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Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

LC control no.n 79131965
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Corporate name headingHenry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum
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Variant(s)Winterthur Museum (Del.)
Du Pont Winterthur Museum
Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum
Winterthur Museum & Country Estate
Winterthur Museum, Gardens & Library
Beginning date1930-02-28
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedWinterthur (Del.)
Field of activityDecorative arts Museums Historic gardens Private libraries
Found inDowns, J. American furniture in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1952-
Its American silver in the Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, 1958: verso t.p. (Henry Francis DuPont Winterthur Museum)
Lidz, Maggie. Houses and gardens of the Du Ponts in the Brandywine Valley, 1900-1951, 2009: eCIP t.p. (Winterthur Museum & Country Estate)
Delaware Division of Corporations entity search, viewed via www, October 26, 2016 : (The Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum, Inc.; incorporated February 28, 1930; nonprofit corporation; active)
Winterthur Museum, Gardens & Library web site, viewed via www, October 26, 2016 : (Winterthur Museum, Gardens & Library is the current advertising identity; a museum of decorative arts and associated gardens and research library, located on a 1,000-acre portion of the Winterthur estate that Henry Francis du Pont inherited from his father in 1926; he enlarged the mansion to 175 rooms to accommodate his collection of entire period rooms and furnishings; he opened the museum to the public in 1951)
Associated languageeng