Delaware Art Museum

See Pre-Raphaelite paintings, Howard Pyle illustrations and John Sloan works, then walk the sculpture garden and labyrinth outside.

2301 Kentmere Parkway · Wilmington, DE

About Delaware Art Museum

Founded in 1912 to honor illustrator Howard Pyle, the Delaware Art Museum holds more than 12,000 objects centered on American art and illustration from the 19th century to today. Its Bancroft Collection of British Pre-Raphaelite art sits alongside work by Pyle and his students N.C. Wyeth and Frank Schoonover, plus a large John Sloan collection. Outside, a nine-acre sculpture garden includes a labyrinth built in a former reservoir.

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