Brooklyn Museum

Brooklyn Museum
NYC Landmark
At night (2015)
Brooklyn Museum is located in New York City
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum is located in New York
Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum is located in the United States
Brooklyn Museum
Location200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Coordinates40°40′16.7″N 73°57′49.5″W / 40.671306°N 73.963750°W / 40.671306; -73.963750
Built1895
ArchitectMcKim, Mead & White; French, Daniel Chester
Architectural styleBeaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.77000944[1]
Added to NRHPAugust 22, 1977
Replica of Statue of Liberty in the back lot

The Brooklyn Museum is the second-largest art museum in New York City. It is also one of the largest in the United States.

The museum is at 200 Eastern Parkway, in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Arnold L. Lehman is the museum's Director.

The Brooklyn Museum has more than one-and-a-half million objects. Some of these pieces of art are from as long ago as ancient Egypt while others are very recent. The museum is a 560,000 square foot (52,000 m²), Beaux-Arts building. Approximately 500,000 people visit the museum each year.

  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23.

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