01/05/09

What a sight for Spring

by JPizzle

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

09/23/04

The second-largest art collection in the United States is housed in a majestic old building with a modern touch.

by Contributor

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 1.5 million objects in the collection, the non-Western artworks are the most impressive. Excellent holdings from Africa, Asia, the Pacific and the pre-Columbian Americas gain prestige from their proximity to the world-class collection of Egyptian art and antiquities. Several major exhibits--which range from surveys of contemporary artists to the repackaging of materials from the collection--are mounted yearly.

11/12/02

Brooklyn's Best

by sallyz

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

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).

05/13/02

Museum Mile's Missing Marvel

by jessicabranch_citysearch

Hidden away in Brooklyn is one of New York's finest institutions. The Brooklyn Museum boasts a spectacular Egyptian collection, wonderful standing exhibits, imaginative shows, and an exciting community interaction/party the first Saturday of every month. All without taking the train into the city--and just steps from the Botanic Gardens.