MuaHaTuongTu
04-13-2006, 08:35 AM
Chanticleer Garden - a beautiful botanic garden owned by Radnor Township--just about two miles from the house where Emily grew up.
http://www.chanticleergarden.org/
Barnes Foundation - contains hundreds of paintings, mostly Impressionist, in the Main Line home of a collector who left them in trust under very strict rules that prevent them being reproduced in any form. There are dozens of works by Renoir, Cézanne, and others that you have most likely never seen! Important: you must make reservations, possibly as far as two months in advance.
http://www.barnesfoundation.org/
King of Prussia Mall - the largest mall in the country — yes, it really is bigger than the Mall of America — which has high-end stores like Tiffany and Louis Vuitton alongside the usual department stores and boutiques. We recommend this primarily because Pennsylvania has no sales tax on clothing, so it's worth stopping by if you need a new winter coat, for example
http://www.kingofprussiamall.com/
Brandywine Valley has three things to visit: Longwood Gardens (which also has extensive greenhouses), the Revolutionary-era Brandywine Battlefield, and the Brandywine Valley Museum
http://www.longwoodgardens.org/
http://www.ushistory.org/brandywine/
http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/
Massey House, where Emily was once a costumed interpreter, should be open for its last Sunday the day after the wedding. Or the William Brinton House
http://www.marple.net/township/massey.html
Things to do in Center City Philadelphia (about a half-hour from Radnor by train or car):
The Rodin Museum is really beautiful and located across the street from the renowned Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts is noteworthy just for the architecture of its own building.
http://www.rodinmuseum.org/
The Franklin Institute is a famous hands-on science museum that is particularly fun for kids.
http://sln.fi.edu/
The Mutter Museum is a creepy display of equipment and specimens at a medical school. Especially weird is the woman who was buried in chemical-rich soil that turned her body into soap. Rated PG-13.
http://www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp
The classic stuff: Independence Hall, the Betsy Ross House, Elfreth's Alley, Eastern State Penitentiary.
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Opera should each have performances the night before and the night after the wedding.
http://www.chanticleergarden.org/
Barnes Foundation - contains hundreds of paintings, mostly Impressionist, in the Main Line home of a collector who left them in trust under very strict rules that prevent them being reproduced in any form. There are dozens of works by Renoir, Cézanne, and others that you have most likely never seen! Important: you must make reservations, possibly as far as two months in advance.
http://www.barnesfoundation.org/
King of Prussia Mall - the largest mall in the country — yes, it really is bigger than the Mall of America — which has high-end stores like Tiffany and Louis Vuitton alongside the usual department stores and boutiques. We recommend this primarily because Pennsylvania has no sales tax on clothing, so it's worth stopping by if you need a new winter coat, for example
http://www.kingofprussiamall.com/
Brandywine Valley has three things to visit: Longwood Gardens (which also has extensive greenhouses), the Revolutionary-era Brandywine Battlefield, and the Brandywine Valley Museum
http://www.longwoodgardens.org/
http://www.ushistory.org/brandywine/
http://www.brandywinemuseum.org/
Massey House, where Emily was once a costumed interpreter, should be open for its last Sunday the day after the wedding. Or the William Brinton House
http://www.marple.net/township/massey.html
Things to do in Center City Philadelphia (about a half-hour from Radnor by train or car):
The Rodin Museum is really beautiful and located across the street from the renowned Philadelphia Museum of Art. The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts is noteworthy just for the architecture of its own building.
http://www.rodinmuseum.org/
The Franklin Institute is a famous hands-on science museum that is particularly fun for kids.
http://sln.fi.edu/
The Mutter Museum is a creepy display of equipment and specimens at a medical school. Especially weird is the woman who was buried in chemical-rich soil that turned her body into soap. Rated PG-13.
http://www.collphyphil.org/mutter.asp
The classic stuff: Independence Hall, the Betsy Ross House, Elfreth's Alley, Eastern State Penitentiary.
The Philadelphia Orchestra and Opera should each have performances the night before and the night after the wedding.