Brandywine River Museum of Art. The Brandywine River Museum of Art is a museum of regional and American art located on U.S.
Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania on the banks of the Brandywine Creek. The museum showcases the work of Andrew Wyeth, a major American realist painter, and his family: his father N.C.
Wyeth, illustrator of many children's classics, his son Jamie Wyeth, a contemporary American realist painter, and his daughter Ann Wyeth McCoy, a composer and painter. The museum is a program of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art.
It opened in 1971 through the efforts of Frolic Weymouth, who also served on its board. In September 2021, the museum's lower levels were flooded due to the remnants of Hurricane Ida with mechanical systems, lecture rooms, classrooms and office spaces damaged and estimates around $6 million.
The museum still opened for the holiday season in limited capacity later in the year. The museum, sometimes referred to as the Wyeth Museum, is housed in a converted nineteenth century mill with a dramatic steel and glass addition overlooking the banks of the Brandywine River. The glass-wall lobby overlooks the river and rolling countryside that inspired the Brandywine School earlier in the early 20th century. The museum also owns and operates tours of three nearby National Historic Landmarks: the N. C. Wyeth House and Studio, the Kuerner Farm, inspiration for nearly 1,000 works of
Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania on the banks of the Brandywine Creek. The museum showcases the work of Andrew Wyeth, a major American realist painter, and his family: his father N.C.
Wyeth, illustrator of many children's classics, his son Jamie Wyeth, a contemporary American realist painter, and his daughter Ann Wyeth McCoy, a composer and painter. The museum is a program of the Brandywine Conservancy & Museum of Art.
It opened in 1971 through the efforts of Frolic Weymouth, who also served on its board. In September 2021, the museum's lower levels were flooded due to the remnants of Hurricane Ida with mechanical systems, lecture rooms, classrooms and office spaces damaged and estimates around $6 million.
The museum still opened for the holiday season in limited capacity later in the year. The museum, sometimes referred to as the Wyeth Museum, is housed in a converted nineteenth century mill with a dramatic steel and glass addition overlooking the banks of the Brandywine River. The glass-wall lobby overlooks the river and rolling countryside that inspired the Brandywine School earlier in the early 20th century. The museum also owns and operates tours of three nearby National Historic Landmarks: the N. C. Wyeth House and Studio, the Kuerner Farm, inspiration for nearly 1,000 works of
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