The Things you find behind the Brooklyn Museum
4 Comments Published by Cedric Benetti on Friday, July 17, 2009 at 7/17/2009 08:23:00 PM.![](https://resources.blogblog.com/img/icon18_edit_allbkg.gif)
Usually you would suspect the backlot of a museum (especially in the US) to be filled with a parking lot. The behind of the Brooklyn Museum actually does come with that, but also with its very own treasure trove of architectural fragments scattered all over the area.
A real architectural and sculptural fragments encyclopedia can be found here, and some unexpected masterpieces are among those wonders in stone.
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This goes to prove that we are really behind the museum: the ugly back of the never-quite-finished beaux-arts masterpiece that is the Brooklyn Museum, a neoclassical McKim Mead and White structure.
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Who'd expect a lady liberty replica amidst the parking lot?
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This one is actually a fragment of the old Pennsylvania Station that got demolished and raised concerns to preserve architectural milestones of NYC. Most of the demolished Manhattan train station unfortunately found a watery last resting place in the swamps of New Jersey.
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These are Sullivan architecture details.
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And this sculpture is actually an ice block kept in the sculpture garden in a big fridge.
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I see brooklyn without going to NY. thanks cedric for sharing
btw, Bruno is really gross :( I thought it was fun but when it comes to 45 mins earlier I feel grossed and annoyed
Bonjour! Cedric,
What very interesting photographs of architectural fragments (scattered all over the area...) and found behind the Brooklyn Museum.
Merci!
DeeDee
I love peeping in the back of the museum! Thanks.
I love it when you go skulking around the back of buildings and places.