All of the homes are festively decorated for the holidays. Museum guests will delight in this magical experience while learning the biomechanical principles behind seemingly simple concepts of animal physiology. By playing with the exhibits, young biologists get a better understanding of the mechanical nature of their own bodies. The show offers holiday shoppers the opportunity to buy real meteorites, handcrafted jewelry from exquisite gems, actual dinosaur bone, and ancient insects imbedded in lustrous amber. The museum s annual dinosaur festival offers activities, programs, and movies that are both educational and fun for the whole family.
Visitors can also see live animals and dig for fossils.
Eleutherian Mills, the 1803 Georgian-style estate E. I. du Pont built for his family, is trimmed for the holidays in a combination of styles from both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The decorations include a special Twelfth Night dessert service in the family dining room. Evening tours of the du Pont family s ancestral home, Eleutherian Mills, highlight the holiday season. Outdoor lighting greets guests as they enter through the Buck Road gates and drive to the Soda House to park and enjoy music, light refreshments, and holiday decorating demonstrations before boarding the bus to the Residence. Reservations are required.