THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM 



A collection of birds, shells and fishes exhibited by the old 

 Brooklyn Institute in 1854 may be regarded as the nucleus 

 of the present Brooklyn Museum, which was organized in 

 1890 and is maintained as a public institution under the 

 auspices and direction of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and 

 Sciences. The latter is a scientific and educational institu- 

 tion originally incorporated in 1824 as the Brooklyn Ap- 

 prentice Library Association; it was rechartered as the 

 Brooklyn Institute in 1843, having among its avowed pur- 

 poses the establishment and maintenance of Museums and 

 Libraries of Art and Science. The Institute is maintained 

 by fees of its Members, private subscriptions, and in part 

 by appropriation from the City. 



The collections are provided by the Brooklyn Institute of 

 Arts and Sciences, which raises an annual fund for this 

 purpose, supplemented by special bequests and subscrip- 

 tions. 



The Museum is situated at Eastern Parkway and Wash- 

 ington Avenue, near the main entrance to Prospect Park, 

 and may be reached from New York by subway to Atlantic 

 Avenue and thence by St. John's Place car to Sterling 



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