Brooklyn Museum 200th Anniversary Events

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Since its inception in 1824 as Brooklyn’s first free circulating library, the Brooklyn Museum has been evolving and transforming. Inspired by the free-thinking spirit and creative energy of the community they call home, they are constantly reimagining what a museum can be.

With this as their guiding force, this fall’s anniversary festivities will be something you will not want to miss! And if you are an artist who has lived or worked in Brooklyn during the last five years (2019–24), you can be a part of it!

This October, the museum will host The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition featuring artworks in all mediums in the Museum’s Great Hall. It will be the largest showcase in the museum’s history. Applications are open through Sunday, April 7, at 11:59 p.m. ET. For more information or to apply, click here.

The complete anniversary lineup includes numerous special exhibitions highlighting their commitment to Brooklyn and its artists and displaying new gifts of art. They will also reveal initiatives to provide more access and more space to experience art — led by launching a mobile Museum on Wheels. The events include:

  • Birthday Bash | October 5, 2024: The best of the borough and mark two centuries of doing things “the Brooklyn way” 

  • The Brooklyn Artists Exhibition | October 4, 2024 – January 26, 2025: Spotlight on Brooklyn artists with a major group exhibition reflecting the range of creativity in the borough

  • Reinstallation of American Art Galleries | Opening October 4, 2024: A groundbreaking reinstallation of over four hundred objects

  • Solid Gold | November 15, 2024 – May 4, 2025: An immersive exhibition illuminating the ways that gold has been a symbol of beauty, ritual, spirituality, and success throughout history

  • Gifts of Art in Honor of the 200th | Opening February 28, 2025: A special exhibition of recent acquisitions given in honor of the 200th anniversary

  • Brooklyn Made | Opening February 28, 2025: A presentation of the museum’s collection of art made in Brooklyn from the nineteenth century to today

  • Building the Brooklyn Museum and Its Collection | Opening February 28, 2025: A presentation charting 200 years of Brooklyn Museum history

  • Museum on Wheels | Pilot: July 2024, Launch: April 2025: An interactive art and education experience for communities across the borough

And the 200th anniversary is a great reason to take action and join the museum or support them financially. If you are interested, click here to become a member and here to donate. 

Broadway Stages hopes to see you as a visitor, patron, or exhibiting artist at the museum this fall!