All posts in Decorative Arts

Mary Lucier

Playing House: Working with Artists

In the exhibition Playing House four artists, Betty Woodman, Ann Chu, Ann Agee and Mary Lucier, install their own artwork into and around several period rooms…

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Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
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Conservation, Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts
Terpenning family

Calling Rapaljes, Rapeljes, Raplees and all descendants!

Get ready for some surprising encounters when you visit the Brooklyn Museum’s beloved period rooms this February, when several of the rooms will be the…

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Wednesday, November 16th, 2011
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Contemporary Art, Decorative Arts, Period Rooms

Take a seat…

Starting on December 2nd, that’s exactly what you’ll be able to do in the Museum’s Fourth Floor Schenck Gallery—in a handcrafted replica of our 17th-century,…

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Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
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Conservation, Decorative Arts

Italian Design on Display

Newly on view on our 4th floor: Italian Post-World War II Design The Brooklyn Museum has been at the forefront of collecting Italian twentieth century…

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Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
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Decorative Arts, Newly on View

The Schenck Houses – their story through the Museum Library and Archives

Drawing by Daniel M. C. Hopping. From the book American interiors, 1675-1885: a guide to the American period rooms in the Brooklyn Museum by Marvin…

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Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
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Decorative Arts, Period Rooms

Schenck Re-Installation 2007

Slideshow created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR. Having trouble seeing the slideshow? Photos are also on Flickr. These slides show the Jan Martense Schenck House as it…

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Friday, October 19th, 2007
Conservation, Decorative Arts

Dutch Houses in Brooklyn

When John published his post about his own Dutch house in Brooklyn, he also kindly provided a list of all the Dutch houses in the…

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Thursday, July 19th, 2007
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Decorative Arts

My Old House

The Brooklyn Museum’s Schenck family houses have had a profound personal effect on me. In 1990, I was the editor for a book on the…

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Wednesday, July 18th, 2007
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Decorative Arts
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