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Crafting A Creative Collaboration
Take a peek behind the scenes of an exciting new exhibition in the making with Brandywine’s Senior Curator, Amanda C. Burdan, Ph.D.
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Deck the Halls
I arrived at the Brandywine River Museum in late November to a whirlwind of action as over eighty volunteers and staff members were decorating the museum for Christmas.
I will admit then when I first arrived on the first floor lobby, I was so overwhelmed by all that was going...
A Family Celebration
Although I will be back at the end of January, today is my final day of the semester as an intern with the Research Center.
What a wonderful note to end on, as I was able to spend last week helping the incredible Brandywine staff prepare for the annual Christmas display!
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“A State of Wondering”
On November 15th, the Brandywine River Museum had the pleasure of having Richard Meryman come to the museum for a lecture. Meryman, who had been a writer for Life magazine, among many other things, had done numerous interviews with the late Andrew Wyeth and has written books on the artist including his latest one: Andrew Wyeth: A Spoken Self- Portrait.
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Imagine Brandywine: Which is YOUR Favorite?
With each passing day, the temperature seems colder, the trees have less leaves and it gets darker earlier.
This would make a person rather sad and yet I have arrived every day this week with a big smile on my face the moment I enter the Brandywine River Museum. This...
Andrew Wyeth: A “Renaissance” Man
I recently finished working on a project so captivating that I didn’t want it to end. As mentioned in my previous blog, the Brandywine Research Center recently acquired several hundred letters written to Andrew Wyeth’s sister, Ann Wyeth McCoy. Twenty two of these letters are from Andrew, primarily from the 1940’s when Andrew was in his twenties and early thirties...
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