The Brooklyn Museum Announces Public Programs in April for Visitors of All Ages

First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum, October 2022. (Photo: Kolin Mendez Photography)

A variety of programming welcomes community members to the Museum

The Brooklyn Museum announces its lineup of April programming, featuring a Brooklyn Talk with Dr. Jane Goodall in honor of Earth Month, our final Art History Happy Hour of the season, and a discussion between Thierry Mugler’s famed muses Joey Arias, Dianne Brill, and Stella Ellis. Additional programs include classes, tours, and special events that amplify the Museum’s exhibitions and collections, serve the surrounding community, and support learning through the visual arts.

Museum Members enjoy complimentary or discounted tickets and early access to public programs.

Highlights of the full schedule are as follows:

Visita Guiada: Algunas de Nuestras Piezas Favoritas Saturday, April 1, 1–2 pm
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Free with Museum admission.

Únete a uno de nuestros Guías A.R.T. en un recorrido guiado y gratuito por nuestras galerías. Nuestros guías compartirán algunas de sus obras favoritas y descubrirás porqué el Museo de Brooklyn es un lugar tan único.

Join one of our A.R.T. Guides for a free tour through our galleries. Our guides will share a few of their favorite artworks and explore what makes the Brooklyn Museum so unique.

First Saturday: Rhymes with Brooklyn Saturday, April 1, 5–11 pm
Throughout the Museum
Free; registration required.

Celebrate National Poetry Month and the fiftieth anniversary of hip-hop with a lineup of poets and artists who activate language’s power to connect and express.

Poetry Workshop: I See You Face to Face Tuesday, April 4, 6–9 pm Robert E. Blum Gallery, 1st Floor
Tickets are $40 and include a complimentary notebook.

Take part in an intimate poetry-writing workshop with Cea (Constantine Jones), a poet and Visual AIDS Oral History Project Liaison, and Drew Sawyer, Phillip and Edith Leonian Curator of Photography.

Brooklyn Talks: Dr. Jane Goodall and Friends Tuesday, April 4, 7–9 pm
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor, and online
Tickets are $40 and include after-hours access to Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas.

In honor of Earth Month, join us and our friends at The Meteor for a conversation with Dr. Jane Goodall—the ethologist, conservationist, peacemaker, and mentor.

Curator Talk: Legacies of African Art Saturday, April 8, 2–4 pm
Arts of Africa Galleries, 3rd Floor
Free with Museum admission; registration required.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at the process of exhibiting, honoring, and reflecting on African art at the Brooklyn Museum, in celebration of the International Day of Provenance Research. Join Sills Foundation Curator of African Art Ernestine White- Mifetu, Arts of Africa Postdoctoral Fellow Annissa Malvoisin, and Coordinator of Provenance Meghan Bill for an intimate walkthrough of Sakimatwemtwe: A Century of Reflection on the Arts of Africa, commemorating a watershed exhibition mounted at the Museum in 1923.

Brooklyn Talks: Mugler’s Muses with Joey Arias, Dianne Brill, and Stella Ellis Thursday, April 13, 7–9 pm Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Tickets are $30 and include after-hours admission to Thierry Mugler: Couturissime.

Get to know the personalities who inspired designer Thierry Mugler through this conversation between three of his muses.

Art History Happy Hour: Blossoms Thursday, April 20, 7–8:30 pm
The Norm, 1st Floor
Tickets are $45 and include a specialty cocktail, small bites, and after-hours admission to Arts of Asia and the Islamic World.

Our season of Art History Happy Hours concludes with a celebration of flowers, just as spring blossoms are reaching full bloom. Learn about the language of flowers in Asian art with Joan Cummins, Lisa and Bernard Selz Senior Curator of Asian Art, and hear insights from Valentine Leung of Park Deli about this neighborhood destination for flowers and creativity. Plus, enjoy a special cocktail from Kenta Goto’s local spot Bar Goto Niban, known for incorporating Japanese ingredients into its unique drinks and bar snacks.

Brooklyn Reads: We Are a Haunting with Tyriek White Thursday, April 27, 7–9 pm
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Tickets are $16 ($30 with a copy of We Are a Haunting).

Writer, musician, and educator Tyriek Rashawn White returns to his hometown for the release of his debut novel, We Are a Haunting, which traces three generations of a working-class Brooklyn family and their inherited ghosts.

Virtual ASL Tour Saturday, April 29, 2–3:30 pm Online
Free; registration required.

Join us for a virtual tour of our exhibitions and collections in American Sign Language (ASL).