Milford chronicle., 1951-01-05
Visitors TO NeIC State
Museum Are Pleased
With The Exhibits
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Lent by J. Kenneth Dandy, the col.
lection contains hollow ware anf
fatware Of the 18th and early 19tI
century silversmiths: JOhannis Hys
Joseph Warner, John LeTelier
Bancroft WoodcOck, Hannah Robin.
son, James Guthrie, General James
Wolf, Richard Humphreys and
James Kendall.
The hills and plains of Delaware
are presented in a relief map made
by Civilian Conservation Corpsmen
connected with the Mosquito Con
troll Division of the State Highway
Department in the 193Os.
The First Inhabitants of Della
ware are presented in an exhibit
To explain the use of some of the
Indian stone tools and weapons
shown in drawers below, a grOup
OF cast hands manipulating these
IS to be seen. One pair is grasping
a bone scraper and an arrow head
another shows the hammerine
method. These were lent by the
New York State Museum. The Mn
scum is in favor of its visitors
landings its exhibits whenever
possible, so a stone corn grinder
used by lOng-agO squaw is ont
where visitors may also make corn
meal. "
In the Nature alcove marah
scene showing muskrats and their
lodge dominates. Nearby in the H
X. Baker Herbarium more than one
thousand specimens of pressed
plants, many found in Delaware. is
seen as study collection. The Del
aware Department of Agriculture's
collection OF insects is also here.
One corner Of the Museum pre-
serves the box pews which have
Deen there since the church edifice
was erected in 1890. Two tin can
die sconces found hidden awav in
the old church have been brought
from their hiding place and show
now the church was lighted in
early times. One may see from |
group OF photographs the different
oelfries that have crowned this
house of worship.
This describes only the exhibits
10 be seen at this time on the Mu-
seum's first floor.
Upstairs are sections for indus-
try, agriculture, commerce and .
transportation and two special ex-
libition rooms. There is displav- (
ID the elaborate silver service
made by the GOrham Company in
1908 and presented by the citizens |.
If Delaware to the Battleship Del I
lware, commissioned in 1910. Wool
'overlets and equipment for their .
manufacture are offered until jan
AIRY 18th.
The Museums first industrial ex-
libit was created by the dupont
company and presents nylon's vari-
'us uses and properties.
The agriculture section is devot-
ID this first year, to Delaware's
lroiler industry The Delaware
'oultry Improvement Association
las erected a model showing the
teps from hatchery to super-mar-
ct, with a giant farmer who tells
bout it when the visitor pushes a
utton.
Audience participation is featur-
d also in one of the exhibits in
he commerce section, whereby the
public NAV SET n
eet Of trucks carrying Delaware
rollers of to Pittsburgh, Chicago
nd New York. Wilmington's role
s world port, and something
bout trade before Delaware be-
anne a state are to be seen in this
rst commerce exhibit. In the pres
Mt transportation exhibit one sees
ne early and present Delaware and ,
hesapeake Canals. highways and
ridges, ships of discovery and a
roup of silhOuettes depicting
leans of early land and water ira
el.
The State Museum plans to have
hanging exhibits in order to tell /,
much as possible of Delaware's
.ory. II
It is located at S16 South Cover
Or's Avenue, one block south Of
oockerman Street.and is omen
uesdays through Saturdays from
to 5 and on Sundays from 2 to
Admission is free.