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The Brooklyn Museum, housed in a 560,000-square-foot, Beaux-Arts building, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country. Its world-renowned permanent collections range from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and represent a wide range of cultures. Only a 30-minute subway ride from midtown Manhattan, with its own newly renovated subway station, the Museum is part of a complex of nineteenth-century parks and gardens that also includes Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and the Prospect Park Zoo.

Exhibits

Exhibitions on view: Work of Art: Abdi Farah, The Mummy Chamber, American Identities: A New Look, The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago, Decorative Arts and Period Rooms, Extended Family: Contemporary Connections, From Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith, Arts of Asia, Arts of the Islamic World, Arts of Africa, Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity

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