Brooklyn Museum
Eastern Parkway institution
The Brooklyn Museum is a major art museum in New York City, located in the borough of Brooklyn near Prospect Park.
Founded in 1895, it houses over 1.5 million works spanning ancient Egyptian artifacts to contemporary American art, making it one of the largest and oldest art museums in the United States.
Its Egyptian collection and feminist art holdings are particularly renowned.
We spent the afternoon at the Brooklyn Museum.
- gallerySpace for displaying artwork
- cultural institutionOrganization preserving shared heritage
- art collectionAssembled creative works
- permanent collectionInstitution's owned artworks
- special exhibitionTime-limited curated display
installation · exhibit · Prospect Park · artwork · curator · decorative arts · Williamsburg · American art · ancient Egypt · artistic community · Egyptian art · urban development · New York City · brownstones · landmark status · antiquities · historic preservation · first Saturday
- BrooklynBedford-Stuyvesant, Bed-Stuy, Brighton Beach, Brownsville, Coney Island
- art museumspaintings, The Louvre, galleries, permanent collection, exhibitions
- NYC AttractionsEmpire State Building, Central Park, Times Square, Statue of Liberty, One World Trade Center
- Beaux-Arts BuildingsParis Opera, Grand Central Terminal, New York Public Library, Library of Congress
- NYC InstitutionsColumbia University, CUNY, NYPD, FDNY, MTA
Brooklyn MuseumMoMA
New York contemporary gallery
Museum of Modern Art · Guggenheim Museum · Whitney Museum · Guggenheim
Brooklyn MuseumLouvre
Paris art museum
British Museum · Hermitage · Prado · The Louvre · Smithsonian