Hay rides are fun in the fall. Outdoor ice skating is also allowed, conditions permitting. Bellevue is a park for all seasons. Rockwood Museum is a different kind of jewel. What makes it special is the house, conservatory, landscape and furniture.
Archives document every detail.
Joseph Shipley, who had the house built between 1851 and 1857, was the great-grandson of a founder of Wilmington. His relatives lived in the house until 1972. We know how the Shipleys and Bringhursts lived. They never threw anything away, and they kept records. Through letters, portraits, photographs, bills for purchases, we have an authentic museum that is the envy and delight of scholars and museum people.