The Delaware Art Museum is an art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware , which holds a collection of more than 12,000 objects. The museum was founded in 1912 as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts in honor of the artist Howard Pyle . The collection focuses on American art and illustration from the 19th to the 21st century, and on the English Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood movement of the mid-19th century.
32-554: (Redirected from Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway ) Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Scenic Byway may refer to: Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway (Delaware) , part of the Delaware Byways system Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Scenic Byway (Maryland) , part of the Maryland Scenic Byways system [REDACTED] Topics referred to by
64-657: A 9-acre (36,000 m ) Sculpture Park, the Helen Farr Sloan Library and Archives, studio art classes, a children's learning area, as well as a cafe and museum store. The museum was founded in 1912 after Howard Pyle's death as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts (WSFA), with over 100 paintings, drawings, and prints purchased from Pyle's widow Anne. Pyle was the best-known American illustrator of his day; he died unexpectedly in 1911 while on
96-472: A copy of The Flower Book by Edward Burne-Jones . In 2009, the museum received the M.G. Sawyer Collection of Decorative Bindings, which contains over 2,000 volumes. The nine acre sculpture garden behind the museum includes nine large sculptures and an old reservoir converted into a labyrinth . Highlights include the 13-foot-tall bronze Crying Giant by Tom Otterness and Three Rectangles Horizontal Jointed Gyratory III by George Rickey , which moves in
128-630: A permanent home. It held annual exhibitions at the Hotel duPont of work by Pyle, as well as juried exhibitions of his pupils and other Delaware artists. The Pyle Collection continued to grow due to the largess of Willard S. Morse , who gave over 100 Pyle pen and ink drawings to the WSFA between 1915 and 1919. In 1922, the WSFA rented three rooms in the New Library Building on the corner of 10th and Market Streets in downtown Wilmington. In 2005,
160-811: A scenic highway as far back as 1965. In 2007, the Route 9 Coastal Heritage Byway was nominated and designated as a Delaware Scenic and Historic Highway. By 2017, the byway was extended south from the Dover area to Lewes. On January 19, 2021, the Delaware Bayshore Byway was designated a National Scenic Byway. A ceremony unveiling the National Scenic Byway designation was held on April 22, 2021, with Governor John Carney , DelDOT secretary Nicole Majeski, and other officials in attendance. The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway runs from
192-464: A trip to Italy. Pyle left behind many students and patrons in his home town of Wilmington who wished to honor his memory through the museum, including Frank Schoonover , Stanley Arthurs , and Louisa du Pont Copeland . The museum's charter stated its purpose "to promote the knowledge and enjoyment of and cultivation in the fine arts in the State of Delaware." From 1912 to 1922, the WSFA did not have
224-425: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway (Delaware) The Delaware Byways (formerly Delaware Scenic and Historic Highways ) system consists of roads in the U.S. state of Delaware that travel through areas of scenic and historic interest. The intent of this system is to promote tourism and raise awareness of
256-730: The Ashland Nature Center , the Mt. Cuba Center , Auburn Valley State Park , and the Ashland and Wooddale covered bridges. The Red Clay Valley Byway was nominated to be a scenic byway by the Delaware Nature Society and its partners in July 2004; it was designated a Delaware Scenic and Historic Highway on April 5, 2005. Delaware Art Museum The museum building was expanded and renovated in 2005 and includes
288-460: The Association of Art Museum Directors . In 1931, the estate of Samuel Bancroft contacted the WSFA with an offer to donate a collection of Pre-Raphaelite works, along with 11 acres of land to house a museum for the collection. Bancroft acquired the collection beginning in the 1890s and it is the "largest and most important collection of British Pre-Raphaelite art and manuscript materials in
320-601: The Brandywine River Museum and Longwood Gardens farther north in Pennsylvania. The Brandywine Valley Byway was designated a Delaware Scenic and Historic Highway on June 25, 2002 and a National Scenic Byway on September 22, 2005. The Delaware Bayshore Byway (formerly Route 9 Coastal Heritage Byway ) runs along the Delaware Bay and Delaware River from Lewes north to New Castle , with
352-896: The Cape May-Lewes Ferry , the Zwaanendael Museum , the Lewes Historic District , Lightship Overfalls , the de Vries Monument , Canary Creek, and the Kings Highway Historic District. The Lewes Byway was approved as a Delaware Scenic and Historic Highway by DelDOT in 2008. The Nanticoke Heritage Byway (formerly Western Sussex Byway ) runs along several roads in western Sussex County , beginning at US 13 north of Seaford and passing through Seaford, Bethel , and Laurel before ending at Trap Pond State Park . The byway passes many natural and historical sites including
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#1732791608497384-820: The Goodstay House , the Gibraltar Mansion , the Delaware Museum of Natural History , Winterthur Museum and Country Estate , and Centreville Village on DE 52 and Montchanin Village , Brandywine Creek State Park , and First State National Historical Park on DE 100. Also near the byway in the Wilmington area is the Delaware Art Museum , Delaware History Museum , Hagley Museum and Library , and Nemours Mansion and Gardens with
416-793: The John Dickinson Plantation and First State Heritage Park in Dover, the Bombay Hook National Wildlife Refuge , Port Penn Interpretive Center , Fort Delaware State Park , and the New Castle Historic District . The byway is also a part of the National Scenic Byways program. The Delaware State Highway Department recommended that DE 9 along the Delaware Bay and Delaware River be designated
448-879: The Maryland border in Sandtown north to the Pennsylvania border in Centerville . At the Maryland border, it connects with the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway of the Maryland Scenic Byways system, which is designated an All-American Road . From the Maryland border, the byway follows DE 10 between the Maryland border and Camden , US 13 between Camden through Dover to Smyrna , DE 15 from
480-998: The Maston House ; the Hearn and Rawlins Mill ; the Ross Mansion and Plantation , Downtown Seaford, Seaford Museum, Seaford Railroad Station , DuPont Nylon Plant, Nanticoke River , and Chapel Branch Nature Trail in Seaford; the Woodland Ferry across the Nanticoke River southwest of Seaford; the Broad Creek in Bethel; the Cook House in Laurel; and Old Christ Church east of Laurel. The Western Sussex Byway
512-869: The New Castle Court House Museum in New Castle ; the Tubman-Garrett Riverfront Park, the Thomas Garrett House, Old Town Hall , Friends Meetinghouse , and Quaker Hill Historic District in Wilmington; and Centreville Village . The byway was nominated in 2009 by the Underground Railroad Coalition of Delaware and the National Park Service 's National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom. The byway
544-507: The 1970s, the museum has added works by modern artists such as Jacob Lawrence , Louise Nevelson , Robert Motherwell , George Segal , and Jim Dine . The permanent collections at the museum include the following: Two separate libraries opened in the new Delaware Art Center building in 1938: one centered on the collection of Howard Pyle, and the other centering on Samuel Bancroft, Jr. and his collections of Victorian books and books on Pre-Raphaelite painting. In 1978 Helen Farr Sloan donated
576-479: The DAM took out a $ 24.8 million loan in the form of tax-exempt bonds (to be repaid by 2037) in order to finance an ambitious $ 32.5 million doubling in size of its building. During the 2008 financial crisis , its endowment dropped from $ 33 million to $ 21 million. In response, the museum sold $ 30 million worth of art from its collection in order to repay its loans and increase its endowment, a move that brought sanctions from
608-548: The Delaware Art Center to expand by 1956. Studios and training facilities were included in the expansion, thanks to a $ 300,000 donation by H. Fletcher Brown. A further renovation was completed in 1970, adding air conditioning and humidity control to the building. In 1972, the Delaware Art Center was awarded accreditation by the American Alliance of Museums . Shortly thereafter, the Delaware Art Center
640-621: The Riverfront . The Delaware Art Museum's collections are predominantly drawn from late 19th- and early 20th-century American illustration, as well as works from the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. The basis of the museum's collections are the works of Howard Pyle and his pupils N.C. Wyeth , Frank Schoonover , and Stanley Arthurs. Helen Farr Sloan was the wife of artist John French Sloan , and she began donations in 1961 that eventually totalled 5,000 objects. Since
672-843: The Smyrna area to Middletown , DE 9 from Odessa to Wilmington , and DE 52 from Wilmington to the Pennsylvania border. The byway provides access to sites related to the Underground Railroad , including the Camden Friends Meetinghouse in Camden; Wildcat Manor near Dover; Blackbird State Forest ; the Odessa Historic District which includes the Appoquinimink Friends Meetinghouse and Corbit-Sharp House ;
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#1732791608497704-710: The United States." Despite the hardships of the Great Depression, the WSFA raised $ 350,000 for the new building which opened in 1938. At the same time, the name was changed to Delaware Art Center. The new building was designed by architects Victorine & Samuel Homsey and associate architect G. Morris Whiteside II . The WSFA moved into the Delaware Art Center in June 1938, with the Wilmington Academy of Fine Arts running educational programs on
736-485: The collections of her husband, the John Sloan Manuscript and Library Collection. A consolidated library opened in 1985 in the new Pamela and Lammot du Pont Copeland wing and was named in honor of Mrs. Sloan. It contains over 30,000 volumes and 1,000 boxes of personal papers, photographs and other material related to John Sloan, Samuel Bancroft, Jr. and Howard Pyle and his students. It recently acquired
768-570: The communities along these routes. The Delaware Scenic and Historic Highways program was created in 2000 by Senate Bill 320, which authorized the Delaware Department of Transportation to create a system of statewide scenic byways. In 2007, the United States Department of Transportation awarded a $ 174,600 grant to preserve the Route 9 and Brandywine Valley byways. The Delaware Scenic and Historic Highways program
800-413: The ground floor. The onset of World War II resulted in strict gas rationing, which drastically reduced the attendance to the museum. The Wilmington Academy of Fine Arts disbanded in 1943 and turned its assets over to the Delaware Art Center, forming the basis of its education department, which grew to more than 500 students by 1954. The rapid growth of educational programs after World War II required
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864-501: The southern portion consisting of several roads providing access to the Delaware Bay and the northern portion following DE 9 ; the byway also has a spur to Odessa . The byway provides access to several natural and historical sites and towns along the Delaware Bay and inland rivers, including Milton , the Prime Hook National Wildlife Refuge , Slaughter Beach , Milford , South Bowers , Bowers Beach ,
896-527: The wind. Joe Moss is represented by a sound sculpture which modifies and distorts nearby sounds. The museum presents about ten special exhibitions each year with topics ranging from nationally known modern artists to historical Delaware folk art. Since 2009 the exhibitions have included the works of Leonard Baskin , Delaware photographer Fred Comegys, Harold Eugene Edgerton , James Gurney , May Morris , Maxfield Parrish , Ellen Bernard Thompson Pyle , Frank Schoonover , and John Sloan , as well as works from
928-673: Was designated by 2010. In 2011, focus group meetings were held for the byway's corridor management plan, which was completed in 2012. The Historic Lewes Byway, Gateway to the Bayshore (formerly Lewes, Gateway to the Nation Byway and Lewes Byway ) runs through Lewes on Pilottown Road/First Street, Gills Neck Road, New Road, Kings Highway, Cape Henlopen Drive, and Savannah Road . The byway provides access to many natural and historical sites in Lewes, including Cape Henlopen State Park ,
960-670: Was nominated to be a Delaware Scenic and Historic Highway in 2009. The designation was approved by DelDOT in 2010. The Red Clay Scenic Byway (formerly Red Clay Valley Byway ) consists of 28 roads in the Red Clay Creek valley between DE 48 and DE 52 . The byway provides access to many sites including the Garrett Snuff Mill in Yorklyn , the Wilmington and Western Railroad between Greenbank and Hockessin ,
992-538: Was renamed the Delaware Art Museum to "reflect the growing strength of its collections, programs, and constituency." A further expansion was completed in 1987 which effectively doubled the size of the museum. However, the rapid growth of attendance, programming, and outreach required a further expansion in 2005. During the expansion, the museum hosted programming at what is now the Chase Center on
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1024-636: Was renamed to the Delaware Byways program in 2010. The Brandywine Valley National Scenic Byway is located in New Castle County, Delaware in the Brandywine valley. The route of the byway is along DE 52 from Wilmington north to the Pennsylvania border, and DE 100 from its intersection with DE 52, north to the Pennsylvania border. The byway is also a part of the National Scenic Byways program. The byway passes by several tourist destinations, including Rodney Square , Hotel du Pont ,
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