Grades Pre-K to 2 Students investigate daily life in the past through the study of household objects. Learn about shapes, materials, and basic economics while role-playing, making comparisons, and participating in a story.

Grades Pre-K to 2 Wander paths on a wondrous garden walk to Enchanted Woods and discover a new appreciation of nature. Includes imaginative play in Enchanted Woods.

Grades 2 to 12 Stretch your legs and imaginations on a lively guided walk through some of Winterthur’s distinctive garden and farm spaces. May include recreational time in Enchanted Woods.

Grades 2-4 Winterthur’s collection includes many objects decorated with bugs, even a few things that bugs have helped create or damage. Investigate the important roles that bugs play throughout human history and learn how the museum keeps its collections “pest free.”

Grades 4-6 Use scientific evidence and finely honed problem-solving skills to discover whether or not George Washington actually sat in a chair on display in our Galleries.

Grades 4-6 Local and global economies, geography, and history come together as students study the roles of craftsmen, merchants, and shopkeepers in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Grades 9 to 12 Tour the home and gardens of H. F. du Pont to see how he entertained at Winterthur. Compare that with the characters in F. Scott Fitzgerald’s 1925 novel The Great Gatsby (optional). Includes seeing two 1920s Rolls-Royces.

Grades 1-12 Explore Winterthur’s preserved woodlands, meadows, and farmscapes on a guided hike. Length and difficulty of terrain can be customized.

Grades Pre-K- 4 Observe the life cycles and habitats of native creatures great and small and learn about how Winterthur is helping preserve our local ecosystems.

Grades 7-12 Chat with professionals from a wide array of backgrounds at Winterthur, including curatorial, hospitality, maintenance, trade shops, library, and more. Students will learn what these professionals do at Winterthur and how they can prepare for their own careers. Teachers can introduce their students to five different departments for students to meet. A full list of participating departments provided on request.

Grades 1-12 Winterthur’s exhibitions explore stories about American history, craft, design, and preservation. Take a guided tour through our current exhibitions, which include Ann Lowe: American Couturier (through January 7, 2024), Transformations: Contemporary Artists at Winterthur (opening May 4, 2024), Outside In, Conversations with the Collections, Bearing Witness, and the Dominy Shops.

Grades 2-4 Discover how trees function within our local ecosystem and benefit the natural world, using examples from Winterthur’s renowned collection.

Grades K-12 Be inspired by America’s heritage with a tour of the former house of H. F. du Pont and his collection of American decorative arts. Enter the museum through our palatial conservatory and be guided through the entertaining spaces of the past.

Pre-K to 2 Students investigate daily life in the past through the study of household objects. Learn about shapes, materials, and basic economics while role-playing, making comparisons, and participating in a story.

Grades 3 to 5 Investigate how George Washington and members of his household lived more than two hundred years ago by examining reproductions of period objects, clothing, and communication styles.

Grades 2-4
Winterthur’s collection includes many objects decorated with bugs, even a few things that bugs have helped create or damage. Investigate the important roles that bugs play throughout human history and learn how the museum keeps its collections “pest free.”

Grades 4-6 Use scientific evidence and finely honed problem-solving skills to discover whether or not George Washington actually sat in a chair on display in our Galleries.

Grades 9-12 Explore how Winterthur’s curators and museum professionals choose what objects to acquire and display. Visit several unique period rooms, each with a behind-the-scenes story, and study our Galleries with new interpretations of old creations.

Grades 7-12 Caring for museum collections involves a lot of science! Through hands-on activities, students uncover the behind-the-scenes work of Winterthur’s scientists, who help keep our historic objects safe for generations to come.

Ages 3½–5½ “Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack jump over the candlestick!” This lively program explores how people lived a long time ago by using well-known nursery rhymes. Includes a hands-on craft.

Pre-K to 1 Winterthur’s unique collection of soup tureens and the centuries-old folktale Stone Soup will engage students in imaginative role-playing while teaching them about our collections and life long ago.

Pre-K–2 Play games, tell a story, and help “plant” a garden to celebrate the harvest, just as Pilgrim children did in the 1600s.

Pre-K–4 Explore how children played several hundred years ago, using classic toys and games, such as Alphabet Gymnastics, Jacob’s Ladder, tops, buzz saws, marbles, hoop and stick, and more.

Grades 1-2 Help tell a favorite story about life long ago- The Ox-Cart Man- using objects from Winterthur’s demonstration collection. Includes a writing activity.

Grades 3 to 5 Investigate how George Washington and members of his household lived more than two hundred years ago by examining reproductions of period objects, clothing, and communication styles.

Grades 3–5 Your students will tackle the daily chores described in Laura Ingalls Wilder’s famed childhood stories. They’ll “wash” clothes, “bake” bread, and more using Winterthur’s demonstration collection objects.

Grades 5–8 Using intriguing objects and tools from our demonstration collections, students learn about how skilled craftspeople- a potter, a tinsmith, and a tailor- provided basic goods for everyday needs in early America.