This fox was my favorite 'critter'. I wish I could have taken him home with me.
Red berries were a perfect foil for these charming 'critters'.
One of many trees throughout the museum, decorated with Brandywine critters, angels, and stars.
The Brandywine River Museum, established by Andrew Wyeth in an beautiful old mill in Chadds Ford, PA.The Brandywine River Museum was filled with museum goers today, lured in by the 2008 version of a Brandywine Christmas. Each year the museum puts on several exhibits themed to the season. This year's Brandywine Christmas started of course with paintings, drawings, and illustrations by the Wyeth family and others. Once again there were shadowbox displays of exquisite jewelry inspired by the art of Andrew Wyeth and created exclusively for his wife by goldsmith Donald Pywell. There was also a grand Victorian dollhouse.
Children were everywhere but especially in the room with the museum's 0-gauge model railroad. It featured several different trains moving continuously along 2,000 feet of track while Santa circled overhead in his sleigh. There were also some model and toy trains from abroad.
As always there were wonderful trees throughout the museum, each decorated with the museum's famed Brandywine critters, angels, and stars. These whimsical ornaments are made from teasel, acorns, pinecones, seeds, berries and other natural materials by 110 volunteers, who start working on them in March. The variety is seemingly infinite, from simple to elaborate.
