The Brandywine River Museum offers many tours for schools and community groups to get children more involved in the arts. This summer, the Latin American Community Center of Wilmington brought their campers to the museum to experience art of the Brandywine Valley and also to make art of their own. One of the tour guides, Debbie, started off by explaining to campers different ideas such as the definition of an art museum, how preserving nature is important and how the museum and conservancy came to be.

Kuerner Farm is a rustic yet visually stunning white farmhouse and working Pennsylvania bank-style barn. This past week myself and fellow blogger and Education intern, Emily, were able to experience the beautiful Kuerner Farm. We were able to get an “all-access” tour of the barn itself, by the youngest Kuerner family member, which was an absolutely splendid opportunity.

One of the cool things about the Brandywine River Museum is that many of the pieces were created right down the road from it. For example, the Kuerner Farm that Andrew Wyeth recreated in many of his painting is just a short drive from the museum and opened to the public for tours. Being able toexperience the farm in person really gave me a new perspective on Andrew’s work.