Brooklyn Museum in Elmhurst

Loved the museum experience! Wasnt too packed and wasnt rushed to leave asap. Lots of cool exhibits and the staff were very approachable!

With 5 floors of art and history compiled the Brooklyn museum is a gem. A perfect place to find a variety of colections presented ina different atmosphere and point of view diverting from the more stablish exhibits hall in the city. The art really reflects the feeling of the clashing cultures in the area of brooklyn. Nice for date with the family or a friend that is in to arts. The history exhibits of the ancient egypt , mesopotamia and native american are very refreshing .I also found a good variety of colonial american art as well as european painters. Its a nice quiet museumfor those who want to study certain pieces for a longer period of time without feeeling overwhelmed. Nice bathrooms and food court facilities as well as vendors. Also cool private exhibits.I would definitly choose it as a place to bring children in art classes. A lot of the exhibits have parts where visitors are allowed to participate as well as media and video shows it could take 2 hours to a whole day to traverse. It is nice to see that our tax dollars and the patrons of the museum are being well spent. Staff is friendly and helpfull. Guided tours might be available as well as earpieces for those needing translations.

One of my favorite places in Brooklyn other than the Central Library, the Brooklyn Museum is a gem.I mainly visited for the sake of Virgil Ablohs "Figures of Speech" exhibit and I had a great experience appreciating Virgils genius.Make sure to go through the shops on your way out (Figures of Speech and the main museum shop to get souvenirs and memorabilia.

Love the place and the area. Admission is 16 USD an fir that you get access to general exhibitions. A lot to see, huge variety and would recommend the current DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash by Duke Riley

Very big…five floors.I went in first Saturday. There were a lot of venders very organized. Food restaurant open. I went from 6-10p

This museum is a well-hidden gem in Brooklyn, far fewer visitor than at the Met and its Egyptian and Assyrian collections are as practically as good as the Met or the Louvre. The story of how 23-year-old Austen Layard discovered all the Assyrian slabs in 1840 while rafting down the Tigris river is beyond belief. The 25-foot-long Book of the Dead papyrus is also quite mesmerizing.

Grand museum with various exhibits and displays from Ancient Egypt to Modern & Contemporary Western Art.

An amazingly ventured experience. I love the tent vendors and everything about the Brooklyn Library and Museum.

not worth the $$$. really stuffy galleries (fans in the corner of the monet exhibit?and an even stuffier staff. there are some some decent gems to be found - see pic. tldr: dont pay the admit fee, just borrow ur friends membership card.

the Brooklyn Museum offers world class art exhibits without the crowds of Manhattan venues. I recently viewed the Duke Riley installation: DEATH TO THE LIVING, Long Live Trash. It was both an amusing and disturbing take on plastics and other pollutants in our water ways. I especially loved the triptych about the Gowanus Canal and the drawings of the Newtown Creek which were humerus and full of detail which could take an hour to fully explore. aside from the drawings and films, most of the art is made with objects found on the beach. You will never think of a coffee stirrer, a Playtex tampon or a bic lighter in the same way. When you are tired of standing, rest on a bench while watching a beautiful meditative film of a woman in the snow gently cleaning up her beach. After the show, take a trip to the 3rd street Whole Foods and ponder the Gowanus.

Excellent! Our six year old loved the clock and Egyptian displays, along with the Assyrian tablets. The sculptures were also a hit. The cafe is nice if you have a smaller child like we do so you can take a break. A nice, quiet, cool retreat with lots of enjoyable history.

At the time of my visit, there was construction or renovation on almost every floor, which disrupted the flow of walking through the museum. You end up having to do a lot of backtracking through rooms to get out of dead-ends. Some of the rooms were also looking a bit shabby and dated.In terms of the art itself, it’s a bit of a hodgepodge with different themed areas that don’t really tie together with any sort of cohesion. The pieces themselves are quite good and interesting, and I appreciated the museum’s attempts to contextualize many pieces with surrounding (often colonialhistory. It was just hard to follow the “narrative” of this museum because it felt like none of the themes were linked. I think this museum could benefit from some well curated audio guides. The British Museum in London suffers from a similar challenge of housing many artifacts from disparate eras with challenging histories, but that museum ties things together better with better maps, way finding, and audio guides.One quick note on the cafe – Way over priced and pretty poor selection of snacks and coffee. Give it a skip.Finally, it was mildly disappointing that one of the special exhibits was limited to members only. Member discounts make sense, but limiting a whole exhibit to just members doesn’t seem right.

Interesting and chill museum. Much different and calmer experience from the Met or MoMA. They have varied galleries and special exhibitions I found interesting. Its proximity to prospect park and the subway make it a great place to spend a hot afternoon. Highly recommended!

I visited Brooklyn Museum for the Virgil Abloh figures of speech exhibition. For someone whos a huge fan of his work, every moment I spent there was pretty emotional. To see his evolution from an architect to being one of the most influential fashion designers is purely motivating. The exhibition portrays all his famous works and collaborations he did with other artists. I was able to purchase his figures of speech book as well.

Interesting, educative tour both for the young as well as grown ups.

The Brooklyn Museum was a really cool 5 floor museum featuring some pretty cool exhibits. Powerful paintings that invoke feelings of insignificance and various sculptures and crafts from throughout the times. The thing that makes this museum so much better of an experience is because how it is sectioned off into bite-sized levels that doesnt feel overwhelming. It was super cleaning and cool inside making it the perfect escape from the summer heat.

Overall great experience with high ceilings and well thought out on the “Dior” exhibit. Stunning development of storytelling through the dresses of Dior through the different designers vision. The white room with the mirrors to showcase the design process of couture was breathtaking. I’d wear the dresses even at this point of design. Can’t wait to go back to see other fashion exhibits.

Egyptian Art was amazing! I spent 2 hours on that floor alone.

The Brooklyn Museum is an entire vibe. I have been visiting the museum since I was a kid—the collections and varied exhibits are fun, modern, and they host many community programs such as arts for teens, poetry slams and the infamous First Saturdays. Every first Saturday entrance is free and there is a huge party at museum. If your ever in town check it out!A few months ago I went to the Dior exhibit and it was awesome!

Solid museum with a good range of stuff to see. Get tickets online to avoid the line at the front desk. Four stars because while theres something for everywhere here, the exhibits themselves felt somewhat random and not as cohesive as they perhaps could have been. Would still recommend spending an hour or two here if youre in the area

I think this museum gets lost behind the other heavy hitters like Moma and MET but it definitely stands on its own!Absolutley gorgeous collection of artwork and awesome to see reinvention of the museum standard by increasing indigenous, black, and non white male artwork as a whole.But not just adding the pieces but trying to create a dialogue and narrative around it to challenge old pieces without just hiding it away.It was the first time Id seen a genuine attempt at conversation around colonialism, race, environment, the museum standard that worked well!Every floor stood its own and created its own dialogue!Do not skip over this gem, strongly reccomend a trip here! And the beautiful botanical garden is right next door!

My first time at the Brooklyn Museum. It is smaller than the MET but it is still grand. This museum has well known artists, artifact’s, modern art, and more. They have a restaurant on site as well as a small cafeteria. This museum also has parking available but you may be able to find street parking. Also this museum currently requires you to be masked.

While visiting NYC one of my stops was the Brooklyn Museum. I loveEverything about it

Great! Museum a lot of options to view. There are three active floors. It will take about an hour or two to get through the exhibits. The exhibits are diverse: sculptures, paintings, videos, sounds, abstract arts etc. There seem to be exciting things coming for summer 2022 such Virgil Abloh exhibit!Payment is a donation but they have different suggestions such as $10 for students. Currently there is an Andy Warhol exhibit for $25 per person.The gift shop is really cool and they have discounts.

The Brooklyn Museum is one of my favorite museums in NY; you can find a mix of every genre in art. I have been visiting this museum since I moved to NY in 2000, and they constantly have new fun exhibits.My favorite so far was the Frida Kahlo exhibit. So many items she used daily. The exhibition had everything from her makeup, hairbrush, shoes, dresses, hair accessories, paints, books, and it portrays her culture and lifestyle much more than just her art. I also visited this museum as a chaperon with my sons school and saw "The Schenck Houses." The kids had a fantastic time going through the house and finding the hidden objects. The museum guide involved all children and made them feel as if they had traveled in time. It was a great trip.The museum is very clean. The coat Check-in - and check-out were fast and organized. You can spend hours here without getting bored if you enjoy the art.It should be more explicit that General admission is suggested, or pay what you wish. Because at the register, it is not mentioned often, but note General admission does not include access to any ticketed exhibitions,

We went on a Thursday afternoon and it was the perfect time to go! There was barely anybody there so it felt like we had the museum to ourselves. They have a cafe and restaurant, we went to the cafe and had a wrap which was good. We wanted a sandwich but some of the lettuce looked a little sketchy. Overall the museum was very clean, well organized, and fairly easy to navigate. We should have grabbed a map, I didn’t see any anywhere.. however the staff was very helpful and answered any questions we had. They had some incredible oil paintings here, a plethora of Buddha statues and on the 5th floor they have a room where they keep past items in storage which is pretty cool. We spent about 2 1/2 hours here and saw almost all of the exhibits. (We didn’t pay for the other limited exhibitsThey have a couple interactive pieces which were interesting but I kind of wish they had more! The one where we could write in the books was our favorite. I knocked a star down because with the location and the way it’s presented I wished they had a bit more exhibits and art pieces directed towards the youth or maybe more engaging information that captures our attention? The way info is presented is just very blunt.

probably my favorite museum in the city now. the lighting isnt as bright and overbearing as it might be in the MET or MOMA at times. all the exhibits are pretty awesome. i wont go into detail just trying to make this thing a little longer so i can get the extra points for detailing my review yeeeer

We went to Brooklyn museum for the Andy Warhol exhibition. We were pleasantly surprised museum has a lot of free interested exhibitions!!! Coat check is 1$ per item.

An overall amazing experience. Ive been here years ago and I love the fact that everything always change. They provide exhibits on things happening now from amazing artist from all over. A lot of walking will happen and you will also need to present you vaccination card for entry. Make sure you are wearing proper footwear and expect that they are following safety protocols. Absolutely amazing and educating experience. Definitely would recommend taking the trip.

Small but mighty museum. I didn’t get tickets to the timed extra exhibit but it was still worth exploring all the cool pieces that is part of the permanent sections. They have some fantastic pieces. This is easy to get to just off the 2/3 line. This is next to the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. I highly recommend this museum. Check it out!

Went Sunday for the Christian Dior exhibition. I had purchased my tickets in the internet. It was very easy to find. We were ask for proof of vaccine and id cards . We were told to go to the third floor where the exhibition was. When we entered the first room with Diors name a biography and a big screen showing runways of Diors fashion shows we couldnt be more overwhelmed and excited to be there with all the fashion biography of Dior. The museum did such an splendid job combining fashion and the architecture design of each space were Diors haute couture was displayed. The garden of dreams was spectacular the section were they showed all white pieces with the glass ceiling was amazing. I couldnt say anything else but what a wonderful experience thanks to the Brooklyn museum.

Solely based on special exhibits. Like most museums that host special events, they follow the same policy no re-entry policy. It was a smooth flow, but still felt unorganized. Only real complaint was the lack of the souvenirs, but that is expected when dealing with Kaws or any other sought after Artist. If this exhibit comes back they should come up with a wider array of things for purchase. Rest of the museum was ok, but it definitely isn’t the style of art I’m used to.

absolutely stunning Dior exhibition！ the regular exhibition is also fun but had to admit the Dior was too good and ended up cost all the time I spent. An inspiring pioneer in the fashion industry from whom we all benefited a lot.

The museum layout is spacious and well lit. I figured a museum like this would be busy on a Saturday morning/ midday - especially on a beautiful NY day despite COVID. This was far from the truth (it was busybut the thoughtful design of the museum works so well.You can enjoy artifacts and art pieces without feeling like 20 other people are waiting to get closer behind you. Maybe it was COVID or just mutual respect, nobody packed around any piece. At times, I forgot I was in a museum with people around. The security is not obtrusive, but deff a known presence too. The vibe was so relaxed and respectful - I never felt rushed either.The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago (table pictured belowand Luce Center for American Art (5,000-square-foot visible storage - its the pictures of items behind glass belowwere my favorite parts of the museum. But I shared some pictures of artifacts and art below.

Went to the Dior exhibit in Oct 2021. It was fantastic! You are up very close to the beautiful pieces of clothing and they have details of how each piece is significant

I had a great day hanging with my Sorority Sister Carmen at the Brooklyn museum. We went for the Obamas Portrait Exhibit, but got much more. We were pleasantly surprised that we were also able to see the Christian Dior Exhibit..These two exhibitions will have to be done in two post. Each fabulous in their own right and must stand alone.I encourage anyone in town to check them out before they leave.First we will start with the extraordinary designer "Christian Dior".. I was spellbound by all the magnificent fashion designs..Second we checked out the Obamas Portraits viewing....What can I say, but beautiful, insightful, inspirational and moving..Enjoy!❤❤❤❤

This is a wonderful museum. I saw the Dior show which was phenomenal. The curation was great, the collection divine, but it was the staging of this show that is out of this world. In the permanent collection, I was surprised to see Assyrian reliefs (think Elgin Marbles)- wonderful.

I went to see the Dior exhibition! It’s absolutely stunning and breathtaking. The entire museum is a wonderland of history, stories and adventures. Your turn and something else is brought to live.

It has a lot of interesting exhibits. Very clean,spacey. Dior exhibit is amazing!!! It is so beautiful setting.Lighting music,and visual effects are charming!Lots of outfts and accessoires.Also it has a lot of photographs and documents.Masks and vaccination cards are required. Also tocketed reservations are required.

A must visit when you are in or around New York. The place is full of inspiring artifacts of history, art and culture, keeping you engaged the whole time you’re there. Often gets overshadowed by the museum’s in Manhattan but you don’t want to miss this place while you’re here. Residents and students get to pay whatever they like for the entrance. Plan to spend at least 2 -3 hours when you visit.

The Brooklyn Museum is an awesome art and historical experience. I highly recommend visiting and viewing the Obama portraits that are now on view, they are vibrant and really moving to see in person.They also have an exhibit on Dior as well as Andy Warhol.If you come be sure to really plan your visit, the museum has multiple floors- so pick up a map and figure out what installations you are most interested in and go from there. I would say that a visit can be a half day or even full day thing. They are accessible and I’ve elevators as well as audio exhibit style listening.They have a cute gift shop as well as a restaurant- however it has been closed due to COVID.**they require Photo ID and Proof of Vaccination to enter the building.

Always great to come visit the special exhibitions! I became a member recently and its been soo worth it! The Dior exhibition is one of the best!

A lot of cool stuff to see here! I totally recommend it! The KAWs exhibit was $16 for students but I think the rest of the museum is free or donation based.. vaccination card is required for entry

I have lived in this neighborhood for 30 years and the experience today was phenomenal. The bright vibrant colors of the the Kaws exhibit and the exhibit on the first floor was fantastic. Please come and support the Brooklyn Museum.

There were many interesting pieces. It was very enjoyable.It was clean, had hand sanitizer in various places, and everyone is required to wear a mask.

The Brooklyn Museum is well laid out. The exhibits are culturally respectful, and well documented. The special exhibit spaces are designed so that everyone can experience the art without feeling rushed, cramped or pressured to rush.There is space for visitors to write, sketch or in other ways document artwork theyre studying, or focused upon.The guards are respectful and unobtrusive; their presence is not disruptive while at the same time they are aware and observant.

this museum is 🔥! I went this time to see the KAWS exhibit. KAWS is a Brooklyn-based artist known for his artwork focused around consumer culture. The KAWS: WHAT PARTY is a huge collection of his work (graffiti drawings, paintings, furniture, clothing, etc.that is quite impressive!Then, i stumbled upon Judy Chicago’s the dinner party, which a huge triangular table full of beautiful plate settings commemorating notable women in history.Finally, i just simply enjoyed the stunning architecture of the building itself. beautiful 😍 i’ll can’t wait to go back!

Underrated museum that holds its own in a city with top tier options. My boyfriend and I were able to explore the museum and take in each floor within 2 hours.Each floor is spacious and well-curated. We truly enjoyed the mixture of avant-garde art and the more classical pieces. It made for a perfect day to spend a Saturday, coupled with a walk in Prospect Park and the Botanical Garden.

One of the coolest museums in NYC . Great exhibits, not too crowded, staff is very courteous. Right next to the subway. Sits next to the Botanical Gardens for anyone wanting to make a double feature. I highly recommend it to anyone for a day of culture and beauty.

ON THE MUSEUM’S FIFTH FLOOR, just off yet more solemnly sober portraits of wealthy colonialists, is one of America’s oddest museum features: a heavy sampling of the Brooklyn Museum’s hidden collections and artifacts. It’s some of the stuff that cannot fit on the institution’s walls and display cases, and includes formal art, as well as more mundane objects such as a dozen old-school alarm and wall clocks. The items are professionally lit and arranged but are stacked high to evoke the cramped feelings of a rich uncle’s attic or a warehouse on Indiana Jones’ to-do list. The curators had fun with this space, and it shows!