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Calendar: February 2010

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

The Brooklyn Museum is closed today.
The Museum is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.

Although the Museum is closed, we invite you to join us for the following events:

Gallery Tour

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the installation American Identities.

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Meet the Museum

10:30–11:30 a.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A program for Brooklyn’s youngest artists. Join an educator and explore the galleries with your tot! For children eighteen months to three years.

Materials fee (for one caregiver and up to two children): $10; $5 for Family and Friends Members; FREE to Contributor and above Members.

Materials fee does not include Museum admission.

Gallery Tour

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the installation Egypt Reborn.

Friday, February 5, 2010

Gallery Tour

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the Arts of China gallery.

Free Teen Night Open House

4:30–7 p.m.
Education Division, 1st Floor

This event planned by teens offers hands-on activities in conjunction with the Museum’s Arts of Asia installation. To RSVP call (718) 501-6588 or e-mail teen.programs@brooklynmuseum.org.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

Target First Saturday

Sponsored by Target

The Brooklyn Museum's popular program of free music and entertainment from 5 to 11 p.m. on the first Saturday of each month.
View the schedule of events.

Gallery Tour

1 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago.

Gallery Tour

2 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Student Guide Marisa Paolillo leads an engaging gallery talk on images of women and children in the European Paintings galleries. Learn more about Museum tours and the Student Guide program.

Gallery Tour

3 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the installation American Identities.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

Arty Facts: "Stories and Art"

11 a.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Hear stories about the artworks in the collection, and create your own fantastic stories and captivating characters.

Materials fee (for up to four participants): $10; $5 for Gallery/Studio Families and Family and Friends Members; FREE to Contributor and above Members

Materials fee does not include Museum admission.

Gallery Tour

1 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the Arts of China gallery.

Arty Facts: "Stories and Art"

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Hear stories about the artworks in the collection, and create your own fantastic stories and captivating characters.

Materials fee (for up to four participants): $10; $5 for Gallery/Studio Families and Family and Friends Members; FREE to Contributor and above Members

Materials fee does not include Museum admission.

Gallery Tour

2 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Student Guide Grace Lieberman leads an engaging gallery talk on images of women and the politics of display in Extended Family. Learn more about Museum tours and the Student Guide program.

Gallery Discussion

3 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads an engaging investigation into one artwork, Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen's Portrait of Jean de Carondelet, on view in the European Paintings galleries.

Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Gallery Tour

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the installation The Arts of Africa.

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Meet the Museum

10:30–11:30 a.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A program for Brooklyn’s youngest artists. Join an educator and explore the galleries with your tot! For children eighteen months to three years.

Materials fee (for one caregiver and up to two children): $10; $5 for Family and Friends Members; FREE to Contributor and above Members.

Materials fee does not include Museum admission.

Members Preview and Reception for To Live Forever and Kiki Smith

1–10 p.m.
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor

Members beginning at the Individual ($55) level are invited to celebrate the opening of the special exhibitions To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt and Kiki Smith: Sojourn.

View event details.

Gallery Tour

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the installation Egypt Reborn.

Friday, February 12, 2010

Gallery Tour

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Gallery Tour

1 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the exhibition To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

Creative Art Making: Jewelry

2 p.m.
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor

Join Brooklyn-based designer Kelly Horrigan to create a unique piece of jewelry, drawing on pieces in the Museum’s Egyptian collection and the special exhibition To Live Forever: Art and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt for inspiration.

View event details.

Gallery Tour

2 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Student Guide Mishel Herrara leads an engaging gallery talk on the history of the Museum’s African art collection and methods of display in The Arts of Africa. Learn more about Museum tours and the Student Guide program.

Sign Language–Interpreted Gallery Tour

3 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free, Sign Language–interpreted tour of the installation American Identities.

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Arty Facts: "Stories and Art"

11 a.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Hear stories about the artworks in the collection, and create your own fantastic stories and captivating characters.

Materials fee (for up to four participants): $10; $5 for Gallery/Studio Families and Family and Friends Members; FREE to Contributor and above Members

Materials fee does not include Museum admission.

Gallery Tour

12 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour on love, intrigue, and scandal in the installation American Identities.

Gallery Tour

1 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the exhibition To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

Arty Facts: "Stories and Art"

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Hear stories about the artworks in the collection, and create your own fantastic stories and captivating characters.

Materials fee (for up to four participants): $10; $5 for Gallery/Studio Families and Family and Friends Members; FREE to Contributor and above Members

Materials fee does not include Museum admission.

Gallery Tour

2 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Student Guide Grey Olvarria leads an engaging gallery talk on the nude in American Identities. Learn more about Museum tours and the Student Guide program.

Gallery Tour

3 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago.

Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Gallery Tour

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the installation American Identities.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

Gallery Tour

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the exhibition Kiki Smith: Sojourn.

Friday, February 19, 2010

Gallery Tour

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the installation Egypt Reborn.

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Gallery Tour

12 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the exhibition To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

Gallery Tour

1 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the installation Egypt Reborn.

Film: “Media That Matters” Showcase

2–4 p.m.
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Join us for selections highlighting Black History Month and feminist issues from the Media That Matters Film Festival. A conversation with the films’ directors follows.

Gallery Tour

2 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Student Guide Xiao Jin Zou leads an engaging gallery talk on the transcendence of the everyday object in Extended Family. Learn more about Museum tours and the Student Guide program.

Gallery Tour

3 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the installation American Identities.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Arty Facts: "Stories and Art"

11 a.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Hear stories about the artworks in the collection, and create your own fantastic stories and captivating characters.

Materials fee (for up to four participants): $10; $5 for Gallery/Studio Families and Family and Friends Members; FREE to Contributor and above Members

Materials fee does not include Museum admission.

Gallery Tour

11:30 a.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the exhibition To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

Gallery Tour

1 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago.

Arty Facts: "Stories and Art"

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Hear stories about the artworks in the collection, and create your own fantastic stories and captivating characters.

Materials fee (for up to four participants): $10; $5 for Gallery/Studio Families and Family and Friends Members; FREE to Contributor and above Members

Materials fee does not include Museum admission.

Gallery Tour

2 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Student Guide Celia Goble leads an engaging gallery talk on sculptures of families in Egypt Reborn. Learn more about Museum tours and the Student Guide program.

Gallery Tour

3 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the installation Egypt Reborn.

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Gallery Tour

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the installation The Arts of Africa.

Evening for Educators

4–6:30 p.m.
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor

This event features a behind-the-scenes look at three of the Museum's Egyptian art exhibitions. The evening includes a relaxing wine reception, gallery talks, and educator-led activities.

View event details.

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Meet the Museum

10:30–11:30 a.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A program for Brooklyn’s youngest artists. Join an educator and explore the galleries with your tot! For children eighteen months to three years.

Materials fee (for one caregiver and up to two children): $10; $5 for Family and Friends Members; FREE to Contributor and above Members.

Materials fee does not include Museum admission.

Gallery Tour

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the exhibition To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

Friday, February 26, 2010

Gallery Tour

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago.

Saturday, February 27, 2010

Gallery Tour

12 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the exhibition To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

Gallery Tour

1 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the Decorative Arts Galleries and Period Rooms.

St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble: “Magical History Tour”

2–4 p.m.
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

Journey through four centuries of music as St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble celebrates the quadricentennial of Henry Hudson's discovery of the Hudson River, composer Henry Purcell's 350th birthday, and St. Luke’s own 35th anniversary. A gallery discussion on connections between the music and the art in the Museum follows. For information or to purchase tickets, call St. Luke’s at (212) 594-6100 or visit www.OSLmusic.org.

Curator Conversation: Burial Practices

2 p.m.
Robert E. Blum Gallery, 1st Floor

In conjunction with the exhibition To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt, Edward Bleiberg, the Museum’s Curator of Egyptian, Classical, and Near Eastern Art, joins curators Kevin Dumouchelle and Joan Cummins for a discussion of the funerary customs of different cultures.

View event details.

Gallery Tour

2 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Student Guide Louisa Hartigan leads an engaging gallery talk on works of art by contemporary African American artists in Extended Family. Learn more about Museum tours and the Student Guide program.

Gallery Discussion

3 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads an engaging investigation into one artwork, Jan Cornelisz. Vermeyen's Portrait of Jean de Carondelet, on view in the European Paintings galleries.

Sunday, February 28, 2010

Museum Inside/Out Family Event

9–11 a.m.
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor

Members at the Family and Friends ($85) level and above are invited to join the Museum’s Egyptian curators and conservators as they bring rarely viewed objects out from storage. Families will get to see animal mummies, mummy bandaging and X-rays, swords, jewelry, and the special exhibition To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

View event details.

Arty Facts: "Stories and Art"

11 a.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Hear stories about the artworks in the collection, and create your own fantastic stories and captivating characters.

Materials fee (for up to four participants): $10; $5 for Gallery/Studio Families and Family and Friends Members; FREE to Contributor and above Members

Materials fee does not include Museum admission.

Gallery Tour

12 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the exhibition To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

Gallery Tour

1 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the installation American Identities.

Arty Facts: "Stories and Art"

1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Hear stories about the artworks in the collection, and create your own fantastic stories and captivating characters.

Materials fee (for up to four participants): $10; $5 for Gallery/Studio Families and Family and Friends Members; FREE to Contributor and above Members

Materials fee does not include Museum admission.

Gallery Tour

2 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

Student Guide Mishel Herrara leads an engaging gallery talk on the history of the Museum’s African art collection and methods of display in The Arts of Africa. Learn more about Museum tours and the Student Guide program.

Gallery Tour

3 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor

A Museum Guide leads a free tour of the exhibitions Egypt Reborn and To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt.

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Members Preview and Reception for To Live Forever and Kiki Smith

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Members beginning at the Individual ($55) level are invited to celebrate the opening of the special exhibitions To Live Forever: Art and the Afterlife in Ancient Egypt and Kiki Smith: Sojourn.

View Event Details

Creative Art Making: Jewelry

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Join Brooklyn-based designer Kelly Horrigan to create a unique piece of jewelry, drawing on pieces in the Museum’s Egyptian collection and the special exhibition To Live Forever: Art and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt for inspiration.

View Event Details

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