Five years and $30 million after Hurricane Ida sent Brandywine Creek to record heights, the Brandywine Museum of Art in Chadds Ford is nearly finished fortifying itself against the next big storm, writes Anthony R. Wood for The Philadelphia Inquirer.
The work has reshaped the building from the inside out.
Damage and the Rebuild
Pumps, pipes, and protective barriers now fill areas once open to visitors, and about 12,000 square feet of public space in the museum’s lower levels has been sealed off for flood protection, according to Nicole Kindbeiter, communications director for the Brandywine Conservancy.
For Matt Collins, the museum’s acting director of facilities, the scope of the overhaul is hard to overstate…