Renovation Report - Behind the Scenes
Welcome to Renovation Report, the first installment in a monthly series of blog posts to provide progress reports on Brooklyn Historical Society’s (BHS) current renovation and to highlight the fascinating features of our landmark building. Designed by architect George Post and opened in 1881, Brooklyn Historical Society’s building was ahead of its time, and will be once again.
Artist and Artifact exhibit - artists interpret Brooklyn's history
BHS is really excited about our new exhibit, Artist & Artifact: Re|Visioning Brooklyn's Past, presented in partnership with our neighbor BRIC Rotunda Gallery, the contemporary art space of BRIC Arts|Media|Bklyn.
Dr. Bob (In Memory of Bob Vadheim)
Got cycling photos?
Brooklyn Utopias? - 'Utopian' Urban Planning - what does it mean?
Brooklyn Summer H.E.A.T. Reflections
Today's post is written by Evan Threadgill, who worked at BHS this summer through the Borough President's Office program, Brooklyn Summer H.E.A.T. Evan is entering his junior year at East NY High School of Transit Technology. BHS is proud to participate in this program and gives tremendous thanks to Evan for all his hard work! Today is my last day working at BHS, and the time that I have been here has been great. Everyday since the first day I started has given me more and more experience in the museum and the office environment. I was able to see how a museum operates behind the scenes…
What is it about Brooklyn?
Got an idea you want to see on our museum walls?
Exhibit Opening Sept 10 - Counter/Culture: The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn's Storefronts
I want to let everyone know about a new community-curated exhibit in our Public Perspectives series that will open at BHS on Wednesday, September 10, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Counter/Culture: The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn's Storefronts features color photographs by James and Karla Murray of mom and pop shops all over Brooklyn. Keeping it old school, the photos were taken with film. There are photos of single storefronts, and then they took the film and created digitally-edited panoramas of stretches of an entire block of storefronts. In addition to the photographs, there is audio and video of…