The Brandywine River Museum celebrates the holiday season with A Brandywine Christmas, November 23, 2007 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 by Jerry Pinkney, will be on view during A Brandywine Christmas. Pinkney, winner of five Caldecott Honor Medals 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 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.
A century-old Victorian dollhouse will also be on view, complete with most of its original furnishings and all but one of its original bisque dolls. The front of the eleven-room house opens wide to reveal the elegant interior typical of Victorian life. The house contains a collection of musical instruments and a nursery with its own dollhouse. The dollhouse belonged to Sarah Scaife and is shown through the courtesy of Richard Scaife. -- www.brandywinemuseum.org
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