Brooklyn Snapshots is a column that uncovers stories within the Brooklyn Museum’s Photography collection. Find more by exploring the collection online. Growing up in New York City provides an ...

For college graduates interested in an in-depth introduction to the field while designing and facilitating interpretive programs for diverse audiences. Join a dynamic group of other emerging arts ...

Artemisia Gentileschi was an early Italian Baroque painter, and the only female follower of Caravaggio, whom she worked with in Italy in the early 17th century. Her innovative compositions and focus ...

Plan a guided tour of our renowned collection or special exhibitions, or take a thematic journey through our galleries. Led by our educators, these hour-long sessions are specifically designed to meet ...

The Dinner Party rests upon the Heritage Floor, which is an equilateral triangle forty-eight feet on each side. This monumental floor is comprised of 2,300 hand-cast porcelain tiles and provides both ...

The Feminist Art Base is a digital archive dedicated solely to feminist art, offering profiles of some of the most prominent and promising contributors to the field. This digital resource was created ...

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Ms. Lonely Arts is an advice column offering recommendations to the Brooklyn Museum’s fans, followers, and friends. The Brooklyn Museum is so many things to so many people. It can offer sanctuary from ...

In 1849, Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman to receive a medical degree in the United States. The English-born physician opened the field for other women while founding important medical ...

Geillis Duncan, a maidservant in North Berwick, Scotland, was accused by her employer of witchcraft after he observed her skill in curing the ill, which he deemed unnaturally miraculous. Her employer, ...

Ruth Benedict’s life and work shaped the discipline of anthropology in the United States and throughout the world. She studied at Columbia University under Franz Boas, whose egalitarian and antiracist ...

In 1903, Sir Arthur Evans, excavating at the palace of Knossos on the island of Crete, discovered fragments of faience statuettes depicting female figures holding snakes. Two of these statuettes were ...