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Iron Hill Museum

Iron Hill Museum

The Delaware Academy of Science operates this museum of local history housed in a former one-room schoolhouse constructed for African-American students by the philanthropy of Pierre S. duPont. Interpretive programs include museum exhibits and a nature walk to visit the colonial iron mines and Native American jasper quarry.

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