Brooklyn Museum
A trip through the park to the Brooklyn Museum
Getting there: Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum subway station on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line (2 3 4)/ Botanic Garden station on the Franklin Avenue Shuttle.
(Photos/words © urban75, Dec 2006
The second largest art museum in New York City, Brooklyn Museum is located right next to Prospect Park at 200 Eastern Parkway.
Opened in 1897, the steel-framed structure sports a classical facade with a modern glass and steel entrance.
Inside, there's over 560,000 square feet of display space, showing off the museum's collection of more than one-and-a-half million objects, spanning ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art.
The museum receives around 500,000 visitors every year.
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-01.jpg) Museum entrance.
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-02.jpg) Modern glass and steel entrance.
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-03.jpg) Flags outside the museum.
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-04.jpg) The stone and gold frontage of the adjacent Brooklyn Public Library.
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-05.jpg) Entrance to Brooklyn Botanic Garden.
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-06.jpg) Inside the Brooklyn Museum.
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-07.jpg)
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-08.jpg)
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-10.jpg) Graffiti exhibition.
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-11.jpg) Some of the Egyptian collection.
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-12.jpg) There was an excellent exhibition of the photographer Annie Leibovitz's work on the top floor.
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-13.jpg) Coloured pegs, cloakroom.
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-14.jpg) Housing tenements opposite the museum.
![Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, New York NYC, US](images/brooklyn-museum-15.jpg) Wet pain, subway stop.
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