Brooklyn Museum of Art
The Brooklyn Museum of Art, located at 200 Eastern Parkway Brooklyn, NY, is the second largest art museum in New York City and one of the largest in the United States. One of the premier art institutions in the world, its permanent collection includes more than one and a half million objects, from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and almost every culture. Housed in a 560,000 square foot, Beaux-Arts building, approximately half a million visit each year. Located in Central Brooklyn, a half-hour from midtown Manhattan with its own subway stop, the Museum is set on Eastern Parkway one block from Grand Army Plaza in a complex of 19th-century parks and gardens that contains Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and the Wildlife Center.The Brooklyn Museum of Art has acted a bridge between the rich artistic heritage of world cultures, as embodied in its collections, and the unique experience of each visitor. The mission of the Brooklyn Museum of Art is to act as a bridge between the rich artistic heritage of world cultures, as embodied in its collections, and the unique experience of each visitor.
Dedicated to the primacy of the visitor experience; committed to excellence in every aspect of its collections and programs; and drawing on both new and traditional tools of communication, interpretation and presentation, the Museum aims to serve its diverse publics as a dynamic, innovative and welcoming center for learning through the visual arts.
The Brooklyn Museum of Art is located in central Brooklyn, at the heart of a culturally diverse and rich neighborhood that includes the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the Brooklyn Public Library, the Brooklyn Children's Museum, Prospect Park, and Mount Prospect Park. Originally called Institute Park, this area was envisioned by its nineteenth-century creators to be the center of culture, entertainment, and recreation for Brooklyn residents.