marvel carriage museum

Located near corn and soybean fields, the Nutter Marvel Carriage Museum is a glorious tribute to rural Sussex County Delaware's past. The tour guide, Rosalie Walls, conveys her love for and dedication to the displays she so affectionately explains. The property includes a 100- year-old church which still holds services; a one-room schoolhouse complete with textbooks; a blacksmith shop; and two railroad freight buildings. The visitor is overwhelmed by the variety and number of horse-drawn carriages on display, and Mrs. Walls is able to give a detailed history of each one. Also on display are objects from yesteryear, such as a player piano that is still in use, dolls and dollhouses, and many, many old photographs of the Georgetown area. Also remarkable is the vast collection of telephone memorabilia which includes every kind of phone and telephone booths. There is no admission fee, but only a donation box. It is easy to be generous after such an enlightening and enthusiastic tour of so many remembrances of things past from such an engaging guide!