BY BEN VERDE
The Brooklyn Museum is
getting a $50 million cash infusion
thanks to Mayor Bill
de Blasio, who announced the
unprecedented capital investment
that represents the largest
in the institution’s history
on Nov. 22.
“We are the ultimate city
of arts and culture, it’s who
we are,” de Blasio said at the
Brooklyn Museum on Nov. 22.
“This place is not just a museum,
it’s not just a place with
a storied history, it’s a living,
breathing hope for Brooklyn,
and for the world — and so we
have to support it.”
The historic investment
will allow museum honchos to
modernize the facilities of the
120-year-old Eastern Parkway
building, create a gallery dedicated
to the history of Brooklyn,
renovate the outdated
fourth and fi fth fl oor galleries,
upgrade antiquated climate
control systems, and renovate
education facilities, among
other initiatives.
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said a modernization is
long overdue for the building,
as the museum strives to meet
larger audiences.
“This building, more than
120 years old, needs to rise up
and meet the needs of the present
and the future,” Anne Pasternak
said on Nov. 22. While
our programming blazes trails
for the 21st century our building
is mired in the 19th century,
and it’s long past time for
change.”
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The Brooklyn Museum has
made efforts in recent years to
attract more people through
special exhibitions with more
mass appeal, which have included
an exhibit on sneakers
and sneaker culture, Coney Island,
the modern artist Kaws,
and Andy Warhol.
According to Pasternak,
the museum has doubled its
audience and amount of students
served, and is the fourth
most Instagrammed museum
in the United States.
The museum on Eastern
Parkway in Crown Heights is
one of the largest and most historic
museums in the United
States with a history tracing
back to 1825 when the Brooklyn
Apprentices Library was
merged into the Brooklyn Institute,
which displayed artworks
and hosted lectures.
Today, the museum plays
host to a signifi cant collection
of Egyptian artifacts and
a notable anthology of American
art. Current exhibits at
the Brooklyn Museum include
the institution’s Andy Warhol
showcase, and their world-renowned
series on the climate
impacts on the Indigenous
people of the Americas.
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