Chats from the Stacks: The Making of Visible Storage

Learn how visible storage was planned and implemented to feature the museum collection. More than 800 artifacts from the museum collection are viewable by visitors every day in the new visible storage gallery. Learn how artifacts were selected, how they were installed, and how their stories connect them to Chester County. This project was completed […]

Howard Pyle and the Brandywine Tradition: An American School of Art (Zoom)

In 1900 at the height of his fame, illustrator Howard Pyle founded the Howard Pyle School of Art in Wilmington, Delaware. His bold purpose was to train promising young artists to produce uniquely American work that would echo the nation’s spirit and challenge Europe’s artistic supremacy. Towards that end, Pyle championed imagination over technique and […]