“Celebrate Pride Month! Our team of friendly experts guide you on a tour of LGBTQ+ artists and themes throughout the Museum via text message, chatting…
Read MoreOn May 4, the Brooklyn Museum’s staff show opened to a group of staff, family and friends. Though the show is not open to the…
Read MoreImage Courtesy of Sarah Gentile Remembering the Triangle Fire by Know Your Museum March 25, 2011 marks the centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire. Brooklyn…
Read MoreAs Arty Facts and the Gallery/Studio program celebrates their twenty-fifth anniversary this year, I thought it would be a great time to sit down with…
Read MoreInstalling a Tipi by Know Your Museum
Read MoreFor my second installment of Brooklyn’s Finest, I wanted to approach someone with whom I work closely with in the Director’s Office. Everyone knows his…
Read MoreConservation Object Cleaning by Know Your Museum
Read MoreOne of the great things about doing an interview for Brooklyn’s Finest is the chance for me chat for awhile with a colleague whose path…
Read MoreConservation Hammering Mount Metal by Know Your Museum
Read MoreAs this is the last edition of Brooklyn’s Finest that I’ll be authoring, I wanted to feature a different kind of Museum staff member here—a…
Read MoreConservation Plexi Cutting by Know Your Museum
Read MoreWhen I sat down to talk to Matthew Yokobosky to ask him about his job here as Chief Designer, he told me that the first…
Read MoreWe’re starting a new feature on the blog called Know Your Museum. Here we will microblog various ways to help you better know the sights,…
Read MoreIt’s that time of year again: the massive stage is going up in the Museum’s back parking lot, which means the West Indian-American Day Parade…
Read MoreFor this month’s edition of Brooklyn’s Finest, I spoke to Gilbert Moore, operator of the Museum’s freight elevator. Gilbert was recommended to me for this…
Read MoreThis month’s edition of Brooklyn’s Finest features Keith Duquette, a longtime staff member (23 years!) whose role as Library Preservation Associate ensures the physical well-being…
Read MoreThis week is my last at the Brooklyn Museum, and so I thought we’d do a special edition of “Brooklyn’s Finest” this month by way…
Read MoreIt’s time for second installment of Brooklyn’s Finest, where you can meet a different member of the Brooklyn Museum staff every month. Today we’ll meet…
Read MoreI recently came across the Minneapolis Institute of Art’s excellent “Meet the MIA” set on Flickr, and I couldn’t help but go through all the…
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