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Brandywine River Valley Museums/Taste Of Kennett Square, Two-Day Event

When:
Sunday, September 16, 2018, 8:00 AM until Monday, September 17, 2018, 6:00 PM
Where:
Brandywine, PA
See instruction below

Additional Info:
Event Contact(s):
John W Eberhard
Category:
Social
Registration is required
Payment In Full In Advance Only
Attendees pay for their own charges

Program details


Depart at 8 a.m. on Sunday in personally organized car pools.  Arrive in Brandywine at 10 a.m.

 

Options:On Sunday visit either Mt. Cuba Center 10 am – 12:30 pm and Taste of Kennett Square tour from 1pm to 4pm.  (See websites listed below for more information regarding these Events). Or, do the Brandywine River Art and Studio Museum 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.(see website listed below for more information regarding this Museum.)  Later, check into the Brandywine River Hotel and join others for a get-together Sunday evening at 5 p.m.

 

Monday morning after breakfast at hotel select options: Longwood Gardens, Hagley Museum (where the Dupont Company was founded), or Mt. Cuba Center (a recently opened Dupont Estate focusing on flower and fauna). Visit websites listed below for more information on these interesting places.  Visit your option(s), then leave for home around 4 p.m.

 

Day:    Sunday – Monday                          Date: September 16-17, 2018                                      

 

Beginning time:   Sunday  8a.m.                      Ending Time:  Monday 6 p.m.

 

TVIH Contact person: John Eberhard:  Mt. Cuba Center (Sunday, 10 a.m.) and Taste of Kennett Square (Sunday, 1 p.m.)

Jean Salkeld:  Brandywine River Museum (Sunday 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.);  Monday Museums (10 a.m. – 3 pm)  

 

TVIH Person in charge at event: John Eberhard (443-472-0899) or Nancy Krantz (301-596-2727)           

 

Web Sites For:  Brandywine River Hotel, 1609 Baltimore Pike, Chadds Ford, PA 19317, Phone number:  610-388-1200

Contact local websites to make own hotel reservations and to purchase tickets for tours and museums:

Brandywine River Hotel – http://www.brandywinehotelpa.com

Brandywine River Art Museum http://www.brandywine.org/museum

Mt. Cuba Center:  http://www.mtcubacenter.org (15 minutes from Kennett Square)

Winterthur:  http://www.winterthur.org

Longwood Gardens:  http://www.longwoodgardens.org

Hagley Museum:  http://www.hagley.org

 

Special Instructions:Each person is responsible for making their own hotel reservations and museum arrangements, Taste of Kennett Square or Garden tour arrangements; transportation to and from Brandywine Valley. Let John Eberhard know if you are making tasting arrangements at Kennett Square, which you should make ASAP.Also let John know your carpooling arrangements.  Let Jean Salkeld know if will be doing museum tours. 

 

Fee:     Must register.  Each person responsible for own fees.

All registrations due by:  Museum and hotel registration due by:  September 1st

Taste of Kennett Square arrangements must be made ASAP as tour places are limited.