A bit off the beaten track for tourists visiting New York but still quite a treat is the Brooklyn (art) Museum. It’s the second largest after the Met with over 1.5 million works. I visited the museum pretty randomly, since the Airbnb apartment I was staying with was next to Prospect Park and I was visiting the nearby Brooklyn Botanical Gardens. It was quite a surprise for me when I realized just how nice this museum was.
Here’s the intro from the official website :
The Brooklyn Museum, housed in a 560,000-square-foot, Beaux-Arts building, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the country. Its world-renowned permanent collections range from ancient Egyptian masterpieces to contemporary art, and represent a wide range of cultures. Only a 30-minute subway ride from midtown Manhattan, with its own newly renovated subway station, the Museum is part of a complex of nineteenth-century parks and gardens that also includes Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and the Prospect Park Zoo.
Lots of cool and strange things to see…
An unexpected Brooklyn treat. Be sure to visit if you’re in the area…