A delightful surprise at the Winterthur Museum was an exhibit of costumes from the hit Masterpiece Theater drama Downton Abbey.  Be still my heart!  Serendipity – “a fortuitous happenstance.”  If I could have done backflips, I would have.  To say that I was excited would be an understatement.  (In fact, we had to be creative […]

During my antiquing days, I had heard of Winterthur, and then while researching day trips from Philadelphia, I was surprised to find that Winterthur was on the list.  It is a little over an hour away from Philadelphia in Delaware. Founded by Henry Francis du Pont, Winterthur (pronounced “winter-tour”) is the premier museum of American decorative arts, […]