August 16, 2005
Restored Brooklyn Historical Society short on cash
The Brooklyn Historical Society occupies a gorgeous Queen Anne building in Brooklyn Heights, but after a four-year, $23 million renovation, the museum is only open three days a week, reports the New York Times.
The Society's collection includes a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by President Lincoln and the Brooklyn Dodgers' 1955 World Series Championship banner. It also holds extensive genealogical, property and municipal records but its library has been closed since renovations began in 1998.
The current exhibitions include one on the Brooklyn Dodgers and another on Walt Whitman. The museum's permanent installation, Brooklyn Works, focuses on how immigration shaped Brooklyn, which was its own city until 1898.
The museum is open from noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday for a $6 entrance fee. The financially strapped institution, which only had 20,000 visitors last year, hopes to resume a five-day schedule in the fall, according to the Times. It will be open for free on Oct 8 and 9 as part of Open House New York.
It's located at 128 Pierrepont St., not far from Borough Hall. Map.
August 16, 2005 01:43 PM in Architecture, History, Museums, Out of Manhattan, Sightsology
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