All Aboard!

 Every year, between Thanksgiving and New Year's, the Brandywine Museum of Art turns one of its galleries into a marvelous exhibition of model trains, many of them once owned by the Wyeth family of artists. (The museum's collection is dedicated largely to the Wyeths and their friends and colleagues, including many of the great illustrators of the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.)

Earlier today, I made a visit to the museum, located in Chadds Ford, PA, on the banks of the Brandywine Creek. It is housed in a converted mill, not far from the site of N.C. and Andrew Wyeth's studio and home. (The museum offers tours of the studio as well.) Here's just small sample of the train layouts on display--all are operating and some include pieces that visitors can operate with a foot pedal

If trains aren't your thing at the holidays, there are also exhibits of two wonderful dollhouses. I'll show a little of those in the next few days.