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The hour-long guided visit focuses on the Mansion, a French-inspired house built with modern technology. The ticket also includes admission to the rest of the Estate.
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Nemours Mansion brings together two ideas Alfred du Pont wanted for his Wilmington home: the late-18th-century French style his wife Alicia admired and the contemporary technology he favored, including inventions of his own. The Nov. 7 guided tour focuses on the Mansion, while admission also covers the rest of the Estate.
After marrying Alicia in 1907, Alfred du Pont commissioned New York architects Carrère and Hastings to design a mansion on his 3,000-acre Wilmington property. He named the estate Nemours for the French town represented by his great-great-grandfather in the French Estates General.
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The ticket includes admission to the rest of the Estate, whose grounds description traces the Long Walk from the Mansion to the Reflecting Pool. Japanese cryptomeria, pink-flowering horse chestnuts and pin oaks line the walk. The pool covers an acre and has 157 jets at its center.
Sculpture gives the approach another layer of history. The Four Seasons figures around the pool, inspired by classical mythology and made in an Art Nouveau style, are by French-born American sculptor Henri Crenier (1873–1948). Two elk at the top of the Vista are the work of French animal sculptor Prosper Lecourtier (1855–1924). The tour announcement does not say that the guided Mansion visit includes these outdoor locations.
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The announced activity is a guide-led Mansion tour. The listing does not identify particular rooms or provide a room-by-room itinerary; the included Estate admission extends beyond the tour's named focus.
Arrive at 9:15 a.m. for the 9:30 a.m. tour. The listing's event window ends at 10:30 a.m.; it describes the guided tour as one hour.
The tour is limited to 12 guests. The group travels by shuttle from the entrance to the Mansion.
The listed tour price includes admission to the rest of the Estate. The event listing does not explain what determines the price range.
1600 Rockland Rd, Wilmington, DE 19803.
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The listing gives no age policy or accessibility arrangements. If either affects your visit, confirm details with Nemours before registering.
The event destination is 1600 Rockland Rd, Wilmington, DE 19803. Use the event page's map link to calculate directions from your starting point; the captured listing does not provide transit routes, parking details or separate entrance-access information. For the tour, the group is shuttled from the entrance to the Mansion.
Nemours Guided Mansion Tour - IN Wilmington ↗ · Nemours Mansion & Gardens - IN Wilmington ↗
Arrive at 9:15 a.m. The guided tour starts at 9:30 a.m.; the event listing ends at 10:30 a.m. and describes the tour as one hour.
Yes. The listed tour price includes admission to the rest of the Estate, though the tour announcement does not specify which rooms or grounds are part of the guided itinerary.
The group is limited to 12 guests and is shuttled from the entrance to the Mansion. Advance registration is required.
The event listing states no age policy or accessibility arrangements. Confirm any specific access needs with Nemours before registering.
1600 Rockland Rd, Wilmington, DE 19803
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