E. I. du Pont Home and Garden

I really liked this place but I was fairly clueless as to their procedure. I purchased my ticket ahead of time online and I didn't really get any info in the email. It closes at 5, I arrived at 1:30. I was taking my sweet time, it said check in with an arrow to the right pointing to kiosk and entrance with an arrow to the left. There was no one at the kiosk so I went to the entrance, there was a man checking tickets but there's no service and I couldn't pull up my email and he said I guess I'll have to trust you. I was annoyed because I really purchased a ticket. So I asked if there's any Wifi on the premise and then he tells me no but you're supposed to check in at the store not the kiosk. So I walk to the store and ask them if they have WiFi and they say no, but I can tell you a part where you can stand to connect to WiFi? So they thought I couldn't connect to the WiFi so finally realized there is WiFi and I was able to connect and get my ticket but THEN I was told that the last shuttle bus to the house was about to leave (2 PM) I didn't know I had to take a bus to the main house, nor did I know the last bus was at 2, I would have arrived earlier. I get off the bus and a sweet guide starts to explain all the history of the estate and shows me the garden. I asked what the bus schedule is for going back (I didn't want any other surprises) she told me that they leave every 30, and the trip takes 10 min so the next bus would arrive to pick us up at 2:40 but I could explore more and walk around and the following bus would be 3:10 etc. So at 2:30 I finally reach the main house and begin taking photos, then I'm told the 2:40 bus is the last bus back to the parking lot ud83eudd26ud83cudffd‍♀ufe0f so all of this hassle and I only got to spend 10 minutes on the property! They just need to explain the process and schedule better! I would have skipped the history lesson (I didn't want to be rude) if I had to go back in 30 min!

They had some great demonstrations and educational content while exploring retired gunpowder mill. One more thing i again never knew existed. Definitely worth a visit, especially once the house reopens after Covid19

You can still get a great tour of the garden and the garage. House is closed temporarily due to covid. Still well worth a visit especially when weather is decent.

Guides were very informative and demos were good. Waiting to go back once they open the buildings for tours again.

Went on a Saturday that they were doing family events at the visitor center. We entered the house with three small children and were pleased to find out that they were not doing the normal one hour guided tour but rather they had tour guides in each room to tell us stories of the room. A handful of the guides were super sweet and told stories of the room just for the littles. It was so nice. They set up the home decorated for Christmas as well (since it was December when we visited) and it was so beautiful. There is a barn with a small Cooper shop, a room with a couple antique cars and another room with an old wagon and various carriages.