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| The Winterthur Museum and Country Estate holds one of the finest collections of American decorative arts in the world and its library is internationally distinguished for its collection of ephemera, manuscripts, and printed books. The object collections cover the years between 1640 and 1860; the library collections include items from the 1500s to the 1920s. For more information on these collections, click on the pictures below, but remember that doing so will take you to the Museum's site.
The Museum's collections are further supported by an outstanding research library at the University of Delaware that contains more than 2 million volumes, an excellent set of electronic databases, and fine special collections. For more information on the University's collections, click on the link for the University of Delaware Library. For more on the University of Delaware's collections of art, click on the link to the University Museums. The Paul R. Jones Collection, administered by the University Museums, is a wonderful resource of artworks by African-American Artists, located in Mechanical Hall. |
