Museums
-
Local Museum’s Artifact Related to Lincoln’s Assassination Shrouded in Mystery
The Christian Sanderson Museum in Chadds Ford has several artifacts related to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, but one is somewhat mysterious, writes Gene Pisasale for the Chester County Press. A three-part display in the museum’s Battlefield Room has a piece of a bandage that was allegedly wrapped around Lincoln’s head after he was…
-
‘There Can Be No Better Setting’ for Rose Valley Museum, Historical Society
Rose Valley’s Thunderbird Lodge, on Rose Valley Road just north of the Hedgerow Theatre, is home to the Rose Valley Museum and Historical Society, writes J.F. Pirro for Main Line Today. The iconic lodge consists of a circa-1790 stone barn, which was converted in 1904 to artists’ studios, and a fieldstone-and-stucco house. They are joined…
-
Sharon Hill’s Scenery First Brings the Revolution to Life
Working behind the scenes for nearly a year, Sharon Hill-based Scenery First has reshaped modern Philadelphia into the Revolutionary War stage it once was. This week, the world will be able to step back into history and walk on concrete floors made to “look muddy, icy, snowy, wet, or covered with human footprints or animal…
-
Maine Museum Celebrates Andrew Wyeth as His Works Are Re-Evaluated
The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, is celebrating the centennial of the birth of artist Andrew Wyeth with five exhibitions of his works, writes Bob Keyes for the Portland (Maine) Press Herald. Considered by many a controversial artist, the Chadds Ford native is known for his evocative and mysterious paintings of the Maine mid-coast…
-
New Museum Could Spark March on Brandywine Battlefield
A new museum in the heart of Philadelphia could soon send thousands of visitors marching to the historic Brandywine Battlefield near Chadds Ford. With 30,000 advance tickets already sold for the Museum of the American Revolution, the Brandywine Battlefield Task Force is arming itself for an invasion of interest once the museum opens on April…
-
Essigngton Race Car Museum Houses Vintage Collection of Retired Neurosurgeon
Retired neurosurgeon Fred Simeone has spent a half-century collecting race cars, and his impressive collection of more than 60 world-class vintage sports racers was open free to all fathers yesterday. The Simeone Foundation Automotive Museum boasts cars that date from 1909 to 1996, in a collection that spans the globe, from cars that competed in…
-
Delco Sports Museum Moves to Radnor Township Building; Grand Opening Set for Saturday
The Radnor Township Building has recently been transformed from an ordinary government building to a distinct venue that displays a treasure trove of sports artifacts, writes Linda Stein of 21st Century Media. The building, located at 301 Iven Avenue in Wayne, is the new home of the Sports Legends of Delaware County Museum. It will…
-
Lansdowne at Center of Hunt for Secret Nazi Diary
Robert Wittman, the head of the FBI’s art-crime team in Philadelphia, has collaborated with Pulitzer Prizing-winning author and journalist David Kinney to write The Devil’s Diary – the story of the pair’s hunt for the missing diary of Alfred Rosenberg, a high-ranking Nazi, and the deadly epic story it illuminates. Interestingly, Wittman and Kinney’s odyssey…
Founding Partners
Advertisement
Affiliate Partners
Chamber Partners
