The Sanderson Museum

03/21/2026

We need VOLUNTEERS!!! We will be closed tomorrow, Sunday, March 22nd due to staffing shortages. Please considering helping as a guide, no experience needed. If interested go to the link below.

https://sandersonmuseum.org/volunteer

03/20/2026

If you like History, Art, or Music, please COME JOIN US this weekend 12-4pm (Saturday and Sunday).
ADMISSION: Adults $10; children under 6-12 enter for $5; kids under 6 FREE!
Take a walk through the past three centuries of American and local history today..

02/27/2026

We are OPEN on Sunday, March 1st from 11am to 4pm. Please stop by on this Pay as you wish Sunday and examine the artifacts, music, paintings, and history not only of the Chadds Ford area, but all over the Country.

02/25/2026

2026 Essay Contest!!!
1st prize $250 2nd prize $150 3rd prize $50

TOPIC/PROMPT: A MUSEUM VISIT CAN MAKE TIME PAUSE

Requirements:
1. Entrant must be a current student in grades 9-12 at Henderson, Kennett, Rustin, Unionville or West Chester East
2. Final paper must be 1 to 1 1/2 double-spaced pages.
3. Cover page needs to include the following information:
student’s name, address, phone number, email address, school, teacher’s name, date.
4. No student may submit more than one essay.
5. Postmarked no later than April 13, 2026.
6. Mail to:
Christian C. Sanderson Museum
P.O. Box 153
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Attn: Essay Contest

*** Contest winners will be announced by May 5, 2026. All entrants agree to release their essay for publication by the museum.
Questions: Please call (610) 388 – 6545 or (484) 888 – 8638
email [email protected].

12/03/2025

Thank you everyone!! We are closed for the season. We will open back up in March of 2026.

11/22/2025

We are at the Brandywine River Museum today for their Criter Sale. Come and join us.

10/30/2025

Our last Pay as You Wish Sunday is this upcoming Sunday November 2, 2025. The museum is open from 12pm to 4pm this weekend. Please don't miss our last "Pay as You Wish Sunday" in 2025.

10/02/2025

Thank you Projected in Place...American painter, Andrew Wyeth, sitting in the back porch of friend and model, Chris Sanderson, c. late 1940’s. Projected in place at the Sanderson Museum in ChaddsFord PA, Aug. 2, 2022. The Sanderson Museum

08/02/2025

We are open this weekend 12-4pm. Take advantage of Sunday when you can pay as you wish and explore the Sanderson Musuem at look at this one-of-a-kind collection.

07/30/2025

We are open this weekend from 12-4pm!!

Remember this Sunday is Pay as you Wish Sunday. Jim Christ will be your guide that day.

07/15/2025

PCN's It's History visits the Sanderson Museum

We are very happy to have had Pennsylvania Cable Network (PCN) do a great
show called "It's History!" We were honored to be among the sites chosen around the Commonwealth to have an episode on this program.

(2025) Tour of the Christian Sanderson Museum in Chadds Ford

06/13/2025

Your weekend guides are ready to show you this great museum. Jim Christ will be your guide on Saturday, and Linda Bank will be your guide on Sunday. Please stop by anytime between 12-4pm to see this unique museum. Below are Chris's Grandfathers in the Civil War.