Brooklyn Museum
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1889
Functions
Places
- United States (Associated Country)
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) (Residence)
Languages Used
- English
Found in 185 Collections and/or Records:
Publication - Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences Museum News Vol 1-8, 1905-1913
File — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
This series is composed of publications produced by the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, exhibition catalogs before 1897 or exhibitions not held at the Brooklyn Museum. Additionally, there is a small amount of ephemera about and produced by BIAS. Several of the publications are included in the general Brooklyn Libraries stacks as well. Constiutions and Bylaws of BIAS, BAL, and BI can all be found in their administrative files. Exhibition catalogs past 1897 can be found in...
Dates:
1905-1913
Records of the Community Gallery
Collection
Identifier: RG-05
Abstract
The Community Gallery records document the administrative and exhibition activities of the gallery from its founding in 1968 until its closure in early 1986. In 1967 members of the artist group FICE demanded that the Brooklyn Museum exhibit from the local community and display artwork created by BIPOC artists. In repsonse, the Museum created the Community Gallery and hired Henri Ghent, the first Black man in a Director/administrative role at the Museum. Ghent, and later Richard Waller in the...
Dates:
1967-1985
Records of the Registrar's Department
Collection
Identifier: RG-12
Scope and Contents
While primary responsibility for the generation and execution of exhibitions rests with the curatorial department, certain functions are performed by the Registrars office. Records reflecting these functions include loan agreements, outward loan forms, releases, receipts, insurance forms, packing and shipping orders and invoices, and condition notes. The Registrars' exhibition files also include materials which parallel or augment curatorial files, such as lists of objects,...
Dates:
1930 - 2002
Restructuring of BIAS, 1977-1980
File — Box 47: [Barcode: 60000000001724], Folder: 63-66
Dates:
1977-1980
Records of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art
Collection
Identifier: RG-04-08
Scope and Contents
The records of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art currently document the exhibitions, permanent gallery installations, Museum Spotlights, and administrative files created by the curatorial staff. The records currently span 2016-2024, but the collection will be expanding with additional records transfers sometime in the future. The collection includes research on artists/exhibitions, checklists, label copy and didactics, exhibition layouts, meeting minutes,...
Dates:
2016-2024
Scyllarus arctus Illustration, circa 1915
Item — Box 11
Sea Urchin Specimen, circa 1915
Item — Box 11
Shell Specimens, circa 1915
Item — Box 10