Delaware Art Museum - Wilmington, Delaware

Tour the Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington.  Art lovers won’t want to miss a tour of the spectacular Delaware Art Museum in Wilmington. A $30 million, three-year redesign and renovation was completed in 2005. Today the Museum contains 17 gallery spaces, a 9-acre Sculpture Park, and a beautiful Museum Cafe and outdoor North Terrace. The Delaware Art Museum showcases an incredible collection of American art and illustration, focused mainly on Howard Pyle & American Illustration; British Pre-Raphaelite Art; artist John Sloan; and American Art from 1757 thru the present.

A number of beautiful and interesting new works are now featured at the Delaware Art Museum. As part of the renovations and redesign, works by artists James Turrell and Dale Chihuly have transformed the Delaware Art Museum building itself into a work of contemporary art. A new light installation by James Turrell now illuminates the clerestory windows of the building’s upper levels, while Dale Chihuly has made significant additions to the Museum’s Persian Window. An archway of colored glass works by Chihuly greets visitors at the North Terrace main entrance.  

The new 9-acre Sculpture Park at the Delaware Art Museum includes works from a variety of sources. Sculptures from the Museum’s permanent collection, specially commissioned sculptures, and pieces borrowed from others’ collections are featured in the Park. Works by John Van Alstine, Bernie Felch, Lin Emergy, Tom Otterness, Isaac Witkin, Joe Moss and others grace the beautiful Sculpture Park.

There are two levels of galleries filled with exceptional art to tour at the Delaware Art Museum. The main level features themed arrangements of some of the Museum’s permanent collections, including 19th Century American Art, several stained glass windows, and more than 60 works by artist Howard Pyle. Illustrations by Pyle’s students and followers and works by John Sloan are also featured in the first floor galleries. Early American Modernism artists are showcased in impressive gallery exhibits on the main level, as well.
 
The Upper Level Galleries at the Delaware Art Museum include a variety of types of artwork. French and English prints, etchings by Seymour Haden, and additional works by Howard Pyle students are exhibited on the Museum’s second floor. American Art thru the mid-20th century, 20th Century Works on Paper, and a variety of types of artwork from the 20th and 21st Centuries are exhibited in three themed galleries on the upper level.

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2301 Kentmere Pkwy
Wilmington, DE 19806
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