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Give a Flower, Share Your Experience

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Shelley Bernstein

As Eugenie noted in her post, The Moving Garden is installed in our Rubin Pavilion and the artist invites the visitor to take a flower from the installation on the condition that the person takes a detour on the way … Continue reading…

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Geotag Brooklyn

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Deborah Wythe

Trying to track the history of the images of Brooklyn that we’re geotagging for #mapBK on Flickr and Twitter and then porting to Historypin reminds me of the game of tag, with kids dashing from one side of the yard to another. This … Continue reading…

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Collaborations, Continued

Posted on August 11, 2010 by Jennifer Bantz

The current exhibition Andy Warhol: The Last Decade features some remarkable paintings that Warhol made with Jean-Michel Basquiat and Francesco Clemente in the 1980s. With the earliest of these, one artist would begin a canvas and then it was circulated … Continue reading…

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First Saturday Photo Wrap-Up

Posted on December 2, 2009 by Eleanor Whitney

As I am busily preparing for this month’s Target First Saturday, it’s a perfect time to reflect on last month’s, when we kicked off our special exhibition Who Shot Rock and Roll with a showcase of indie bands from the … Continue reading…

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Calling all photographers November 7th!

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Eleanor Whitney

I am really looking forward to November’s Target First Saturday, which takes place on November 7th and highlights our special exhibition Who Shot Rock & Roll: A Photographic History, 1955 to the Present. Rock music and rock journalism are two … Continue reading…

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Common Ground 2009: A Flickr Meetup with NYPL and the Brooklyn Museum

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

If you are a fan of the The Commons on Flickr and live in the NYC area, come to our Common Ground meetup this weekend to celebrate—we’ve got tons and tons of neato stuff to give away!  The folks from … Continue reading…

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Common Ground: Global Flickr Commons Meetup Needs Your Favs!

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

Are you a fan of the materials being uploaded to the Flickr Commons?   Well, we are huge fans and that got a few of us wondering about a way to thank the community of people who’ve rallied around our materials … Continue reading…

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Monkey at the Brooklyn Museum!

Posted on July 5, 2009 by Shelley Bernstein

We’ve been so jealous of @museummodernart for so long because they’ve had multiple visits from Monkey and we’ve had none. We watched as Monkey got famous and took in Shakespeare in the Park, the High Line, the AIC—all the time … Continue reading…

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The world through Goodyear’s eyes: photographs from the 1890’s to 1923 from the Brooklyn Museum Archives

Posted on January 12, 2009 by Deirdre Lawrence

Seeing the response to historic photographs that we have posted on Flickr Commons begs a look back on why we have these images and who created them. Being an art museum library and archives our mission is to collect and … Continue reading…

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The Community Fills a Void at The Commons on Flickr

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

You may have read about the departure of George Oates in the media, but if not check out Seb’s blog post on the subject for starters. The thing that I worried about most with George’s absence was the idea that … Continue reading…

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getting to know our 1stfans

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

It’s funny, if you know me, I’m sure you can imagine that I would have had a total fit if someone came into my office pitching an “web 2.0″ membership (yes, yes, go ahead and LOL at the thought of … Continue reading…

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introducing 1stfans: a socially networked museum membership

Posted on December 5, 2008 by Will Cary

Working in Membership means my job is to get people excited about and involved with the Museum. In that way, my job is just as much community-builder as it is fundraiser. Though our Membership base is sizable and diverse, I’ve … Continue reading…

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Flickr Commons: It’s Complicated

Posted on November 5, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

I’ve already reported on many of the really cool things that can happen when participating in a venture like this one. We continue to get feedback on all kinds of usage and it’s been great to see people discovering these … Continue reading…

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What does it take to Photosynth the Brooklyn Museum?

Posted on October 17, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

After seeing this demonstration video, we couldn’t wait to answer this question. Before I get too deep into this, it’s important to keep in mind Photosynth is a new application and Microsoft released it in the early stages so anyone … Continue reading…

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Gilbert & George take Times Square!

Posted on October 14, 2008 by Shelley Bernstein

If you’ve been in Times Square lately, you may have seen this already, but we were waiting to post until we had some good photos. Tash put out a call to the Brooklyn Museum Members group on Flickr and Trish … Continue reading…

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