Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum
Entrance facade of Brooklyn Museum
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Former name
Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn Museum of Art
EstablishedAugust 1823 (1823-08) (as Brooklyn Apprentices' Library)
Location200 Eastern Parkway,
Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates40°40′16.7″N 73°57′49.5″W / 40.671306°N 73.963750°W / 40.671306; -73.963750
TypeArt museum
Collection size500,000 objects
Public transit accessSubway: "2" train​​"3" train at Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum
Websitewww.brooklynmuseum.org Edit this at Wikidata
Brooklyn Museum
Location200 Eastern Parkway
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Coordinates40°40′16.7″N 73°57′49.5″W / 40.671306°N 73.963750°W / 40.671306; -73.963750
Built1895
ArchitectMcKim, Mead & White; French, Daniel Chester
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.77000944[1]
NYCL No.0155
Significant dates
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 1977
Designated NYCLMarch 15, 1966

The Brooklyn Museum is an art museum in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. At 560,000 square feet (52,000 m2), the museum is New York City's second largest and contains an art collection with around 500,000 objects.[2] Located near the Prospect Heights, Crown Heights, Flatbush, and Park Slope neighborhoods of Brooklyn, the museum's Beaux-Arts building was designed by McKim, Mead & White.

The Brooklyn Museum was founded in 1823 as the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library and merged with the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences in 1843. The museum was conceived as an institution focused on a broad public.[3] The Brooklyn Museum's current building dates to 1897 and has been expanded several times since then. The museum initially struggled to maintain its building and collection, but it was revitalized in the late 20th century following major renovations.

Significant areas of the collection include antiquities, specifically their collection of Egyptian antiquities spanning over 3,000 years. European, African, Oceanic, and Japanese art make for notable antiquities collections as well. American art is heavily represented, starting at the Colonial period. Artists represented in the collection include Mark Rothko, Edward Hopper, Norman Rockwell, Judy Chicago, Winslow Homer, Edgar Degas, Georgia O'Keeffe, and Max Weber.

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ Bahr, Sarah (November 22, 2021). "Brooklyn Museum to Receive $50 Million Gift From City of New York". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 28, 2022. Retrieved July 2, 2023.
  3. ^ Lawrence, Deirdre E. (1987). "From Library to Art Museum: The Evolution of the Brooklyn Museum". International Journal of Museum Management and Curatorship. 6 (4): 381–386. doi:10.1080/09647778709515090. ISSN 0260-4779. Archived from the original on July 25, 2023. Retrieved June 15, 2023.