Your theory doesn’t explain why THEIR numbers went down, e.g., comparing year over year for their own attendance irrespective of what is happening across the East River.
Interestingly, Mrs. BH spent a Saturday afternoon at a Brooklyn Museum Focus Group. They have a relatively young new Marketing Director. Not sure what they were doing before.
BMA has an awesome permanent collection, but they need more special exhibits to draw people back in. Let’s face it, very few book a regular trip to the museum. We just went to the Whitney for the Hopper retrospective. Afterward, I found out almost the entire exhibit was from the Whitney’s holdings (obvs, larger than they can exhibit). I didn’t care, they did an awesome job organizing and presenting it.
Oh, I guess I am a southern style BBQ person, Lech.
Scott, you know, Brooklyn is now officially on the map. OK, silly thing to say – it has always been on the map, but Brooklyn has arrived so to speak with the demographic changes, money pouring into neighborhoods and into cultural institutions like BAM. And the Brooklyn Museum collection is world class. Nothing 2nd rate about it. I think that the current outreach downplays the sophistication of the collection itself and plays to some really condescending idea of public education. Like Special Ed for Museums.
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas is a classical tragedy. At the end of the story the Grinch, an otherwise heroic character, succumbs to a constitutional weakness, an inner failing he could never escape notwithstanding his otherwise great qualities, and purposefully fails in his mission. It’s very sad.
“which included working as domestic help at a party”
Been stripping again cobble?
denton, my boy is at least 5′ 2″
Scott –
Your theory doesn’t explain why THEIR numbers went down, e.g., comparing year over year for their own attendance irrespective of what is happening across the East River.
Interestingly, Mrs. BH spent a Saturday afternoon at a Brooklyn Museum Focus Group. They have a relatively young new Marketing Director. Not sure what they were doing before.
BMA has an awesome permanent collection, but they need more special exhibits to draw people back in. Let’s face it, very few book a regular trip to the museum. We just went to the Whitney for the Hopper retrospective. Afterward, I found out almost the entire exhibit was from the Whitney’s holdings (obvs, larger than they can exhibit). I didn’t care, they did an awesome job organizing and presenting it.
By denton on December 22, 2010 12:43 PM
“I’m sorry, but I’m a law-abiding citizen, and a lawyer to boot, and this is why I still have a slight fear of the cops and the legal system.”
Don’t worry Cgar. Cops don’t arrest 5′ tall white guys for ANYTHING.
Damn…..this is a tough crowd. 🙂
“I’m sorry, but I’m a law-abiding citizen, and a lawyer to boot, and this is why I still have a slight fear of the cops and the legal system.”
Don’t worry Cgar. Cops don’t arrest 5′ tall white guys for ANYTHING.
Oh, I guess I am a southern style BBQ person, Lech.
Scott, you know, Brooklyn is now officially on the map. OK, silly thing to say – it has always been on the map, but Brooklyn has arrived so to speak with the demographic changes, money pouring into neighborhoods and into cultural institutions like BAM. And the Brooklyn Museum collection is world class. Nothing 2nd rate about it. I think that the current outreach downplays the sophistication of the collection itself and plays to some really condescending idea of public education. Like Special Ed for Museums.
Cripes, Only you lech, only you, could type that diatribe about the Grinch when he wises up and gets the spirit!
“Had to find the file…Mrs. BH is printing a menu (yeah, bit over the top eh).”
Cripes, the bar is just too damn high. I give up.
“Cobble – Are you making or buying the buche?”
Mm, a short person I know and his handler are making it!
The Grinch Who Stole Christmas is a classical tragedy. At the end of the story the Grinch, an otherwise heroic character, succumbs to a constitutional weakness, an inner failing he could never escape notwithstanding his otherwise great qualities, and purposefully fails in his mission. It’s very sad.