FAQ
This spring at the Brooklyn Museum we are presenting an exceptionally interesting and engaging mix of special exhibitions, ranging from Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist Paintings from Paris to the Sea—which offers more than forty exceptional paintings of cityscapes and water scenes, making its only stop in the United States here in Brooklyn—to an exhibition of ancient Egyptian pagan and Coptic sculptures from our permanent collection displayed alongside fakes that fooled scholars for years. The Williamsburg Murals, created as a part of a WPA project, have been reinstalled in the Hall of the Americas, and an exhibition of work by an exciting young Miami-based artist Hernan Bas is also on view. Of course, we continue to present a wide range of related public programs including Target First Saturdays, our exceedingly popular monthly evening of free art and entertainment now in its tenth year that we are proud to say has served as a model for similar programs throughout the country.
While you are on our Web site, I hope that you will spend some time and discover many of its expanded features, including the addition of an extraordinary number of objects from the permanent collections that Web visitors are invited to tag; blogs such as the Dig Diary, which contains details about the ongoing Museum excavations at the Temple of the Goddess Mut in Luxor, Egypt; as well as links to the Museum’s presence on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter; photographs of events, exhibitions, and objects on Flickr; and our videos, which may be seen on YouTube.
As we continue to provide our actual and cyber visitors with engaging and expanded offerings and push technological boundaries with our Web site and our Web 2.0 activities, as almost every other cultural institution in the United States, we also find ourselves confronted by a new fiscal reality created by the economic downturn. After months of careful evaluation, we found ourselves facing many difficult choices. To deal with these issues, we have developed a strategy for addressing the current situation with a view to ensuring both our stable future and our mission as a highly accessible and innovative institution. The details are outlined in a press release. These measures were developed in order to make it possible for us to continue to serve our many communities and constituencies without negatively impacting the visitor experience that is central to our mission.
As the economy begins its recovery in the coming months, we will look forward to the expansion of our programs in service to the public.
Arnold L. Lehman
Director
While you are on our Web site, I hope that you will spend some time and discover many of its expanded features, including the addition of an extraordinary number of objects from the permanent collections that Web visitors are invited to tag; blogs such as the Dig Diary, which contains details about the ongoing Museum excavations at the Temple of the Goddess Mut in Luxor, Egypt; as well as links to the Museum’s presence on social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter; photographs of events, exhibitions, and objects on Flickr; and our videos, which may be seen on YouTube.
As we continue to provide our actual and cyber visitors with engaging and expanded offerings and push technological boundaries with our Web site and our Web 2.0 activities, as almost every other cultural institution in the United States, we also find ourselves confronted by a new fiscal reality created by the economic downturn. After months of careful evaluation, we found ourselves facing many difficult choices. To deal with these issues, we have developed a strategy for addressing the current situation with a view to ensuring both our stable future and our mission as a highly accessible and innovative institution. The details are outlined in a press release. These measures were developed in order to make it possible for us to continue to serve our many communities and constituencies without negatively impacting the visitor experience that is central to our mission.
As the economy begins its recovery in the coming months, we will look forward to the expansion of our programs in service to the public.
Arnold L. Lehman
Director
Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum