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New Brooklyn Museum Shop to Open in April, First in Planned Renovations

An overhaul of the dining room and special galleries is next.

The newly renovated and expanded Shop will open on April 4, in a space previously devoted to temporary exhibitions. The new shop is 1,600 square feet larger than the old shop, and is the beginning phase of a transformation of the museum’s first floor.

The Brooklyn Museum Shop first opened in 1935 as a sales desk offering publications, postcards, and photographs of artwork in the museum’s collection. In 1954 it was changed into a Gallery Shop that specialized in toys, folk art and crafts, as well as mementos of special exhibitions.

"The major goals of the new design for the first floor of the Museum have been to create a more coherent visitor experience, larger footprints for the Museum's shop, restaurant, and exhibition galleries, and space to create a remarkable installation of major works from the Museum's permanent collections," said Museum Director Arnold Lehman, in a statement.

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After the April opening of the Museum Shop, the restaurant and café are the next up for an overhaul, getting a bar and an outdoor dining terrace in late summer. The new dining room will also accommodate special functions.

Finally, the space that formerly housed the Museum Café will transform into special exhibition galleries, adding 50 percent more floor space to the Robert E. Blum Gallery.

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