Friday, July 12, 2019
By: Brianna Cronin, Intern
I’m Brianna Cronin, an intern in the Brandywine River Museum’s Research Center. One of the projects I’ve worked on this summer included going through the museum’s collection of materials from the American illustrator, Nancy Burkert.
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By: Tamanya Garza, Marketing & Social Media Specialist and Cheryl Stolis, Manager of Visitor Services, Admissions & Retail
This coming weekend, as you kick off the holiday season with family and friends, you’ll be hearing a lot about November 26 – Small Business Saturday...
Continue ReadingWednesday, October 19, 2016
By: Amanda C. Burdan, Associate Curator
During the course of planning Rural Modern, before there was a confirmed checklist of paintings that will appear in the exhibition, there was a wish list. Just like Christmas, while you hope to get everything on your wish list, you know inevitably you won’t....
Continue ReadingFriday, September 30, 2016
By: Liesl Reimann, Assistant Educator
There is a common misconception that a museum is not a place to bring a toddler. Here at the Brandywine River Museum of Art, we want to reassure you that not only is it appropriate to bring your little one to the museum, a museum visit has many benefits.
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By: Amanda C. Burdan, Associate Curator
Visitors to the N. C. Wyeth or Andrew Wyeth studios know just what a powerful experience it can be to stand in the place where a work of art was created. This applies not just to the artists’ studios, but to other places in the world where an artist set up an easel and...
Continue ReadingFriday, August 12, 2016
August is a special month at the Brandywine. Our gardens are painted purple and gold with an ongoing parade of butterflies of every species. The bubbling river is filled with laughing families in canoes. Trees planted on local farms last fall are beginning to peek over their protective shells....
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