Top Attractions & Things to Do in Wilmington, Delaware

Steeped in history and originally dubbed Willington, Wilmington is Delaware’s hub and offers hopnotch restaurants, attractions and venues plus tax-free shopping. Wilmington has an impressive list of museums, including the Delaware Museum of Nature and Science with a virtual ocean dive, the hands-on Delaware Children’s Museum, the Marshall Steam Museum with antique automobile rides and the Delaware History Museum and Mitchell Center for African American Heritage. History buffs will love digging even deeper into the Du Pont family’s influence at the fairytale-inspired Winterthur Museum and Gardens and the Hagley Museum and exploring the Civil War’s impact at Fort Delaware with an authentic cannon fire.

Tadpoles love getting to step aboard a gigantic Swedish colonial ship replica at Kalmar Nyckel to learn about maritime voyages. For outdoor enthusiasts, there is no shortage of activities including hiking, horseback riding, ziplining, rock climbing and rappelling at Alapocas Run State Park and canoeing and tubing down the Brandywine River. Only a short leap away from both Philadelphia and Baltimore, this kid-friendly city is a great day trip, but has plenty of frogtastic family-friendly activities to be the main destination.

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