Celebrate “A Brandywine Christmas”
At the Brandywine River Museum
CHADDS FORD, PA, November 26, 2007. The Brandywine River Museum celebrates the holiday season with "A Brandywine Christmas" through January 6, 2008. The young and the young-at-heart can enjoy fabulous displays including an extensive O-gauge model railroad, an elaborate Victorian dollhouse, and thousands of whimsical critters on holiday trees.
"Jerry Pinkney: Aesop's Fables and Other Tails," an exhibition featuring original illustrations, will be on view during A Brandywine Christmas. Pinkney, winner of five Caldecott Honors and five Coretta Scott King awards, has interpreted animals from such well-known fables as The Tortoise and the Hare and The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing. His delightful and enormously skillful watercolors will bring joy to children of all ages.
A family favorite returning this year are "Dolls from the Ann Wyeth McCoy Collection." Dressed in antique doll or children's clothing, or in costumes designed and sewn by Mrs. McCoy, the dolls are posed in a festive outdoor holiday setting. Mrs. McCoy's daughters and son generously donated these rare dolls to the museum, ensuring that the Brandywine River Museum will continue to share this Christmas tradition with its visitors in years to come.
An integral part of A Brandywine Christmas is the museum's room-size "O-gauge Train Display." New to the fleet of trains this year is a deluxe passenger train, The California Zephyr. Trains run on more than 2,000 feet of track, winding past a village, stone quarry, oil refinery, mountains, Herr Foods plant and waterfall, as Santa and his sleigh fly overhead. The "rail cam" gives visitors a view from the perspective of a miniature locomotive driver. Back by popular demand, Thomas the Tank Engine, his friends Toby and Percy, and others will entertain the youngest fans.
"Charming Critters" decorate holiday trees, wreaths, and diorama settings throughout the museum. These cleverly designed ornaments, made from all-natural materials by volunteers, have adorned Christmas trees at the White House and have been exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution. Critters may be purchased at the museum's Annual Critter Sale on Saturday, December 1, and Sunday, December 2, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Following the sale, critters can be purchased in the Museum Shop.
(Due to the large number of visitors during the busy holiday season, the museum regrets that it cannot accommodate baby strollers.)
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