In preparation for its 150th anniversary, the Brooklyn Historical Society pursued a vision of bringing the interiors of its attractively preserved building on Pierrepont Street into the 21st century, ...

The Brooklyn Historical Society , founded in 1863, is a museum, library, and educational center preserving and encouraging the study of Brooklyn's 400-year past. The society's Romanesque Revival ...

The Brooklyn Public Library and the Brooklyn Historical Society have announced a new plan to combine, merging their rich archival collections into what both institutions are billing as the premier ...

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) will honor Janet and David Offensend at BHS’s eighth annual Library Dinner. Ron Chernow, distinguished commentator on politics ...

Brooklyn Historical Society exhibit explores the meaning of sickness and health. June 2, 2019. The Red Hook Health Center in Brooklyn in 1920. (Library of Congress) ...

The Brooklyn Historical Society hosts social historian James Walvin for a discussion on the complicated history of sugar. Explore the complicated saga of the sweet substance, including its historic ...

Take a new look at an old building! The Brooklyn Historical Society has opened a second location on the Brooklyn waterfront with an exhibit of photos celebrating its new home. “Shifting Perspectives: ...

For one thing, author Norman Juster and illustrator Jules Feiffer lived in the same Brooklyn Heights building. Not bad.

The Brooklyn Historical Society was founded by Mrs. Elizabeth Wachs on Sept. 30, 1970, and the original museum opened Sept. 30, 1973. A new addition opened on Sept. 30, 1984.

BROOKLYN, Ohio -- The annual Brooklyn Historical Society Shunpike is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and noon to 3 p.m. Sunday (Sept. 28 and 29) at the 4442 Ridge Road venue.