Homecoming 2015 - WilmU Around Town
Sunday, October 4
For one day only, enjoy special WilmU discounts at local museums and entertainment venues. Use your WilmU Around Town ticket to take advantage of the exclusive discounts at some of Delaware’s finest activities as a proud alum, student or employee of Wilmington University.
WilmU Around Town tickets can be found in your Homecoming 2015 invitation package, or at any of the Homecoming events. Only one ticket needs to be presented at all of the venues.
Brandywine River Museum:
Exhibiting American art in a 19th-century grist mill, the Brandywine River Museum is internationally known for its unparalleled collection of works by three generations of Wyeths and its fine collection of American illustration, still life and landscape painting.
Enjoy $2.00 off the admission price and enjoy the beauty of Chadds Ford, PA.
Visit: www.brandywinemuseum.org
Chadds Ford, PA
Phone: 610-388-2700
Brandywine Zoo:
Enjoy $1.00 off the already low entrance fee and “Go a Little Wild” as you explore something for everyone in the family. Experience the zoo's amazing animals through the eyes a keeper! Topics change daily, so there's always something new to learn about one of our wild friends. Enjoy!
Visit www.brandywinezoo.org or call 302-571-7747 for more information
Located: 1001 North Park Drive, Brandywine Park, Wilmington, DE
Hours: 10am to 4pm
Delaware Children’s Museum:
Take $2.00 off the admission price as you become inspired to explore, discover and celebrate the power of potential through interactive experiences.
Visit www.delawarechildrensmuseum.org or call 302-654-2340 for more information
Located: 550 Justison Street, Wilmington, DE
Hours: 9am to 4:30pm
Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts
The Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts (DCCA) is always free and welcomes WilmU students and alumni!
Take some time and enjoy this local attraction. The DCCA, founded in 1979, presents over 30 exhibitions annually of regionally, nationally and internationally recognized artists that explore topical issues in contemporary art and society.
Visit: www.thedcca.org
Located: 200 South Madison Street
Wilmington, DE
Phone:302-656-6466
Delaware Art Museum:
The Delaware Art Museum is always free on Sundays and welcomes WilmU students and alumni!
The exhibit being featured during this time will be Imagined Places: The Art of Alexi Natchev This exhibition features over 40 works by Alexi Natchev and represents the range of his career, highlighting his body of work as a children’s book illustrator. Natchev’s techniques are wide-ranging, conjuring up an imaginary world of playful creatures, unlikely animals, and fairy-tale places.
In addition, DAM will be featuring 50 works of art in a variety of media and includes drawings by high school students who have participated in the Foundation’s competitive Excellence in Drawing competition, organized by the Delaware Art Museum.
Visit www.delart.org or call 302-571-9590 for more information
Located: 2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, DE
Hours: noon to 4pm
Delaware Museum of Natural History:
Buy one, get one admission free
Encounter life-sized dinosaurs, look beneath the seas, experience an African watering hole, come face-to-face with a jaguar, marvel at the diversity of birds and shells from around the world... These and many other discoveries await you at the Delaware Museum of Natural History!
Visit: www.delmnh.org
Location: 4840 Kennett Pike, Wilmington, DE
Hours: noon to 4:30pm
Hagley Museum:
Half-off admission fees
Hagley is the site of the gunpowder works founded by E. I. du Pont in 1802. This example of early American industry includes restored mills, a workers' community, and the ancestral home and gardens of the du Pont family.
Visit www.hagley.org or call 302-658-2400 for more information
Located: 200 Hagley Rd, Wilmington, DE
Hours: 10am-4pm
The Air Mobility Command Museum
FREE
The Air Mobility Command Museum is always free and welcomes WilmU students and alumni!
Where do old airplanes go? The lucky ones go to the Air Mobility Command Museum—the only museum dedicated to airlift and air refueling history!
The Air Mobility Command Museum is a part of the National Museum of the United States Air Force's field museum system.
Visit: www.amcmuseum.org or call (302) 677-5938 for more information
Location: 1301 Heritage Rd.
Dover AFB, DE 19902-5301