It's like a party where the dress is jeans and sable fur coats. The ornaments on Nemours Mansion’s 17 Christmas trees include balls bought at a local five and dime, decorations made by patients at the ...

WILMINGTON, Del. (CBS) — Behind a long stone wall in metropolitan Wilmington sits a mansion that in its heyday resembled a real-life Downton Abbey: Nemours Estate. "So few people even in this ...

Looking for something to do this holiday season that will keep you out of the cold and capture the magic of the season? Take a tour of some of Delaware's house museums. It can be a fun afternoon and ...

Alfred I. duPont’s legacy goes beyond industry and finance. Many already knew he left several millions of dollars in his estate to build the A. I. duPont Hospital for Children. But what many do not ...

Rejoice all ye who chafed under the bonds of restrictive guided tours at Nemours Mansion and Gardens when you yearned to break free and run barefoot across those manicured formal gardens. Starting May ...

Building a freestanding storage facility for housing the Nemours estate’s antique furniture, artwork, textiles and film required challenging coordination working with many stakeholders on a complex ...

The estate, built by Alfred I. du Pont for his second wife, Alicia du Pont, reopened in May after three years. Although it was open before, Nemours was never quite on the map in the way that other du ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...