Visible Storage • Study Center
Browse through more than 2,000 objects from the Brooklyn Museum's collections of American art.

The Brooklyn Bridge and the Brooklyn Museum: Spanning Art and History
Images of the Brooklyn Bridge, along with essays originally published in the catalogue The Great East River Bridge, 1883–1983.
Hiroshige's One Hundred Famous Views of Edo
View one of the greatest achievements of Japanese art.
Culin Archival Collection
Stewart Culin (1858–1929) was the Brooklyn Museum's first curator of ethnology. The Guide to the Culin Archival Collection, which includes a chronology of Culin's life and a detailed description of the collection, is now online.
African Art Exhibition of 1923
Digital copies of documents and photographs relating to a seminal exhibition of African art curated by Culin in 1923, are now online.
Resources at the Museum
Libraries and Archives
The Museum Libraries and Archives are a special non-circulating library developed to educate visitors about the Brooklyn Museum, its history, objects, and exhibitions, as well as the broader areas of art and cultural history from antiquity to the present.
The Libraries and Archives are open to the public Wednesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Additionally, we are open the first Saturday of every month from 1 to 4 p.m. with the exception of July through September. Visitors are encouraged to search the Library Online Catalogue and to e-mail citations for materials needed. Please contact us if you would like more information about these collections, or to reserve time for extensive research. The Libraries can be reached via e-mail at library@brooklynmuseum.org or phone (718) 501-6307.
Image Services
You may use and share images from our website for non-commercial purposes with attribution to the Brooklyn Museum in accordance with our copyright policy. The Brooklyn Museum charges licensing fees for commercial use of Brooklyn Museum images, which help fund ongoing efforts to care for our collection.
If you are interested in licensing for commercial use or require higher resolution images for personal and study use, please see the Brooklyn Museum Image Services Fee Schedule for an explanation of image usage guidelines and contact Image Services at (718) 501-6202 or by e-mail. See a sample of Brooklyn Museum images at Davis Art Slides.


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