Brooklyn Museum. Education Division

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains information on outreach with a focus on how the Brooklyn Museum Art School supported, interacted and promoted their programs and courses to their community/neighbors. Programs were administered both onsite and offsite and include the High School program, and the Prison Program. The Prison Program taught prisoners at the Brooklyn House of Detention and Riker’s Island from 1970 to 1977. Other files in this series relate to special events and programs such as the Subway...

Abstract The Brooklyn Museum Education Division records documents the varied activities of the Education department between 1930 and 2024. The collection is divided into series based on internal divisions between departments including Youth and Family; School Services; Adult Learning; Tenn Programs, Public Programming; and Community Services. Several departments overlap in activties and execution. This collection contains correspondence, meeting minutes, exhibition development and...

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series contains information on outreach with a focus on how the Brooklyn Museum Art School supported, interacted and promoted their programs and courses to their community/neighbors. Programs were administered both onsite and offsite and include the High School program, and the Prison Program. The Prison Program taught prisoners at the Brooklyn House of Detention and Riker’s Island from 1970 to 1977. Other files in this series relate to special events and programs such as the Subway...