Bushwick.
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Bushwick.
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A young boy enjoys the museum wonders.
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A selection of the artefacts held in the Brooklyn Museum. Lodged proudly in the high-end of Brooklyn near Prospect Park, the Brooklyn Museum is a wonderfully intriguing, contemporary and unconventional look at modern New York, America and outside cultures that have influenced American life and thinking. Above all else, the museum is an art museum (one of the largest and oldest in the country apparently), dedicated to art in all its forms - from ancient vase paintings to nineties urban graffiti.
The museum has one of the most varied and wide-ranging collections in the US and is housed in a beautiful, neo-Romanesque sculpture of a building. The museum offers a chance to see art as a living and breathing being - whether ancient, classic or contemporary - allowing interaction on all levels. This includes seeing the collections poised behind glass in finely lit boxes or in their traditional settings in specially designed exhibitions, to climbing all over experimental art installations. Yes, it’s a museum, but not a “lets pack everything away behind screens and remind everyone that its all in the past and completely unrelated to modern culture and so the kids can’t relate to it” kind of museum. This is a museum of the New World, and one which reflects the attitudes of that world. Things aren’t static, they’re moving and changing as we speak, and while we need to appreciate that, we also need to see it in a way which allows us to build upon it, and that means continuing to interact with it. We need to see how things connect, and that’s exactly what this museum offers. Does that make sense?
Whether it does or it doesn’t, you need to check it out. It’s great fun.
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A stall-holder at Williamsburg flea market proudly poses before her wares. Every Sunday, the waterfront at the favourite hipster-hangout neighbourhood becomes packed with vintage, antique and unique vendors selling a mix of items - from classic Americana furniture to European film cameras, modern original art and favourite childhood collectables - served alongside organic, natural and inventive snacks and meals.
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Brooklyn kids enjoy cooling off during record temperatures in the city. Throughout the city, hydrants are unhinged and water released to avoid residents suffering from extreme heat exhaustion. As well as being beneficial to the City’s health during the high temperatures, the activities surrounding these hydrants offer the opportunity to see the City at its most care-free and playful.
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Fresh flowers also make an appearance at the Brooklyn Farmer’s Market.
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