Hours
Daily, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
(Extended hours until 6:00 p.m., Dec. 26-30)
Closed Christmas Day
Admission
Adults, $10.00; seniors (65+), students with ID and children ages 6-12, $6.00 (except during the annual antiques show on Memorial Day weekend). Free for children under 6 and Brandywine Conservancy members.
Audio Tours, $3.00
*Free admission on Sunday mornings from 9:30 a.m. to noon, from January 16 through November 20, 2011.*
Tours
Guided gallery tours with Victoria Wyeth
Tours of the N.C. Wyeth House and Studio
Tours of the Kuerner Farm
Handicapped Accessibility
The museum is fully accessible to handicapped visitors. Reserved paved parking spaces are located on the riverside of the parking lot. A ramped entrance is available on the riverside of the museum into the lower level. The museum has several standard-sized, non-motorized wheelchairs for visitors to borrow during their visit. Advance notice is recommended for special tours or accommodations. Call 610-388-8366 for information and group reservations.
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Mission
The mission of the Brandywine River Museum is to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret for public benefit artistic and historical objects with primary emphasis on the art of the Brandywine region, American illustration and still life painting.
The mission is founded on the conviction that the special aspects of American art to which the Museum is dedicated have unique value and will be enjoyed and understood by an increasingly large and diverse audience.
To accomplish its mission, the Brandywine River Museum works with individuals and other organizations to:
- Develop a collection of American art related to the Museum’s mission.
- Present and study the contributions of Howard Pyle and the Wyeth family to American art.
- Care for works of art according to professional standards.
- Exhibit and interpret works of art related to the Museum’s mission, mindful of the need for attractive presentations that increase enjoyment and understanding
- Conduct educational programs for the general public and specific audiences.
- Conduct research and develop library and archival collections related to the Museum’s areas of academic interest
- Prepare publications to inform the general public and scholars
- Maintain buildings and grounds, including historic sites, that support the Museum’s mission
- Recognize the role of the Brandywine Conservancy's environmental programs in protecting sources of artistic traditions.
About the Brandywine River Museum
Exhibiting American art in a 19th-century grist mill, the Brandywine River Museum is internationally known for its unparalleled collection of works by three generations of Wyeths and its fine collection of American illustration, still life and landscape painting.
GALLERY TOURS WITH VICTORIA WYETH RESUME JANUARY 31
Monday through Thursday at 2 and 3 p.m. Friday at 1, 2 and 3 p.m.
Victoria Wyeth, daughter of Nicholas Wyeth, guides public tours of art by her grandfather, Andrew Wyeth, and by her uncle, Jamie Wyeth. The tours include a discussion of the artists' media, techniques, subject matter and models. Tours at 2 p.m. (and 1 p.m. on Friday) will focus on Andrew Wyeth. Tours at 3 p.m. will focus on Jamie Wyeth. Free with regular museum admission.
Tour capacity is limited to 35 people. Tickets are required and must be picked up in person on the day of the tour at the Brandywine River Museum Shop. Tickets are issued on a first-come, first-served basis. Individual reservations for tours are not taken in advance.
Please call 610-388-8326 on the morning of your visit as Ms. Wyeth's schedule is subject to change. Private tours are available for an additional fee; for information, please send an e-mail to specialevents@brandywine.org.
The Brandywine River Museum, located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, is open daily (except Christmas Day) from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Admission is $10 for adults; $6 for seniors ages 65 and over, students, and children ages 6-12; free for children under six and Brandywine Conservancy members. For more information, call 610-388-2700 or visit www.brandywinemuseum.org.
Galleries
- Brandywine Heritage Galleries
Paintings and drawings from the museum's collection, including works by Howard Pyle, his students, and other distinguished American artists such as Jasper Cropsey, William Trost Richards, Maxfield Parrish, Harvey Dunn and Jessie Willcox Smith.
Andrew Wyeth Gallery
Approximately 40 watercolor, dry brush and tempera paintings by Andrew Wyeth from various stages of his career, including some not on public view for decades.
- Portrait and Still Life Gallery
Paintings by still life artists, including William Harnett and Severin Rosen, and portraits by Bass Otis, Gilbert Stuart and others.
N.C. Wyeth Gallery
Approximately 40 paintings and illustrations by N.C. Wyeth including works for Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Last of the Mohicans.
- Bayard and Mary Sharp Gallery
Paintings by Jamie Wyeth, Carolyn Wyeth, Henriette Wyeth, Peter Hurd, John McCoy and George A. Weymouth.
Exhibitions
Comic Catharsis: A Gift of Cartoons by William Steig
January 21 - March 11
Masterpieces by Andrew Wyeth from the Collections
September 24 through January 29, 2012
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