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Pyle at Play: Memories of Rehoboth Beach

By: Eileen Fay, Research Center Archivist (2019-2021)

Have you checked out A Passion for Pyle: The Paul Preston Davis Collection, a new digital exhibition from the Brandywine's Annenberg Research Center? Derived from an extensive collection of archival research materials related to artist Howard Pyle, the Davis Collection was created and donated by local collector and historian Paul Preston Davis. The following blog post, written by former Research Center Archivist, Eileen Fay, delves into the stories of Howard Pyle’s summer home at Rehoboth Beach, utilizing research materials found within the Davis Collection. 

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Celebrating August

August is a special month at the Brandywine. Our gardens are painted purple and gold with an ongoing parade of butterflies of every species. The bubbling river is filled with laughing families in canoes. Trees planted on local farms last fall are beginning to peek over their protective...

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The Noble Art of Haying

By: Christine B. Podmaniczky, Curator, N.C. Wyeth Collections and Historic Properties
From about mid-summer to mid-October, it’s common in the farm-centric Delaware and Chester counties of Pennsylvania to see haying going on...
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Start with Art: 8 Ways the Brandywine Keeps Kids Excited About Summer

By: Cheryl Koblensky, Manager of Visitor Services, Admissions & Retail and Tamanya Garza, Marketing & Social Media Specialist

As we hit this last month of summer we know how hard it can be to keep kids smiling through temperatures over 100 degrees. Here are eight great ways to spend your last few weeks of vacation and keep kids excited and engaged through the month of August!

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This is Kuerner Farm

By: Hannah Dieringer, 2015 Education Intern

Traveling to my grandparent’s house on Ring Road, I pass a beautiful, faded, red barn and a white farmhouse. Fields of tall dying grass, which continue up a large hill, surround the property. Far out on the sides of the house tree lines emerge. There is a simplicity about the farm that makes...

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