Photograph collection Museum building: exterior, 1835-[ongoing].

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Photograph collection Museum building: exterior, 1835-[ongoing].

This series contains visual materials relating to the Brooklyn Museum building. Included are images of the Museum's former sites, floor plans, renderings, maps, models, aerial views, neighboring sites, construction, and exterior views of the building. Materials within each subseries are divided into chronological groupings, which reflect major steps in the development of the building. Images continue to be created to the present day.

2 l.f. Visual materials

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Brooklyn Museum. Archives.

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The Brooklyn Museum building embodies various architectural styles, which reflect the different phases of its construction and renovations over the years. In the early 1890s, McKim, Mead & White created the original Beaux-Arts plan for the design of the building. The first section of the building to be constructed was the West Wing, which commenced in 1895 and was completed in 1897. The Central Pavilion was completed in 1905; the staircase and approach of the Central Pavilion op...

French, Daniel Chester, 1850-1931

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Sculptor and artist. From the description of Daniel Chester French papers, circa 1848-1968 (bulk 1911-1945). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450719 Sculptor; New York, N.Y. and Glendale, Mass. From the description of Daniel Chester French letters, 1908-1921. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122648173 Biographical Note 1850, Apr. 20 Born, Exeter, N.H....

Brooklyn Museum

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The origins of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences extend back to 1823, with the founding of the Brooklyn Apprentices' Library. The Library, located at the corner of Cranberry and Henry Streets in the neighborhood of Brooklyn Heights, was established for the education and cultural enrichment of young tradesmen. In 1841, the Library relocated to the building of the Brooklyn Lyceum, an organization devoted to intellectual pursuits in the arts and sciences, at the corner of Washington and C...

Arata Isozaki & Associates.

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McKim, Mead & White

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At the time of this project the address of McKim, Mead & White was given as 160 Fifth Ave. (New York, N.Y.). From the description of Prospect Park, entrance shelters at Plaza entrance, [Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.] [graphic] : [detail drawing of dome in section and plan] / McKim, Mead & White, architects. Aug.24, 1895. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 78960919 Architectural company. From the description of Photographs, [ca. ...

James Stewart Polshek and Partners

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