Brandywine Museum of Art
Brandywine Museum of Art is a museum in Pennsylvania, at a recorded elevation of 50 m. Welsh Mountain stands 313 m to the northwest, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Christian C Sanderson Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away. Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway runs past it. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
The Brandywine Museum of Art (formerly the Brandywine River Museum) is a museum of regional and American art located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania on the banks of the Brandywine Creek. The museum showcases the work of Andrew Wyeth, a major American realist painter, and his family: his father N.C. Wyeth, illustrator of many children's classics; his sister Ann Wyeth McCoy, a composer and painter; and his son Jamie Wyeth, a contemporary American realist painter.
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Dates from 1971.
Wikidata Q4306104, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 50 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Brandywine Valley Scenic Byway, National
- 4.2 mi off the Red Clay Valley Scenic Byway
- 10.3 mi off the Exton Bypass
- 12.4 mi off the Blue Route
Overlooks nearby
- Hawk Point · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Christian C Sanderson Museum: 0.2 mi
- Andrew Wytth Studio: 0.3 mi
- N.C. Wyeth home: 0.4 mi
- N.C. Wyeth studio: 0.5 mi
- Kuerner Farm house: 1.0 mi
- Brandywine Battlefield Park: 1.0 mi
- Palmer Arboretum: 3.5 mi
- East Pleasant Grove Open Space: 3.9 mi
- Dunvegan Road Open Space: 3.9 mi
- Shenandoah Open Space: 4.0 mi
- Brinton Run Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Birmingham Hill Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Robert B. Gordon Natural Area for Environmental Studies: 4.8 mi
- Mt. Bradford Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Stateline Woods Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Birmingham Friends Meeting House historical marker: 2.5 mi
- Battle of Brandywine: 2.8 mi
- Eusebius Barnard (1802-1865): 4.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.3 mi
- Ebright Azimuth: 4.6 mi
- Bell: 3.2 mi
- Longwood Gardens: 4.1 mi
- Sundial: 4.4 mi
- Sycamore with Cement Core: 4.4 mi
- Historic Pump Room & Gallery: 4.5 mi
- Italian Water Garden: 4.1 mi
- Wisteria Garden: 4.2 mi
- Peony Garden: 4.3 mi
- Dogwood Plaza: 4.3 mi
- Peirce-du Pont House Conservatory: 4.3 mi
- Chloe and Lucinda: 4.6 mi
- Frederick Douglass Statue: 5.8 mi
- Admiral Francis Dupont Statue: 7.2 mi
- James A. Garfield Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Nittany Lion Shrine: 8.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Ridley Creek State Park - Area 12 Picnic Site: 9.0 mi
- Ridley Creek State Park - Area 13 Picnic Site: 9.0 mi
- Ridley Creek State Park - Area 11 Picnic Site: 9.0 mi
- Ridley Creek State Park - Area 15 Picnic Site: 9.1 mi
- Osborne Hill: 3.8 mi
- Ebright Azimuth: 4.6 mi
- Horseshoe Hill: 6.6 mi
- Harmony Hill: 9.0 mi
- Hunting Hill: 9.8 mi
- Darling: 6.9 mi
- Glenville: 11.2 mi
- Milford Mills: 15.3 mi
- Frenchtown: 23.9 mi
- Fricks Locks Historic District: 24.4 mi
- West Branch Trout Creek Spring: 15.9 mi
- Magnesium Spring: 15.9 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 15.9 mi
- Yellow Spring: 16.0 mi
- Historical "Ancient Indian Spring": 19.8 mi
- Deepwater Rest Area: 14.2 mi
- King of Prussia Service Plaza: 19.2 mi
- Deemer's Beach: 15.0 mi
- Oakwood Beach: 22.2 mi
- Monkey Rock: 17.8 mi
- Tinicum Rear Range Lighthouse: 18.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Brandywine Museum of Art. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welsh Mountain | NW 314° | 313 m | 24.6 mi |
| Thomas Hill | NNW 333° | 295 m | 23.8 mi |
| Mount Pleasure | NNW 336° | 269 m | 24.6 mi |
| Gap Hill | WNW 290° | 252 m | 23.1 mi |
| Diamond Rock Hill | NNE 17° | 188 m | 15.1 mi |
| Mount Misery | NNE 22° | 176 m | 16.4 mi |
| Sheep Hill | N 351° | 151 m | 24.1 mi |
| Harmony Hill | NNW 330° | 146 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:39 | 19:15 |
| June solstice | 05:35 | 19:54 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:26 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:58 | 16:41 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 31 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.1 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 4.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wilmington Porter Rsch, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/187353021
Day trips start here
- Chadds Ford · 0 mi
- Glen Mills · 6 mi
- Kennett Square · 6 mi
- West Chester · 6 mi
- Claymont · 8 mi
- Hockessin · 8 mi
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