Read Aloud Tours for Children
at the Brandywine River Museum
Thursday Mornings in February and March

Introduce children to the Brandywine River Museum through Read-Aloud Tours. Held on six Thursday mornings from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., the tours begin on February 4 and continue through March 11. The tours feature story time in the gallery followed by an art-making activity for children ages 3 to 6 accompanied by an adult.

Registration is requested and families may sign up by contacting the education office at 610-388-8382 610-388-8382 or education@brandywine.org. The tours are included with admission; free for non-members.

February 4
Owl Moon by Jane Yolen,
Illustrated by John Schoenherr
Activity: winter landscapes

February 11
Bats at the Library by Brian Lies
Activity: create a bat

February 18
The Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Activity: truffula trees

February 25
Painting the Wind by Patricia and Emily MacLachlan,
Illustrated by Katy Schneider
Activity: island still lifes

March 4
The House in the Night by Susan Marie Swanson,
Illustrated by Beth Krommes
Activity: scratch art

March 11
Cabbages and Kings by Elizabeth Seabrook,
Illustrated by Jamie Wyeth
Activity: garden designs

The Brandywine River Museum is located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania. The Museum 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, please cal 610-388-2700 or visit the Museum's website at http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/.

The holiday season brings a new exhibition as well as family favorites, including the traditional 0-gauge model trains and famous "critter" ornaments, at the Brandywine River Museum from now through January 10.
The special exhibition Scenes of the Season: will delight visitors with winter landscapes and classic images inspired by The Night before Christmas, A Christmas Carol and other holiday stories.
An integral part of A Brandywine Christmas is the museum's O-gauge train display. The trains run simultaneously on more than 2,000 feet of track, winding past a village, stone quarry, oil refinery, mountains, Herr Foods plant and running waterfall, as Santa and his sleigh fly overhead. A "rail cam," mounted on a snowplow, gives visitors a view from the perspective of a miniature locomotive driver.
The holiday display also includes a Victorian dollhouse (ca. 1905), complete with most of its original furnishings, including curtains, lights, and toys, and many of its original bisque dolls. Displayed with the front facade open, this extraordinary dollhouse also contains a collection of musical instruments and a nursery with a dollhouse of its own.

For more information: www.brandywinemuseum.org
Location: The Brandywine River Museum is located on U.S. Route I in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania
This event is appropriate for ages 5 and up (strollers are not allowed during the Christmas season)
Cost: $10 for adults; $6 for seniors ages 65 and over, students, and children over six; free for children under six