The Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Museum, located in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York, is one of the largest art museums in the United States, with a collection of roughly 1.5 million objects spanning 5,000 years of human history. Founded in 1823 as the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library, it eventually evolved into the cultural institution it is today, housed in a magnificent Beaux-Arts building designed by McKim, Mead & White that opened in 1897. Its permanent collection spans Egyptian antiquities, ancient Greek and Roman art, Asian and Islamic galleries, European paintings, and one of the most celebrated collections of American art in the world. Beyond its permanent holdings, the Brooklyn Museum has earned a reputation as a bold and progressive institution. It made headlines in the late 1990s with its controversial "Sensation" exhibition and has long championed feminist art, most notably through the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, which permanently houses Judy Chicago's iconic installation The Dinner Party. The museum has also been a leader in community engagement, offering free First Saturdays events and actively working to reflect the diversity of Brooklyn's vibrant population in both its programming and acquisitions.