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Rockwood Park & Museum
From its Washington Street Extension entrance, Rockwood is a picturesque 74-acre public park just two miles from Wilmington, Delaware’s city center. Features include a picnic grove, festival grounds, urban wildlife habitat, pet-friendly parkland, and some of Delaware’s best walking paths - linking to the Northern Delaware Greenway.
Pass the entrance gates and the park transforms into one of the area’s oldest and grandest country estates. This collection of historic farmlands, now a forested retreat, is crowned with a six-acre fantasy garden and one of America’s finest Gothic Revival mansions. Conceived and built by Joseph Shipley in the 1850s, Rockwood Park & Museum was designed to reflect his love of exotic horticulture, fine arts and antiques, fashionable architecture, and English gardens and has changed very little in 170 years.
Today, the museum and heritage garden reveal highlights of Rockwood’s storied past through guided and self-guided tours of its glamorous owners, historic house design, multi-generational art collections from around the globe, diverse workforce, botanical collections, and even its paranormal activity! In addition, Rockwood offers signature festivals as well as wellness, family, fine art, nature, and performing art programs year-round. The Carriage House at Rockwood Park now hosts one of the area’s premier private event venues.
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Events
Winter Lights: Evening Concerts at Rockwood
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- December 5–6
Holiday Open House
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- December 5–6
Linocut Workshop-for Adults
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- December 6–13
Rockwood Book Club
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- December 10, 2025 – February 4, 2026
Lecture: “Darkness is cheap, and Scrooge like it”: Where Victorian Ghost Stories and Film Analysis Meet
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Sunday, December 14
Bespoke Tours
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- December 14, 2025 – February 8, 2026
Couch Potato: Movies and Games Night in the Museum
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- December 19, 2025 – February 20, 2026
A Child’s Christmas in Wales & poetry for the holiday season
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Saturday, December 20
Poetry At Rockwood: A Child’s Christmas in Wales and Other Holiday Poems
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Saturday, December 20
Below the Stairs and In the Attics: The Servants’ Tour
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- December 28, 2025 – February 22, 2026
New Years Day Hike
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Thursday, January 1, 2026
Winter Watercolor for Kids
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- January 10–17, 2026
Winter Watercolor-for Adults
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- January 10–17, 2026
Paranormal Experience
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- January 10 – February 7, 2026
Rockwood on the Rocks: Winter Warmers
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Saturday, January 17, 2026
Poetry At Rockwood: Night and Day
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Saturday, January 24, 2026
Victorian Paper Collage Cards-for Adults
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- February 7–21, 2026
If Kids Ran the Museum – Seeking New Junior Guides
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- February 8–22, 2026
Victorian Paper Collage Cards for Kids
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Saturday, February 21, 2026
One Dame Anniversary Special
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Friday, February 27, 2026
Extended Evening with the Spirits of Rockwood
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Saturday, February 28, 2026
Holiday Open House Exhibition: Winter Wonderland
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Through January 11, 2026
From Candlelight to Electrical Current: A Century of Lighting at Rockwood
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Through January 4, 2026
Rockwood Game Night
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Through January 22, 2026
Bespoke Tours at Rockwood Museum
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Through December 14
Visionary Peace Youth Art Exhibition
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Through January 4, 2026
Visionary Peace Youth Art Exhibition
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Through January 4, 2026
If Kids Ran the Museum-SEEKING NEW JUNIOR GUIDES!
- Rockwood Park & Museum
- Through November 30
Plan Your Visit
Address
Rockwood Park & Museum
4651 Washington St. Extension
Wilmington, DE 19805
Admission
House Tours: $10
Discounted rates:
$8 New Castle County residents
Free with Delaware Libraries Museum Pass
Free for Museum Members
Free for children under six
Free First Sundays of every month
Free in December
Transportation
DART First State Route 11
Parking
Enter Rockwood from the Washington Street Extension entrance, not Shipley Road. Upon entering, visitors will drive through the first of three parking lots. Continue up the hill to find the Carriage House event space (link), entry to the Northern Delaware Greenways Trail (link), and the Rockwood Museum (link to page 19) with their associated parking options.
From I 95 Northbound
• From I-95 take Exit 9 / Marsh Road Exit
• Turn left at the bottom of the ramp, go under I-95 overpass then immediately turn right onto Carr Road
• At stop sign, turn right onto Washington Street Extension
• Go past Shipley Road; Rockwood Park is on the right at 4651 Washington Street Extension
From I 95 Southbound
• From I-95 take Exit 9 / Marsh Road Exit
• From the ramp, turn right onto Carr Road
• At stop sign, turn right onto Washington Street Extension
• Go past Shipley Road; Rockwood Park is on the right at 4651 Washington Street Extension
From I 495
• From I-495, take Exit 4A Governor Printz Boulevard
• From the ramp, turn west onto Edgemoor Road and cross Governor Printz Boulevard
• Follow Edgemoor Road and cross Philadelphia Pike
• Edgemoor becomes Shipley Road after Philadelphia Pike, continue to follow to Washington Street Extension
• Turn left on Washington Street Extension; Rockwood Park is on the left at 4651 Washington Street Extension
From Route 202
• From 202/Concord Ave turn east on Miller Road
• At the end of Miller Road, turn right on Rockwood Road
• Turn left on Washington Street Extension
• Rockwood Park is on the right at 4651 Washington Street Extension
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