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LGBTQ+ Teen Night @ Brooklyn Museum 6/7
Teens: celebrate art, activism, identity, and allyship in our 11th annual LGBTQ+ Teen Night! Created by and for teens, the evening will be full of art-making, performances, and much more.
Teen Night @Brooklyn Museum
This Teen Night is gonna be giant. Don’t miss our popular teen-led program centered on art and activism. The May edition features art-making, performances, and much more inspired by Giants: Art from the Dean Collection of Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys.
Brooklyn Talks: Takashi Murakami
Get an inside look at Hiroshige’s 100 Famous Views of Edo (feat. Takashi Murakami) as artist Takashi Murakami joins Joan Cummins, Lisa and Bernard Selz Senior Curator of Asian Art, for a conversation about artistic lineages, urban history, and environmental change.
Waste No More: Brooklyn Museum Clothing Swap
Clean out your closet and refresh your wardrobe for summer with us and Bed-Stuy Clothes Swap! Through this inclusive and eco-conscious clothing swap celebrating Earth Day, we can make a positive impact on the planet while embracing community, style, and sustainability.
Weekend Art: Sunday Art Hang @Brooklyn Museum 4/14/24
Bring the family to explore our galleries and exhibitions, from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary artworks. At this free drop-in program, formerly known as Sunday Art, you’ll look closely at an object and create art inspired by the work.
April 14: Porcelains in the Mist: The Kondō Family of Ceramicists, 2nd Floor
Weekend Art: Sunday Art Hang @Brooklyn Museum 3/24/24
Bring the family to explore our galleries and exhibitions, from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary artworks. At this free drop-in program, formerly known as Sunday Art, you’ll look closely at an object and create art inspired by the work.
March 24: Arts of Korea, Arts of Asia Galleries, 2nd Floor
Artland: Character Design Workshops @ Brooklyn Museum
Take a trip to Artland: An Installation by Do Ho Suh and Children and meet the creatures that live in this world of color and clay. Discover the Slimes, Blobbugs, and other species that inhabit Artland, and learn how to create these fantastical characters. These free, drop-in workshops are for all ages.
Free with Museum admission. Parents and guardians must remain with their children during the program.
Artland: Drop-in Art-Making @Brooklyn Museum
Take a trip to Artland: An Installation by Do Ho Suh and Children and add to this colorful world. During drop-in art-making hours, you are welcome to imagine, create, and contribute your own figures and structures.
Free with Museum admission. Parents and guardians must remain with their children during the program.
Brooklyn Pop-Up Winter Artisans Market @ Brooklyn Museum 3/10
Stop by Brooklyn Museum's winter artisans market! Presented in partnership with Brooklyn Pop-Up, this monthly weekend market features local vendors offering one-of-a-kind, handmade artwork, jewelry, fashion, and home goods.
This event is free and open to the public.
Brooklyn Pop-Up Winter Artisans Market @ Brooklyn Museum 3/9
Stop by Brooklyn Museum's winter artisans market! Presented in partnership with Brooklyn Pop-Up, this monthly weekend market features local vendors offering one-of-a-kind, handmade artwork, jewelry, fashion, and home goods.
This event is free and open to the public.
Brooklyn Pop-Up Winter Artisans Market @ Brooklyn Museum 2/11
Stop by Brooklyn Museum's winter artisans market! Presented in partnership with Brooklyn Pop-Up, this monthly weekend market features local vendors offering one-of-a-kind, handmade artwork, jewelry, fashion, and home goods.
This event is free and open to the public.
Brooklyn Pop-Up Winter Artisans Market @ Brooklyn Museum 2/10
Stop by Brooklyn Museum's winter artisans market! Presented in partnership with Brooklyn Pop-Up, this monthly weekend market features local vendors offering one-of-a-kind, handmade artwork, jewelry, fashion, and home goods.
This event is free and open to the public.
Teen Night: Lights, Cameras, Crooklyn! @Brooklyn Museum
Teens: kick off February with 2024’s first Teen Night, a teen-led program centered on art and activism! Inspired by Spike Lee: Creative Sources, this evening will feature art-making, performances, and much more.
Free; registration is required. Open to ages 14–19. Follow #bkmteens on Instagram and Facebook for more details.
Sunday Art Hang: Lunar New Year Celebration @ Brooklyn Museum
Bring the family to this free drop-in program celebrating Lunar New Year. We’ll create art inspired by the collection and enjoy a lion dance performance by the Chinese Freemasons Athletic Club.
Artist Talk: Intergenerational Collaboration with Nona Faustine and Queen Ming @ Brooklyn Museum
In celebration of the reopening of our Education Center, listen in as artist Nona Faustine and her daughter, Queen Ming, discuss their experience as creative collaborators. Working primarily in photography, Faustine explores legacy and history in her practice, centering the bodies, agency, and experiences of Black women across time and geography. Her daughter is a frequent subject in Faustine’s work.
Opening Celebration: Education Center @ Brooklyn Museum
Celebrate the opening of Brooklyn Musem's new Toby Devan Lewis Education Center, where everyone’s an artist!
Enjoy art-making, music, and giveaways throughout the afternoon. Wrap up the event with a 3 pm artist talk dedicated to intergenerational collaboration, featuring Nona Faustine and her daughter, Queen Ming.
Brooklyn Pop-Up Winter Artisans Market @ Brooklyn Museum 1/21
Stop by Brooklyn Museum's winter artisans market! Presented in partnership with Brooklyn Pop-Up, this monthly weekend market features local vendors offering one-of-a-kind, handmade artwork, jewelry, fashion, and home goods.
This event is free and open to the public.
Brooklyn Pop-Up Winter Artisans Market @ Brooklyn Museum 1/20
Stop by Brooklyn Museum's winter artisans market! Presented in partnership with Brooklyn Pop-Up, this monthly weekend market features local vendors offering one-of-a-kind, handmade artwork, jewelry, fashion, and home goods.
This event is free and open to the public.
Sunday Art @ Brooklyn Museum 1/14/24
Bring the family to explore our galleries and exhibitions, from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary artworks. At this free drop-in program, held on select Sundays, you’ll look closely at an object and create art inspired by the work.
Free with Museum admission. Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
Artist Talk: María Magdalena Campos-Pons
María Magdalena Campos-Pons joins us to share insights into her multidisciplinary practice and the making of her four-decade survey Behold. The groundbreaking artist reflects on her expansive approach, from performance to photography and everything in between, spanning themes of migration, diaspora, spirituality, motherhood, and memory. In conversation with curator Carmen Hermo, Campos-Pons looks back on her career as activist and an innovator who continues to inspire younger generations.
Share the Toy: Fourth Annual Toy Giveaway @Brooklyn Museum
’Tis the season! To help spread holiday cheer, we’re hosting our fourth annual toy drive. From November 14 through December 14, stop by the Admissions Desk to drop off new, unwrapped toys for children ages 0–14 in the designated bins. On December 17, 12–3 pm, pick up gifts for your little loved ones while supplies last. After the giveaway, any remaining toys will be donated to local family shelters.
Winter Pop-Up Market @ The Brooklyn Museum 12/10/23
Stop by our holiday market, co-presented with Brooklyn Pop-Up, to shop for one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local artisans and vendors. Selections include artwork, jewelry, fashion, and home and apothecary goods. This event is free and open to the public.
Symposium: God made my face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin (VIRTUAL)
Register to attend the talks on YouTube! Celebrate the new publication God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin. At this symposium, art historians, artists, and writers will gather to reflect on Baldwin’s profound legacy through a full afternoon of talks.
Full schedule on Brooklyn Museum's page.
Winter Pop-Up Market @ The Brooklyn Museum 12/9/23
Stop by our holiday market, co-presented with Brooklyn Pop-Up, to shop for one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local artisans and vendors. Selections include artwork, jewelry, fashion, and home and apothecary goods. This event is free and open to the public.
Winter Pop-Up Market @ The Brooklyn Museum 12/3/23
Stop by our holiday market, co-presented with Brooklyn Pop-Up, to shop for one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local artisans and vendors. Selections include artwork, jewelry, fashion, and home and apothecary goods. This event is free and open to the public.
Winter Pop-Up Market @ The Brooklyn Museum
Stop by our holiday market, co-presented with Brooklyn Pop-Up, to shop for one-of-a-kind, handmade items from local artisans and vendors. Selections include artwork, jewelry, fashion, and home and apothecary goods. This event is free and open to the public.
Gallery Tour: A Few of Our Favorite Things @ Brooklyn Museum
Join one of our A.R.T. Guides for a free tour through our galleries. The guide will share a few of their favorite artworks, and together you’ll explore what makes the Brooklyn Museum so unique.
Free with Museum admission.
Pop-Up Performance: Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra @ Brooklyn Museum
Drop by to hear music for string instruments performed by members of the Brooklyn Symphony Orchestra.
Free with Museum admission.
Printed Matter’s Sunday Zine Fair @ Brooklyn Museum
On the opening weekend of Copy Machine Manifestos: Artists Who Make Zines, stop by Printed Matter’s Sunday Zine Fair to explore new and historical zines. The fair will convene more than sixty invited exhibitors, with an emphasis on self-publishing artists and collectives, archives and libraries, and rare and out-of-print dealers.
Seventeenth Annual Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair @Brooklyn Museum
This free event features storybooks, picture books, chapter books, and graphic novels—fiction and nonfiction—for young book lovers from preschoolers to middle schoolers.
Throughout the day, children can chat with authors and illustrators, listen to readings and watch artists sketch, get books signed, enjoy a performance by The Band Books, and participate in book-related art projects.
Día de los Muertos Celebration @ Brooklyn Museum
Discover art like never before! Join us on select Sundays for a family-friendly gallery exploration. From ancient wonders to contemporary creations, dive into creativity inspired by our collections. On November 5th, celebrate Día de los Muertos with unique art-making and a dazzling performance by MAZarte Dance Company. Free fun for everyone!