Trip: Delaware Art Museum and Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

Visit the Delaware Art Museum and Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library on Tuesday, June 12, on the Zimmerli Art Museum’s last bus trip of the academic year. Zimmerli curators Donna Gustafson, Andrew W. Mellon Liaison for Academic Programs and Curator, and Christine Giviskos, Associate Curator of European Art, provide additional insight to the docent-led tours at both sites. The bus departs promptly at 7:45 a.m. from the Sears parking lot on Route 1 in New Brunswick and returns by 7:00 p.m. The cost of the trip, which includes transportation, lunch, and tours, is $125 for members and $140 for nonmembers. Please call 732.932.7237, ext. 611, or email membership@zimmerli.rutgers.edu to register by June 4.

Delaware Art Museum

Guided by Donna Gustafson, Andrew W. Mellon Liaison for Academic Programs and Curator

Founded in 1912, the Delaware Art Museum is best known for its large collection of British

Pre-Raphaelite art; works by Wilmington native Howard Pyle and fellow American illustrators; and urban landscapes by John Sloan and his circle.

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

Guided by Christine Giviskos, Associate Curator of European Art

Founded by Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur is the premier museum of American decorative arts, reflecting both early America and the du Pont family’s life here. The 175 rooms, many of them with historical architecture, are furnished with an outstanding collection of art and antiques. The museum’s sixty-acre naturalistic garden is among the country’s best.