Monday, May 13, 2019
By: Amanda C. Burdan, Ph.D., Curator
The year 2020 marks the centennial anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, granting women the right to vote—although many voting struggles persisted for minority groups. To celebrate this...
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Among the many paintings, prints and drawings the Museum received in this 50th anniversary year, one of the most significant is N. C. Wyeth’s magnificent Island Funeral, given by E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Area residents may have seen the painting in the Hotel du...
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On November 9, a group of yoga enthusiasts met at the Brandywine River Museum of Art’s third floor gallery for a session of restorative yoga surrounded by contemplative images of the Brandywine River.The class laid out their mats and enjoyed an hour of calming, quiet yoga instruction...
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Around this time each year at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, we take an opportunity to help local families “fall” in love with reading and spending time at the Museum through our Children’s Read-Aloud...
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By: Laura Westmoreland, Associate Educator
Most new education programs at Brandywine develop from ideas inspired by participant feedback from past events or conversations between staff and museum visitors. Others ideas develop simply by knowing, relating to, and understanding the interests and needs of those who are frequent visitors to...
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By: Tamanya Garza, Marketing & Social Media Specialist
Pianist and composer Catherine Marie Charlton spent years immersing herself in the history and art of the Wyeth family, and maintaining a daily practice of "Wyeth Walks" in the scenic Pennsylvania Brandywine Valley, where Andrew Wyeth also...
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