13 Postcards
Nestled atop Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Museum dazzles with a stunning Beaux-Arts façade and a diverse array of artistic treasures, from ancient Egyptian mummies to modern installations.
"At the edge of Prospect Heights is one of Brooklyn’s largest institutions and one of our favorite museums. With over 560,000 square feet of exhibits, it’s NYC’s second largest museum in physical size, with an art collection holding roughly 1.5 million works. Their rotating exhibits are often cutting-edge and feature many new and upcoming artists. Some of our favorite shows over the last few years have been: Faile, Basquiat, Kehinde Wiley, Swoon, Ai Wei Wei and El Anatsui. The museum is also home to a fantastic gift shop and Michelin-starred Sam Boulton’s restaurant, “Saul”. As artists and designers, we often dream about getting one of our works into this museum. Fingers are crossed." - Aki Carpenter & Chris Huban
"One of the city's largest museums, housing a collection of half a million objects and hosting temporary exhibitions." - Travel + Leisure Editors
"At 560,000 square feet, Brooklyn Museum is the third largest museum in New York City, and one of the its great institutions. Housed in a Beaux-Arts building from 1897, it sits on the edge of Prospect Park , inviting for spontaneous walk-ins. With 1.5 million works as part of the collection, just about every form of art is represented here. Particular standouts include its selection of paintings by Dennis Hopper and Norman Rockwell, and a top-notch Egyptian artifacts gallery." - Andrea Whittle, Charlie Hobbs
"The Brooklyn symphony orchestra is hosting a free concert in the plaza of the Brooklyn Museum on Sunday, August 15th from 2-4pm. If you want to visit the museum before or after the show, you’ll need to reserve tickets though." - hannah albertine
"When plans for the Brooklyn Museum's building on Eastern Parkway were conceived in 1890, the borough was still its own city; it wasn't until 1898 that the five boroughs would be united into the New York City we know today. Brooklyn's leading figures were determined that the city should have its own great public institutions, and the late 19th century saw the planning of not only the museum but also the Brooklyn Botanic Garden—as well as the expansion of the Brooklyn Academy of Music. By the time the museum (designed by McKim, Mead, and White) opened, however, the city had changed, and much of Brooklyn's cultural life would long sit in the shadow of Manhattan. Still, the Brooklyn Museum remains to this day a grand institution with some important collections, most notably of Egyptian art and American decorative art, not to mention an unusual niche: the Sackler Center for Feminist Art, whose most important work is Judy Chicago 's Dinner Party (1979). The museum sits next to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and Prospect Park, two other landmarks of the borough that you'll want to explore if the weather cooperates when you head out to Grand Army Plaza."
