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Brandywine Valley Attractions
HISTORY • ART • MUSEUMS • GARDENS • COUNTRY CASUAL HOSPITALITY
Nowhere but in the Brandywine Valley will you find such a unique combination of world-class attractions all within a few miles and minutes of each other along scenic country roads. Reverence for the past informs the present and future in carefully maintained and interpreted museums covering the full spectrum of American life. Commune with nature, celebrate American art and life, and get a fascinating glimpse of days gone by. There's so much to do and see, you'll find yourself returning to the Valley again and again.
This world-renowned horticultural showplace and former duPont family estate offers magnificently planted conservatories and a thousand acres of gardens, fountains and woodlands year-round.
Home to an unrivalled collection of American decorative arts, this former duPont estate also includes hundreds of acres of naturally landscaped gardens and a renowned research library.
Go back in time to the original DuPont mills, estate and gardens on the banks of the rolling Brandywine and experience the flavor of 19th-century industial and domestic life.
This converted Brandywine mill houses an unparalleled collection of art by the Wyeth family, as well as fine collections of American illustration, still life and landscape painting.
Noted for its unmatched collections of English Pre-Raphaelite art and the Brandywine School works of Howard Pyle, the museum also features extensive collections of American art.
Built by one of the duPont family's most renowned philanthropists and named for their ancestral home, this French villa is surrounded by magnicent formal gardens.
Walk in the footsteps of Washington and Lafayette as the Revolutionary War era comes to life in authentic displays amid the rolling, wooded hills where the Battle of the Brandywine was fought.
Visit the African veldt, walk the Great Barrier Reef and thrill to the sight of giant raptors as you learn more about the wonders of nature through programs for the entire family.
This authentically furnished Rural Gothic estate - surrounded by handsomely landscaped grounds - gives a rare glimpse into Victorian domestic life in America.
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