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Big-ticket Delaware museums and attractions with homeschool discount days — typically 30–50% off for kids, sometimes free.

✓ Programs verified June 2026 · 5 confirmed programs · 3 call-to-confirm

Delaware's homeschool deals cluster in the Brandywine Valley north of Wilmington, where the du Pont estates open their doors to students. Winterthur — a $22-admission museum, garden, and 1,000-acre estate — makes all its school field trips free for the 2026–27 year and welcomes homeschool groups, while nearby Hagley Museum lets families book any of its nine hands-on history and STEM programs on the site of the original DuPont powder works. Up the road in Newark, the Iron Hill Museum & Science Center runs monthly Homeschool Days at just $3 a student.

Science and nature carry the rest. The Delaware Nature Society leads $9-per-student naturalist field trips at its Wilmington Riverfront and Hockessin nature centers, and down in Dover the Biggs Museum of American Art admits homeschool groups free and hosts a monthly Homeschool Day, while the free Air Mobility Command Museum arranges group tours among 30-plus aircraft. The Delaware Children's Museum and the Delaware Museum of Nature & Science both run homeschool programming on request.

Confirmed homeschool pricing

Published price on the venue's own homeschool page — most under $20 per child.

Recurring
Monthly
Homeschool Days
$3
per kid

Iron Hill Museum & Science Center

Newark · 5–18 · Register by month online; director@ironhillsciencecenter.org or 302-368-5703

A natural-history and science center in a 1923 schoolhouse on Iron Hill, packed with fossils, minerals, and exhibits on the Lenape people and the area's iron-mining past. The monthly Homeschool Days turn a cheap local museum into a structured, single-day science class for $3 a child.

Regular admission: $2 general admission (gate) — $3-per-student homeschool classes with monthly science themes
Note: Iron Hill runs a Homeschool Day every month for students ages 5–18 at $3 per student, with a different science topic each month taught in a one-hour class (10:30–11:30am). Small co-op and individual-family programs can also be booked Tuesday–Friday. The museum's fossils, rocks and minerals, and Lenape and iron-mining history exhibits round out the visit.
Homeschool page at ironhillsciencecenter.org →
Recurring
By reservation
$9
per kid

Delaware Nature Society

Wilmington · K–12 · Submit a School/Homeschool Program Request; 302-413-5054

The state's leading nature-education nonprofit runs hands-on outdoor programs at three centers, including the marsh-side DuPont Environmental Education Center on Wilmington's Riverfront. A homeschool co-op can fill a morning catching fish, netting pond life, or testing stream health for $9 a child.

Regular admission: Nature centers free to enter — $9-per-student naturalist-led programs
Note: Delaware Nature Society leads naturalist field-trip programs for school and homeschool groups at $9 per student at the DuPont Environmental Education Center on the Wilmington Riverfront and at Ashland Nature Center in nearby Hockessin ($7 per student at Abbott's Mill in Milford). The 1.5–2 hour programs cover pond ecology, insects, birds, geology, and the water cycle; Ashland field studies need a 5-student minimum, and homeschoolers can also join prescheduled activities.
Homeschool page at delawarenaturesociety.org →
Recurring
2026–27 school year
By reservation
Free
per kid

Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library

Winterthur · All ages · Book ahead; school@winterthur.org or 302-888-4866

Henry Francis du Pont's 175-room country estate is a museum of American decorative arts wrapped in a world-renowned garden. With school field trips free for 2026–27 and homeschool groups welcome, it's the rare marquee venue a budget family can tour at no cost.

Regular admission: $22 adults (gate) — free field trips at a $22-admission du Pont estate
Note: All Winterthur school field trips are FREE for the 2026–27 school year, and homeschool groups are welcome to book. Object-based programs span art, science, design, nature, and social studies across the museum, the 60-acre naturalistic garden, and 1,000 acres of grounds; programs can also come to your group or run virtually, and a free Demonstration Objects Kit is available for grades Pre-K–2.
Homeschool page at winterthur.org →
Recurring
Monthly
Homeschool Day
Free
per kid

Biggs Museum of American Art

Dover · All ages · Book a week ahead; programs@biggsmuseum.org or 302-674-2111 x104

Dover's art museum holds the only comprehensive American painting collection on the Delmarva Peninsula, and admission is now free for everyone. Add a monthly Homeschool Day of themed, hands-on programming and it's a genuinely no-cost art-and-history field trip in the heart of the capital.

Regular admission: Free (sponsored admission) — free admission for all plus a free monthly Homeschool Day
Note: Admission to the Biggs is free for everyone (a Dover Federal Credit Union community partnership), and school, homeschool, and children's groups are welcomed with chaperones free at one per five students. The museum also runs a monthly Homeschool Day with a new hands-on theme each month. The collection centers on American fine and decorative arts — Peale-family portraits, Brandywine School illustration, and one of the country's finest regional silver collections — and self-guided QR-code tours make a visit easy.
Homeschool page at biggsmuseum.org →
Recurring
By reservation
$7–$11
per kid

Hagley Museum & Library

Wilmington · K–12 · Reserve ~2 weeks ahead; bwirth@hagley.org or 302-658-2400 x259

On the Brandywine site of the original DuPont powder works, Hagley teaches water power, simple machines, the factory system, and 19th-century mill life through nine hands-on history and STEM programs. Homeschool groups can book any of them for $7–$11 a student — a deep, single-day field trip well under the gate price.

Regular admission: $22 adults / $12 children 6–14 (gate) — $7–$11 per-student programs versus the $22 gate
Note: Homeschool families and groups can book any of Hagley's school programs, priced $7–$11 per student (most are $9; the Factory System assembly-line workshop is $7, and 'spend the day' two-program combinations are $13). Choose from hands-on history at the Gibbons House, Nineteenth Century Day in the mill community, and water-power and STEM workshops — all on the site of the original DuPont black-powder works. Need-based scholarships help offset costs.
Homeschool page at hagley.org →

Worth calling about

These venues run homeschool programs but don't publish pricing online. Call before you go.

When
Field trips + CAPs nights
Call
no public price

Delaware Children's Museum

Wilmington · Pre-K–8 · (302) 654-2340 or mhawkins@delawarechildrensmuseum.org

A hands-on learning-through-play museum on the Wilmington Riverfront, with a giant climber, oversized building blocks, and STEM exhibits. Group field trips are arranged by phone; the third-Wednesday $2 CAPs nights are an easy low-cost option for homeschool families.

Regular admission: $15 general / Free under 12 months (gate)
How to reach them: DCM books self-guided group field trips, but per-student rates aren't published online — call or email to arrange a homeschool visit. The museum also runs $2 CAPs community-access nights on the third Wednesday of each month, open to all.
Homeschool page at delawarechildrensmuseum.org →
When
Homeschool programs
Call
no public price

Delaware Museum of Nature & Science

Wilmington · All ages · Via the School & Group Programs page

Greenville's natural-science museum pairs dinosaurs and a great hall of exhibits with regular homeschool programming. Families can self-schedule events or book group/co-op programs; ask about current homeschool pricing when you sign up for the museum's homeschool email list.

Regular admission: $15.50 ages 3+ / $5.50 ages 1–2 (gate)
How to reach them: The museum schedules homeschool events and programs for groups and co-ops, and can bring Mobile Museum programs to a community location, but pricing isn't posted online — join the homeschool email list or contact School & Group Programs.
Homeschool page at delmns.org →
When
Group tours
Call
no public price

Air Mobility Command Museum

Dover · All ages · (302) 677-3855

On Dover Air Force Base, this free military-airlift museum lines up 30-plus aircraft from cargo haulers to a presidential plane, plus a flight simulator. Admission costs nothing; contact the museum to arrange a homeschool group tour with a guide.

Regular admission: Free
How to reach them: Admission is free; school and homeschool group tours are arranged by phone or email. A flight simulator (ages 10+) and 30-plus aircraft make a strong no-cost aviation field trip — call to set up a group visit.
Homeschool page at amcmuseum.org →

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Rehoboth Beach

3 free or cheap
  • Cape Henlopen State Park$10 per DE-registered vehicle / $20 per out-of-state vehicle (day use)
  • Rehoboth Beach MuseumFree / Suggested $5 donation
  • Indian River Life-Saving Station MuseumSmall admission (~$4 adults)
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Wilmington

11 free or cheap
  • Fort Christina State ParkFree
  • Delaware Art Museum$18 adults / Free Sundays & Thu evenings (Apr–Dec)
  • Delaware Museum of Nature & Science$15.50 ages 3+ / $5.50 toddlers (1–2) / free under 1
  • Brandywine Zoo$9 adults / $8 seniors / $7 youth 3-17 (May-Oct peak) / $5-7 spring & fall / Free December-February
  • Rockford Park & TowerFree
  • Old Swedes Historic Site$12 adults / $7 students 6-15, military, first responders / Free under 6
  • DuPont Environmental Education CenterFree
  • Delaware Children's Museum$15 general / $2 Wednesdays / Free under 1
  • Delaware History Museum$10 adults / $5 ages 6-17 / Free First Fridays
  • Nemours Estate$12 gardens / $23 full estate / Free under 5
  • Hagley Museum & Library$22 adults / $12 children 6-14 / Free under 6
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Newark

4 free or cheap
  • Iron Hill Museum & Science Center$2 general admission / Free ages 4 & under
  • White Clay Creek State Park$5 per Delaware vehicle / $10 out-of-state (Mar-Nov)
  • University of Delaware Botanic GardensFree (metered parking)
  • UD Mineralogical MuseumFree
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Dover

7 free or cheap
  • First State Heritage ParkFree
  • Air Mobility Command MuseumFree
  • The Green & Old State HouseFree
  • John Dickinson PlantationFree (donations accepted)
  • Biggs Museum of American ArtFree
  • Delaware Agricultural Museum$8 adults / $6 seniors & military / $5 youth 6-17 / Free under 6
  • Killens Pond State Park$5 per Delaware vehicle / $10 per out-of-state vehicle day-use (March 1–November 30)
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