Thomas Morris & Co. To learn more about this Department. The log book of Brewery, operated from 1812 until 1829. brewer’s log book, contact Philadelphia Brewmaster Thomas It was on Second Street above Arch Hagley at askhagley@ Morris covers 1820 through 1827 and is Street, the site of the family’s brewery hagley.org or visit www. unusual as few brewers’ logs exist from and malt house since 1745. hagley.org/ask-hagley. the first half of the nineteenth century. The brewer’s log book is an Brewers use log books to record important addition to Hagley’s information about each batch of beer, such collection of Morris family papers and as the ingredients and measurements, and to the library’s collection of brewing to document the progress and character publications and visual images. Brewers’ of each brew. Morris primarily recorded logs, such as that of Thomas Morris, information about porter and ale brews in provide a rare insight into the nature of this log and noted the “weight of worts” or American historic beer and can inspire measurement of the liquid’s specific gravity. present-day craft brewers to recreate Thomas Morris (1774-1841) was a historic beers. fifth-generation member of the Morris family in Philadelphia, known as 13 LIBRARY NEWS

Automotive Historians Honor Library Top: Detail from 1937 For the library’s work in preserving cubic feet, it is the largest collection advertisement for the the . Taylor Vinson Transportation of these materials available to the Ford “60” and “85.” Ephemera Collection, the Society of public for research and covers cars Automotive Historians awarded Hagley from around the world from 1894 Bottom: Cover image the 2015 James J. Bradley Distinguished through 2009. The collection opened from a Plymouth brochure Service Award. in early 2014 and became the basis of from the late 1960s. The society gives the Bradley Hagley’s current exhibition, “Driving Award annually “to deserving archives Desire: Automobile Advertising and the Right: Detail from and libraries for exemplary efforts American Dream.” advertisement for the in preserving motor vehicle resource Bradley curated the world’s largest Hupmobile Eight, 1927. materials.” The Vinson collection automotive history collection, the arrived at Hagley in 2010, after the death National Automotive History Collection of Vinson, an inveterate collector of car at the Detroit Public Library. He served sales literature, who served as president on the society’s board of directors and of the society and editor of its journal, a number of library and automobile the Automotive History Review. organizations. Hagley Curator Max Hagley was awarded a grant from Moeller, who oversaw the cataloging of the Council on Library and Information the Vinson collection and who organized Resources to catalog the collection in Hagley’s exhibit, accepted the honor. 14 a three-year project. At more than 700 COLLECTIONS

What Drove the du Ponts The lifestyle of owning a luxury property where Hagley’s three du Pont Hagley’s three du Pont automobile in the 1920s included the family automobiles are on display in family automobiles, weekend jaunt into the countryside to the lower level of the Eleutherian Mills displayed in the lower enjoy nature. Barn. The highlight of the exhibition level of the Barn near This delightful “motor restaurant, is the Du Pont Motors, 1928 Phaeton, Eleutherian Mills. running board style” luxury picnic set Model G802, owned by company for four was made to be strapped to the founder E. Paul du Pont. Inset: Running board running board of an automobile. It is Du Pont Motors, which operated style luxury picnic set. on display in the exhibition, “Driving between 1919 and 1932, also made a Desire,” in the Hagley Visitor Center child-sized speedster between 1930 gallery. Made by the Berg Auto Trunk and 1932. Its design was based on and Specialty Company, the circa 1928 a speedster that ran in the 1929 “24 picnic set was owned by Jean Austin Hours of Le Mans” race. The third du Pont and was mounted on the automobile on display is a rare 1912 running board of her Pierce Arrow. Detroit Electric car made by the Located on Long Island in New York, Anderson Carriage Company. Pierre Berg specialized in making luggage to Samuel du Pont purchased four of fit in and on automobiles. these to give to his sisters, including After visiting “Driving Desire,” this one which was given to Louisa visitors can ride the bus up to the upper d’Andelot du Pont Copeland. 15 PARTNERSHIPS

Photo by Ashley Schroder Serving Those Who Serve Others Behind-the-scenes view Hagley recognizes that life County will help spread the word of the “Hearts Apart” presents special challenges for within Delaware’s military community photo shoot held at military families, including frequently about Hagley’s programs, special events, Eleutherian Mills in 2013. changing communities, single- and volunteer opportunities. The USO parenting responsibilities, and financial will also be invited to participate in challenges. As a way to acknowledge several of Hagley’s annual events, like the contributions of military personnel, Bike and Hike, the Hagley Car Show, on Veterans Day, November 11, Hagley and Victorine’s Valentine’s Day, where announced a partnership with USO in 2016 guests will be invited to make Delaware that includes a new museum valentines for Delaware military service admission policy. All currently serving people serving overseas. military and their families will be In addition to free admission for admitted to Hagley for free. Through currently serving military, Hagley will free admission, Hagley wants to also each year offer complimentary provide a place where military families admission to retired military personnel can be together, learn about their on Memorial Day, July 4, and Veterans community, and have fun without Day. Hagley has a shared history with impacting their pocketbook. the American military and looks As a partner, USO Delaware forward to a shared future as well. 16 locations in Dover and New Castle YOUR DONATIONS AT WORK

Photos by Ashley Schroeder Meeting STEM Needs Hagley strives to produce affordable final activity, bringing it all together programs to inspire young men (engineering challenges). The six-week 2015 Annual Fund and women to pursue careers in workshops include demonstrations and There is still time to make science, technology, engineering, and hands-on activities. a donation to the 2015 mathematics. Through your time, talents, One partner is Serviam Girls Hagley Annual Fund to support educational and donations, Hagley has created Academy in New Castle, Delaware. programs at Hagley. Please programs to meet these STEM needs. Serviam, which is taking part in this contact Jill MacKenzie, For example, Hagley developed a new program without cost, is a tuition- (302) 658-2400, ext. 302, workshop series called “Engineering free, independent middle school in the [email protected]. Endeavors!” for grades six to eight. Ursuline tradition for young women Each workshop, held at Hagley, focuses of all faiths from low-income families. on a particular branch of engineering. Serviam challenges students to become Hagley’s programming Topics include an introduction to Hagley leaders who serve their families and encourages young (explosions and structural strength); the needs of society through a rigorous participants to building blocks (simple machines academic program and the development explore science and and catapults); electrical engineering of the whole person in an atmosphere of engineering concepts. (electrical circuitry, magnetism, and respect and responsibility. power); civil engineering (building Your donations make our STEM bridges); chemical engineering (science programs possible. Thank you for your of polymers); and culminating in a continued support! 17 YOUTH LEADERSHIP

SparkCart Inspires Youth Leaders Young visitors participate Biomimicry, a water wheel, and and leadership skills while also creating in a SparkCart activity. pulleys are the heart of the new friendship networks and having fun. SparkCart, and the cart is the heart of a The SparkCart is a mobile activity Recruitment for the spring new program for high school volunteers. station created, staffed, and shared with 2016 session will start For the past year, Hagley staff and the public by the youth volunteers. Look in January 2016. Visit youth volunteers have been giving the for the blue and white umbrella and www.hagley.org/ylp Youth Leadership Program a creative discover how innovators are inspired by for more information. makeover to increase the number of the natural world at “Inspired by Nature.” students reached and opportunities Get splashed by a water wheel at “Water to serve Hagley and its guests. The Power,” and play with “Pulleys” to learn new program offers three levels of more about this simple machine. engagement for high school students – After facilitating activities with the conducting hands-on activities for Hagley SparkCart, volunteers can apply to be guests, creating hands-on activities, interns with the design team and help and participating as team members for develop new activity kits. These kits will special projects. All three levels include be tested, approved, and launched three training, group activities, mentoring, times a year. and opportunities to give back to the community. The program builds life 18 VOLUNTEER AT HAGLEY

Photos by Ashley Schroeder Invention Convention Volunteers How many volunteers does it Volunteers are also needed to greet Volunteers help out in take to spark a young inventor’s visitors at the admission area and many different ways at interest? Sometimes just one; however, orient them to the event. Individual the Invention Convention, at Hagley’s Invention Convention volunteers and groups from schools and from assisting young in January, it can take nearly 200 businesses work together as teams in visitors to awarding volunteers over three days. Volunteers specific areas to aid in this amazingly “Hagley Patents.” join paid staff in stimulating fun learning experience. No science or children’s imagination, creativeness, robotic experience needed, and training inquisitiveness, and exploration. is provided. Volunteer to see the next This year’s theme of robotics is sure generation of innovators and inventors to be popular. Volunteers assist with get their start. hands-on science/robotic activities, To begin your volunteer experience help younger visitors with making at Hagley, please visit www.hagley.org/ their inventions, re-stock the tinkering volunteer or call Volunteer Manager shelves with items for kids to take apart, Angela Williamson at (302) 658-2400, and help recycle the pieces and parts ext. 257. that are generated through the invention creation process.

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Smithsonian Innovation Festival Participants and Hagley At the end of September, Hagley the newly opened Innovation Wing staff at the Smithsonian had the distinction of being the only at the National Museum of American Innovation Festival. Smithsonian Affiliate to participate in History in Washington, the festival the Smithsonian Institution’s second celebrated American ingenuity and Hagley became Delaware’s annual Innovation Festival. featured demonstrations, hands- first Smithsonian Affiliate Hagley was invited because of on activities, and presentations by in 2014. As an affiliate, its interpretive focus on innovation. inventors and researchers. Hagley collaborates Stationed inside the Smithsonian’s newly The festival is designed for the with the Smithsonian reopened interactive Spark!Lab, several public to interact with national to host exhibits and Hagley staff members presented activities companies and institutions such as educational programs, developed for Hagley’s SparkCart, which Ford Motor Company, Solar Turbines, while also having access launched this fall. Through these hands- Inc., Mars, Inc., and NASA to showcase to the Smithsonian’s on activities, 2,300 Smithsonian visitors their latest technological developments. vast resources. of all ages discovered how inventors have Examples of new technologies include been inspired by biomimicry and how WiperFill, a kit that converts water water power transmits power through into wiper fluid, and the Braigo simple machines. printer, designed by a seventh-grader The festival has been a partnership using a Lego Mindstorms EV3 kit. between the Smithsonian and the U.S. 20 Patent and Trademark Office. Held in POWDER KEG KIDS PAGE

VALENTINE’S DAY TRIVIA At Holiday Family Programming on November 27, 28, and 29, Hagley offers wonderful programming during the winter you can play parlor games and make Victorian christmas ornaments. months, including Science Saturdays and Victorine’s Which two ornaments below are exactly alike? Valentine’s Day. Here are some facts about Valentine’s Day:

• In Victorian times it was considered bad luck to sign a 1 2 3 Valentine’s Day card. • About three percent of pet owners will give Valentine’s Day gifts to their pets. • About one billion Valentine’s Day cards are exchanged each year. • In Finland, Valentine’s Day is called Ystävänpäivä, which translates into “Friend’s day.” It is more about remembering your friends than your loved ones. 4 5 6 • In the Middle Ages, young men and women drew names from a bowl to see who would be their Valentine. They would wear this name pinned onto their sleeves for one week for everyone to see. This was the origin of the expression “to wear your heart on your sleeve.” • More than 35 million heart-shaped boxes of chocolate

will be sold for Valentine’s Day.

SIX ARE EXACTLY ALIKE. ALIKE. EXACTLY ARE SIX SCIENCE SATURDAY WORD SEARCH AND TWO ORNAMENTS ANSWERS: Science Saturdays are held from 1 to 4 p.m. December 12 is Color and Light, January 9 is Float Your Boat, and January 23 is Bridge the Divide. Find the words related to color, light, boats, and bridges below.

WORD LIST D A M O S S E T A M S P D B L I A S B T O RED C O K O Z T P L N N S I R W E R X C A R ORANGE P J Z B A X J W E E A T H H M E A P M A R O U V I YELLOW G N I T O O O R R H B Q D E R I V E J R E A L BLUE H X H L F R Q L O J N R K G R S N A S L T I G E W INIGO I P N H E F T L L D S B E T W A A G Y E J P N N D VIOLET SAIL V E B B T G S E Y R E D O G Y X G C L R F V M G P BEAM K I N I G O N Y W U G Q U W J M E O A Q C X D A S STERN E U B I E P N A N E D O S V V Z I M J G N D R G U BOW O H J Z Q F G R R N X O Q H X V K T A A R A I B P DECK V R W R X N G W R O S P L I O R C P V E P M A M Z HULL Y F Q J G X W D E R X A L I Z Y E K K E B Z L N J BEARINGS Z H X R R P D N U K I P B D D I D G T K A L U T M DRAINAGE FOOTING B B A P D U H V O J G L Y Q B J H S W Y U M E W H FOUNDATION P I Z L A S Y K R L U X E P F N D V P H K N N Z Z PARAPETS P F P H L L Q G S E O F O U N D A T I O N W C Y U PIERS J B T Q Q K R H R N U Q R N G I R S F X Q V Z Q T 21 EVENTS CALENDAR

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 Day Weekends through November December 10 – Thursday – 6:30 p.m. and Christmas Day. Walking Tours at Hagley Research Seminar Hagley will offer in-depth, hands-on walking tours on Benjamin R. Cohen, Lafayette College, presents “The The Belin House Organic Café weekends at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Learn about gunpowder First Food Police: Controlling Homes and Bodies in the is open daily 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. production, water power, Brandywine Valley geology, the Gilded Age.” Attendees are encouraged to read the paper in For guided tours, research stories of immigrant workers, and Hagley’s gardens. For a advance. For a copy, contact Carol Lockman, clockman@ library hours, and event complete schedule and tour descriptions, visit www.hagley.org. hagley.org. Held in the Library Copeland Room, use Library/ details, visit www.hagley.org. Soda House entrance. Science Saturdays – 1 to 4 p.m. Experiment and innovate with our series of family activities: December 28, 29, and 30 – 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Science Saturdays! Families work creatively together to solve Wonders of Winter (WOW) Camp a problem or make an improvement. Visit www.hagley.org for Looking for a fun new way to entertain your children during dates and topics. their winter vacation? Hagley’s WOW camp offers creative crafts and engaging experiments that reflect the history, November 19 – Thursday – 6:30 p.m. science, and innovation of Hagley. For information, visit Research Seminar www.hagley.org or contact Jeff Durst at [email protected] or Rachel Gross, University of Wisconsin-Madison, presents (302) 658-2400, ext. 285. “Miracle Materials: Synthetic Fibers and the Construction of Comfort in Outdoor Recreation.” Attendees are encouraged January 16, 17, 18 to read the paper in advance. For a copy, contact Carol Saturday, Sunday, and Monday – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Lockman, [email protected]. Held in the Library Invention Convention Copeland Room, use Library/Soda House entrance. Take an action-packed robotics adventure! This year’s Invention Convention features hands-on robotics activities, November 27, 2015 – January 3, 2016 different science shows every day, and areas to create and Holidays at Hagley tinker. Adults $8, children 4-14 $6, children under 4 and The 1803 du Pont family ancestral home, Eleutherian Mills, Hagley members free. Lunch available from the Belin House will feature holiday decorations and interpretation on the Organic Café. Use the Library/Soda House entrance. French traditions of exchanging gifts on New Year’s Day and

Photo by Ashley Schroeder the celebration of Twelfth Night. January 30 – Saturday – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. SparkCart Extravaganza November 27, 28, and 29 Enjoy nineteenth- Discover all the new SparkCart activities in one day! Friday, Saturday, Sunday – 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. century parlor games Holiday Family Programming January 30 – Saturday – 6 p.m. and dress up at Bring family and out-of-town guests to explore Hagley’s Golden Pheasants Game Dinner Holidays at Hagley. holiday traditions. Sample nineteenth-century holiday dishes Prohibition is over! Celebrate with a five-course dinner with like roast duck, play hide-the-thimble and other parlor wine pairings. $150 for members, $185 for nonmembers. games, and make Victorian Christmas ornaments. For information and reservations, contact Kim Kelleher at [email protected] or (302) 658-2400, ext. 235. Calling All Car Clubs! Weekends, November 28 through January 3 Hagley is inviting classic car clubs to Belin House Brunches February 13 – Saturday – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. come as a group, in their classic cars, The Belin House Organic Café will serve an à la carte brunch Victorine’s Valentine’s Day to visit Hagley’s new exhibition “Driving menu Saturdays and Sundays, November 28, 2015, through Celebrate Valentine’s Day by decorating a candy bar wrapper, Desire.” Club members who arrive in January 3, 2016. The special holiday brunch menu features designing Valentine’s Day cards, and nibbling on a fresh- classic cars receive reserved parking made-to-order omelets, pumpkin leek soup, open-faced baked gingerbread heart. and free admission. Arrangements roasted turkey sandwiches, Maryland crab cakes, warm can be made for meeting space and February 18 – Thursday – 6:30 p.m. apple cider, and more. The Belin House Organic Café is self- a box lunch. Contact Meg Marcozzi Research Seminar service with self-seating. The café is open 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at [email protected] or (302) Rebecca Kobrin of Columbia University presents, “A Credit No reservations necessary. 658-2400 for more information and to to the Nation: Jewish Immigrants, the World of Immigrant schedule your club’s reserved day. December Tuesdays and Wednesdays Banking and American Finance, 1873-1914.” Attendees are 4:30 to 8 p.m. – Twilight Tours encouraged to read the paper in advance. For a copy, contact Experience the du Pont family residence by the warm winter Carol Lockman, [email protected]. Held in the Library Connect with us! glow of candles and twilight. This year’s decorations include Copeland Room, use Library/Soda House entrance. a special exhibition of delicate whitework embroidery and February 20 – Saturday – 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. lace from the du Pont family collections. The December 1 Maker Event Twilight Tour is for members only. Reservations required, Create and Innovate at Hagley! Enjoy a family-friendly (302) 658-2400, ext. 261. festival of invention, creativity, and resourcefulness, and a celebration of the Maker movement. 22 IN THE HAGLEY STORE

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Photos by Ashley Schroeder Winter, Jewelry, and Gingerbread 1) Juniper Pin and Earrings 3) A Year of Gingerbread Houses by Artist Michael Michaud created Kristine Samuell Hagley Store Information this lovely Juniper Pin and Earrings Nothing is more enticing for any Hagley members receive capturing each natural detail of the holiday or special occasion than a a 10 percent discount original. Silver Seasons fine craftsmen lusciously decorated gingerbread house. at the Hagley Store. hand finish each design. Made in the With designs for Christmas, Halloween, Open daily at 10 a.m. Closes thirty minutes after USA. Hand patinaed bronze with fresh Valentine’s Day, and birthdays, these museum closing time. water pearls. exquisite projects include a cottage, (302) 658-2400, ext. 274 Earrings Item #49211 - $76.95 chalet, and two-story house. Pin Item #49163 - $126.00 Options such as customized Members Holiday Sale windows, doors, chimneys, paths, trees, November 13, 14, & 15 2) Winter’s Coming - A Story of topiaries, and even lighting add to the Hagley members can enjoy Seasonal Change by Jan Thornhill, charm. More than 200 helpful step-by- a 20 percent discount off Illustrated by Josee Bisaillon step process shots; informative sections the entire store. Nature Lovers will delight in this on tools, techniques, and components; Free gift wrap on $ charming picture book about one very and patterns, piping templates, and purchases more than 50! young Snowshoe Hare and her way of tips on baking, assembling, and adapting to her changing environment. troubleshooting assure magical results. Item #6322 - $17.95 Item #6842 - $19.95 23 NONPROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID WILMINGTON, DE PERMIT NO. 652 HagleyMAGAZINE

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