Delaware Art Museum

Very nice experience in the museum articulation. More number of ultimate paintings. The preserved old paintings very nice. Modern art galleries and paintings are good. Good to see place in Wilmington. We have visited on Thursday evening which is free hours. Outside the museum sculpture park is very nice to walk through. In that Ladylith in nice echo point and maze walk.

Duration: 1-2hours Free parking Medium size art museum showcasing a variety of different art and sculptures. Minimal collection of iconic American landscape and Renaissance style paintings. Our collection is mostly of local artists

Lucked into driving thru Wilmington on. Thursday. Open late - 4-8pm - happy hour, live music, food vendor outside in the sculpture garden.. Great vibe. And free admission after 4. Loved the City on paper exhibit.

A very memorable experience for me was my visit to the Delaware art museum. I would say in general this was a bit of a let down. I loved the exhibits actually and the art was very nice. They even had a cafe inside the museum. The wait time was practically non-existent when I went, and I went with my friend. Each ticket cost us $20 however I believe this was a fair price for the amount of content that we could see. The cafe was a fair price and similar to others in the area. I believe this cafe would’ve been a managed service, and the cafe is an outsourced business/third party. However my experience was mostly negative. From the time we entered the first exhibit, a staff member told us that we were too close to the artwork; When we were several feet away. Later on we noticed a large group of kids being very loud. This was most likely a field trip which I understood but no staff members had approached them and the kids continued being loud. Then maybe 10 minutes later we walked into another exhibit where we were another 3-4 feet away from the artwork and their sensors had malfunctioned. Saying that we were once again too close to the artwork. I furthermore had to explain to the staff member and reassure them that we will not be close to the art work and explain the issue with the sensor, which they were not very understanding to. Later on we decided to visit the Cafe, we had purchased 1 drink each, for me and my friend and the cafe was a pleasant experience. The staff was nice and the interior was nicely furnished. However when we decided to exit the cafe we were told we could not enter back with our drinks. I understood this, and it made sense to me. However there were no signs or instructions/rules indicating this before we left the cafe. So once again our peace was interrupted by staff. We had then thrown our drinks away and continued exploring the rest of the museum until we entered a small exhibit where we saw a staff member leisurely laying down in the middle of the room on their phone. We felt uncomfortable being in this small room with her and we felt like we were interrupting her break or something. This was very frustrating to us because we couldn’t comfortably see that room and the artwork there in peace. Later on we entered the last exhibit. I had been taking pictures with my phone and some more pictures on my META sunglasses. Approximately 2 minutes later we were approached by the same staff member that we saw laying down in the other room. She told us that we could not take pictures with flash and that it could damage the art. Once again we shrugged it off but at this point we were mad. The art that we took a picture of with the flash was a metal sculpture that was already being illuminated by about 10-15 separate lights and we were never given instructions or warnings about the flash. Ultimately this left a sour experience for me and my friend and unfortunately in that condition i couldn’t recommend to anyone or want to go there ever again

I had an excellent experience there, Gaining an appreciation for the unique culture of the Native American communities in Delaware as they all gathered together for their pow-wow. ... each one demonstrating their dances and their music and their costumes, and each one respectfully requesting that the audience look upon them in the right manner, as their brothers and fellow citizens, And build bonds of mutual respect, not looking upon them as "extras" in a John Wayne western movie, But as real life, three dimensional human beings who have hopes and dreams, just like all of us do. I hope to go back again Next year