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When it opened in 1897, the Brooklyn
Museum building, designed to be the
largest cultural edifice in the world,
was the greatest achievement of New
York architects McKim, Mead & White.
Though only one-sixth of the building North facade of the museum, designed by McKim, Mead & White
was completed, the museum is today one of the
most impressive cultural institutions in the United
States, with a permanent encyclopedic collection
of some one million objects, housed in a grand
structure covering 560,000 sq ft (50,025 sq m). . Female Figurine
This 5,000-year-old rare
statuette is a highlight of
the museum’s impressive
Key Egyptian collection.
Arts of the Americas
Arts of Africa
Arts of Asia and the Islamic World
Iris and B. Cantor
Williamsburg Murals
Auditorium
Egyptian and Classical art
Decorative arts
Painting and sculpture
Connecting Cultures Chinese Jar
Special exhibitions Cobalt blue fish and
Nonexhibition space water plants adorn
this 14th-century Yuan
dynasty blue-and-white
. Beaded Crown porcelain wine jar.
This 19th-century
crown from Nigeria is
the ultimate symbol
of Yoruba kingship.
Con Edison
Education Gallery
Great Hall

Third floor
Mezzanine
Gallery

Second floor

South entrance
First floor
Morris A.
and Meyer
Schapiro Wing

Main entrance

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