Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum
	Entrance facade of Brooklyn Museum
Former name	Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, Brooklyn Museum of Art
Established	August 1823 (as Brooklyn Apprentices' Library)
Location	200 Eastern Parkway,; Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates	40°40′16.7″N 73°57′49.5″W / 40.671306°N 73.963750°W
Type	Art museum
Collection size	500,000 objects
Public transit access	Subway: at Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum
Website	www.brooklynmuseum.org
	Brooklyn Museum
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	New York City Landmark No. 0155
Location	200 Eastern Parkway; Brooklyn, NY 11238
Coordinates	40°40′16.7″N 73°57′49.5″W / 40.671306°N 73.963750°W
Built	1895
Architect	McKim, Mead & White; French, Daniel Chester
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.	77000944
NYCL No.	0155
Significant dates
Added to NRHP	August 22, 1977
Designated NYCL	March 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. The museum features the Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, which features salvaged architectural elements from throughout New York City.^[4]

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ Spelling, Simon. "Entertainment: Brooklyn Museum". New York. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[nyt-2021-11-222-2] 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.

[:1-3] 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.

[Spelling-4] Spelling, Simon. "Entertainment: Brooklyn Museum". New York. Archived from the original on May 8, 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2014.

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