Admission Savings at Brandywine Attractions This Summer!

The Brandywine Museums & Gardens Alliance is pleased to announce that the Treasure Trail Passport Program will return for summer 2012, with admission discounts to eleven Brandywine Valley attractions. The promotion is valid from Saturday, May 26, 2012 (the beginning of Memorial Day weekend) through Monday, September 3, 2012 (Labor Day). For just $35 per adult, or $75 for a family of two adults and up to three children, visitors receive a passport good for one-time admission at the Brandywine River Museum, Delaware Art Museum, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, Delaware Historical Society & Read House, Delaware Museum of Natural History, Hagley Museum and Library, Longwood Gardens, Mt. Cuba Center, Nemours Mansion & Gardens, Rockwood Park & Museum, and Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library. The sites are all within a ten-mile radius centered near Wilmington, Delaware. Visitors who return a completed passport will be entered into a drawing on October 1 for gift certificates from top local restaurants.




For more information: www.brandywinetreasures.org.

Children and their parents can discover a world of pirate adventure at the Brandywine River Museum's Pirate Adventure Family Day, Sunday, November 6, beginning at 11:30 a.m. "Weekend Buccaneers" can create their own pirate hats and look for treasure hidden throughout the special exhibition, N.C. Wyeth's Treasure Island, Classic Illustrations for a Classic Tale.

N.C. Wyeth's Treasure Island, Classic Illustrations for a Classic Tale (through November 20, 2011) celebrates the 100th anniversary of the publication of Robert Louis Stevenson's TreasureIsland with illustrations by N.C. Wyeth.  The famous edition was a critical and popular success, established Wyeth among the period's foremost illustrators, and became the iconic Treasure Island for generations of readers.  To mark the anniversary, all 16 dramatic paintings created by Wyeth will be on display together for the first time since they left the artist's studio a century ago. The exhibition also presents some Treasure Island productions of the last 100 years created by the many illustrators, theater and film directors and even digital application designers who have been influenced by Wyeth's imaginative vision.  These productions are as varied as a 1915 stage version and Disney's 2002 movie Treasure Planet.

For more information:  call 610-388-2700 or visit www.brandywinemuseum.org.


Location:  The Brandywine River Museum, located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford


This event is appropriate for: the whole family


Cost:  Admission is $10 for adults; $6 for seniors ages 65 and older, students, and children 6-12; free for children under six and Brandywine Conservancy members.

Introduce children to the museum through these special programs. Each week features a different story and art activity. Children may participate in one or all of these tours, designed for children ages 3 to 6 accompanied by an adult. For additional information, click here.


Reservations are requested. Workshops are free for members and children under age 6, and are included with Museum admission. To register, call the education office at 610-388-8382.







For more information: please call 610-388-2700 or visit the museum's website at www.brandywinemuseum.org.

Location: The Brandywine River Museum is located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford

This event is appropriate for: for ages 3 to 6

Cost: Admission is $10 for adults; $6 for seniors, students and children ages 6-12; and free for children under six and members.

Families are invited to a day of art and reading adventures on April 1 with "Celebrating Caldecott Children's Day." Visitors may come any time from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and take a guided tour of the exhibition Drawing from a Story: Illustrations by Selected Caldecott Medal Winners, listen to stories, see animated versions of Maurice Sendak's books (Into the Night Kitchen, Where the Wild Things Are, and Chicken Soup with Rice) and create hands-on art projects. The program is free with regular museum admission. For information, contact the education office at education@brandywine.org or 610-388-8382.

Also,to encourage a love of art and reading, the Brandywine River Museum will offer one free admission ticket to the exhibition Drawing from a Story: Selected Caldecott Medal Winners to any child age 12 or under who reads, or has read to them, eight Caldecott Medal-winning books. Parents can download a form and a list of Caldecott Medal winners, from the Museum's website at www.brandywinemuseum.org.

Drawing from a Story: Illustrations by Selected Caldecott Medal Winners, on view from March 20 through May 23, 2010, will feature work by Maurice Sendak, Robert McCloskey, Ezra Jack Keats and many others, including the 2010 medal winner, Jerry Pinkney.


For more information:
Location:U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. .
This event is appropriate for
Cost:Admission is $10 for adults; $6 for seniors ages 65 and over, students, and children ages 6-12; free for children under six

For more information: www.brandywinemuseum.org
Location: U.S. Route 1 Chadds Ford, PA 19317
This event is appropriate for the whole family
Cost: free