Day Trip to Philadelphia Flower Show: “Lights, Camera, BLOOM!”

Mar 5, 2015

Beat the traffic and the crowds: travel with TheDCH to the 2015 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show. This year we will be saving gas as well, by taking the SEPTA train. Meet at TheDCH for transportation to the Wilmington Train Station or meet us the station at 8:45 a.m. We’ll have your tickets and train passes ready for you. Wear comfortable walking shoes, and lunch on your own at the show....

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Orchid Extravaganza

Mar 5, 2015 - Mar 29, 2015

On View Now Through March 29 Winter is anything but cold, dreary, and snowy in our Gardens. Step inside our warm 4-acre Conservatory. Breathe in fresh air and see how our horticulture expertise shines during Orchid Extravaganza. Discover nearly 5,000 vibrant orchids crafted into exquisite arrangements and forms, including our largest-ever orchid baskets, an oncidium waterfall display, and—...

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Delaware State Employees Art Exhibition

Mar 5, 2015 - Mar 14, 2015

The Delaware Division of the Arts and the National Arts Program® present the 4th Annual Delaware State Employee Art Exhibition. This program is designed to give Delaware state employees and their families, at any skill level, a unique opportunity to exhibit their artwork and to compete for cash prizes. The exhibit is judged by professional artists and visual art professionals in Amateur,...

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Jamie Wyeth - Paintings From Six Decades

Mar 5, 2015 - Mar 7, 2015

Somerville Manning Gallery presents a solo exhibition of works by Jamie Wyeth concurrent with the artist’s major retrospective on view at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford, PA.  The gallery’s exhibition, offering classic examples of the artist’s work, will feature paintings spanning Wyeth’s career, from the 1960s through today.  Many newly completed paintings will be shown...

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Dinosaurs of the Deep Invade Adventure Aquarium

Mar 5, 2015 - Jul 5, 2015

This event occurs daily, every 1 day(s).

Prehistoric marine reptiles that ruled the primeval seas more than 100 million years ago are taking over Adventure Aquarium on the Camden Waterfront for a limited-time exhibit starting January 16. Five thousand square feet of large-scale skeletons, ancient fossils and more than 20 life-size replicas will be on display to teach guests about the most intriguing sea monsters that ever existed –...

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OSCAR WILDE’S SALOMÉ: ILLUSTRATING DEATH AND DESIRE

Mar 5, 2015 - May 10, 2015

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Oscar Wilde (1854–1900) was an Irish writer and poet who became one of London’s most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Wilde’s retelling of the beheading of John the Baptist became the controversial play, Salomé, and was banned on the London stage in 1893. Illustrators have been attracted to its rhythmic prose and subject matter ever since. Oscar Wilde’s Salomé: Illustrating...

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Hippo Haven Opens This Summer at Adventure Aquarium!

Mar 5, 2015 - May 29, 2015

This event occurs daily, every 1 day(s).

This summer, Camden’s largest residents, Adventure Aquarium’s hippopotamuses Button and Genny, invite you to join them in their exciting new home, Hippo Haven. As the only aquarium in the world with hippos on exhibit, Hippo Haven offers guests the unique opportunity to come nose-to-nose with one of earth’s largest land mammals both above and under water. Enter the newly reimagined Hippo...

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A Colorful Folk: Pennsylvania Germans & The Art of Everyday Lives

Mar 5, 2015 - Jan 1, 2016

This comprehensive exhibition explores the unique world of the Pennsylvania Germans and their colorful folk art, including decorated manuscripts (fraktur), textiles, furniture, metalwork and pottery. Embellished with hearts, flowers, birds and other traditional motifs, these objects reveal a love of color, design, and whimsy. Most are functional, but others were made “just for nice”...

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