Christian C. Sanderson Museum
About Christian C. Sanderson Museum
The Christian C. Sanderson Museum, or simply the Sanderson Museum, is a non-profit museum of local historical artifacts in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, located in the Chadds Ford Historic District. The museum is located at 1755 Creek Road (Old Route 100), Chadds Ford, PA 19317. According to a local newspaper, it get about one thousand visitors per year.
The museum contains part of the bandage put on President Abraham Lincoln after he was assassinated. The museum also houses the pocket book that Jennie Wade was carrying when she was killed at the battle of Gettysburg, and a number of autographs including those of Sitting Bull, Shirley Temple, Helen Keller, and Basil Rathbone. The Sanderson's archives contain close to 80 letters to Sanderson from Civil War veterans.
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- Founded
- 1967
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