Exhibitions at the Brooklyn Historical Society

	Past Exhibits 10/2003 to Present Artist and Artifact: Re\|Visioning Brooklyn's Past Beauty Suspended: The Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Turns Forty Brooklyn Bridge 125th Anniversary: Suspended Over Time Brooklyn Redrawn Brooklyn Utopias? Brooklyn Works: 400 Years of Making a Living in Brooklyn Business Evolution of a Borough Counter/Culture Dodgers Do It!: Celebrating Brooklyn's 1955 Big Win! Drumbeats in Brooklyn From Synagogue to Church Ferry Tales : Brooklyn's Steamboat Service Gowanus Transformations: Celebrating 150 Years of Manufacturing Here Was New York : Twin Towers in Memorial Images Landmark and Legacy: Brooklyn Heights and the Preservation Movement in America In Our Own Words: Portraits of Brooklyn's Vietnam Veterans It Happened In Brooklyn The Legend of Martense's Lane: Folklore in Dutch Colonial Brooklyn		Lost in Transition:South Brooklyn, Williamsburg & Coney Island Living and Learning: Chinese Immigration, Restriction & Community in Brooklyn, 1850 to Present Mother Goose in an Air-Ship: McLoughlin Bros. 19th Century Children's Books from the Liman Collection No Jheri Curls & No Drugs: A David Lee Photo Exhibition Pages of the Past: The Breukelen Adventures of Jasper Danckaerts Painting Brooklyn Stories of Immigration and Survival Photos from "Gateway to Nations Pow Wow" in Brooklyn Ratzer Map Reflections on Community Development: Stories from Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation Sacred Hearts Slavery in New York: Brooklyn Stories Secret Lives of Streets Tivoli: A Place We Call Home Up From Flames Walt Whitman's Leaves of Grass Works by Lewis Hine 100 Bottles of Beer on the Wall: Brewing in Brooklyn

Past Exhibits October 2003 to Present

Artist and Artifact: Re|Visioning Brooklyn's Past

November 10 – December 18, 2010

Exhibit Hours: Tue-Sun 12-5 (BHS); Tue-Sat 12-6pm (BRIC)

Brooklyn Historical Society is pleased to announce Artist and Artifact: Re|Visioning Brooklyn's Past. Through this exciting initiative, artists and writers are exploring the Society's collection for inspiration for original art work. These new works will be exhibited along with the utilized pieces from the BHS collection in an upcoming exhibition at BRIC Rotunda Gallery.

Catalog for Artist and Artifact: Re|Visioning Brooklyn's Past

Public Programs
Opening reception: Wednesday, November 10, 7-9 pm, at BRIC Rotunda Gallery and at Brooklyn Historical Society (128 Pierrepont Street)
Performance: Daniel Jose Older, Thu Oct. 28, 5:30-7:30pm (BHS)

Author Readings: Michael Schwartz and Elizabeth Gaffney, Sat Nov. 20, 2:00-4:00pm (BHS)

Artist Panel and Gallery Talk: Nora Herting, Andres Vera Martinez, Meredith Bergmann and Stanley Greenberg, Tue Nov. 30

FREE ADMISSION to exhibition and programs

For more information visit the Artist and Artifact: Re|Visioning Brooklyn's Past project page.


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