Tag Archives: Design

Installation in Progress

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Kevin D. Dumouchelle

One of the many adaptations that moving the African collection into the South Gallery on the First Floor has required has been adjusting to a space that is both smaller and considerably more open than the old Arts of Africa … Continue reading…

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Sloping the Floor for Accessibility

Posted on December 10, 2009 by Ann K. Webster

The Museum’s Kevorkian Gallery, on the third floor, has housed twelve large, alabaster reliefs that come from Nimrud, Iraq, ever since they arrived at the Museum in the 1930s.  The works date from 8th century BC Assyria and dominate the … Continue reading…

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Gearing up to install Who Shot Rock

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Matthew Yokobosky

Since early 2007, I’ve been working with the noted photo historian Gail Buckland to create Brooklyn Museum’s exhibition Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History. It’s hard to believe, now 2 years later, the show’s about to open on … Continue reading…

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Luce Center: Timex Night-Glo on Steroids

Posted on July 22, 2009 by Matthew Yokobosky

Last week we received a query via Twitter asking how we did the lighting in the Luce Visible Storage ▪ Study Center. This was a long-term design project that lasted from 2001 until the Center opened in 2005. At the … Continue reading…

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Italian Design on Display

Posted on October 1, 2008 by Barry R. Harwood

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 design since the mid 1950s. One pivotal event made consumers in the United States aware … Continue reading…

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