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What People Are Saying About Brooklyn Museum of Art
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The Scene – Unveiled in 2004, the renovated, glass-encased front entrance gives this beaux-arts structure a decidedly modern gloss. Beyond the foyer, a number of the exhibition spaces can be quite cavernous, and like the Met (its sole competitor in terms of size), this institution's five labyrinthine floors would take much more than a day to explore. The Frieda Schiff Warburg Sculpture Garden extends the experience outdoors, while the Iris and Gerald B. Cantor Auditorium hosts topically relevant lectures, concerts and films periodically. – – The Collection – Of the…
01/05/09
What a sight for Spring
by JPizzle at Citysearch
The Cherry Blossom Festival at the Brooklyn Museum was one of the most sublime displays I've seen. Celebrating Japanese poetry and philosophy, the festival delivers demonstrations from Martial Arts masters, poets, and artists as well as hundreds of cherry trees in full blossom.
- Pros: Beatiful festival, demonstrations, and cherry blossoms
- Cons: Parking
11/12/02
Brooklyn's Best
by sallyz at Citysearch
The Brooklyn Museum of Art is an extraordinary museum that is at once a world class institution with remarkable holdings that have attracted acclaim from scholars and connoisseurs. At the same time it is very much a community based organization that serves Brooklyn residents through programs like First Saturdays. It also presents a wide variety of special exhibitions.
- Pros: great art, good programs, good parking
- Cons: front closed, cafeteria food
05/15/02
Great Collections, Great Shows
by SimonSpelling_Citysearch at Citysearch
Though its profile has been steadily expanding over the past few years--a new addition to the front of the museum is currently physically expanding it too--The Brooklyn Museum is still pleasantly uncrowded compared to the Met. And it should be compared to the Met: If it were in any other city in the country, it would undoubtably be one of the chief cultural assets. There is an amazing collection of Egyptian antiquities, and the temporary exhibitions have become must-sees (whether because of controversy or artistic merit, or both).
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When to Go:
On the first Saturday of each month (except September), the museum hosts a free party from 5pm to 11pm.
