Downton Abbey Arrives in March

Plus relive “A Charlie Brown Christmas” at the Biggs Museum this week and more holiday happenings in Delaware from 12/19 to 12/21

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Downton Abbey Comes to Delaware

If you’re still waiting for season four of “Downton Abbey” to begin—and eager for the spring opening of Winterthur after all the holiday hoopla—let’s heighten the suspense. “Costumes of Downton Abbey” is an original exhibition of exquisite designs from the award-winning television series. Forty historically inspired costumes from the show will be displayed and supplemented by photographs and vignettes inspired by the fictional program and by real life at Winterthur. Visitors can step into and experience the world of Downton Abbey and the contrasting world of Winterthur founder Henry Francis du Pont and his contemporaries in the first half of the 20th century. In addition, Winterthur will host a range of lectures, workshops, and events for adults and families focusing on entertaining and country house life in Britain and the United States. A co-production of Carnival Films and Masterpiece, “Downton Abbey” depicts life in an aristocratic household of the fictional Earl and Countess of Grantham and is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed period dramas ever produced. It has won a Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries and seven Emmys, including a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries. It was the most watched television series in both the United Kingdom and the United States and became the most successful British costume drama series since the 1981 television serial “Brideshead Revisited.” By the third season, it had become one of the most widely watched television shows in the world. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized “Downton Abbey” as the most critically acclaimed English-language television series of 2011. The costumes will be lent by Cosprop, the world’s leading costumier to film, television, and theater. Winterthur’s most popular exhibition, “Fashion in Film,” which attracted more than 42,000 people over its three-month run, also featured costumes by Cosprop. See “Costumes of Downton Abbey” beginning March 1. winterthur.org

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Dec. 19
 
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Dec. 20-21
 
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Dec. 21
 
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