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The Othmer Library has a collection that includes historic maps and atlases of Brooklyn and New York City, individual family histories in the genealogy collection, a microfilm collection of Brooklyn and Long Island newspapers from the 19th and early 20th century, a collection of microfiche pamphlets
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Principal activities of the CBH include education programs, which are organized around a central educational concept of encouraging students to understand that history is connected to their lives. CBH programs link the study of American history to events and sites in the students’ own communities by
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The Center for Brooklyn History possesses a collection of historical maps spanning the years ca. 1562–2011. The geographic coverage of the collection includes the five boroughs of New York City, Long Island, New York State, New Jersey, New England, the Mid-Atlantic, and the Eastern United States.
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Each year exhibitions are presented by the CBH, ranging from retrospectives and historical surveys to more focused presentations that explore specific themes and topics. Installations from the collection have included a gallery of family portraits and another of landscape paintings. These
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The Oral History Collections contain interviews with over 300 narrators. A 2013 Oral History Project is called Crossing Borders, Bridging Generations. It is a public programming series and oral history project about mixed-heritage families, with historical perspective.
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introducing the investigation of primary source documents and neighborhood histories. CBH's education programs largely focus on the ability of students to “read” primary source documents, including works of art, maps, photographs, and other artifacts.
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The building has been described as "one of the City's great architectural treasures", and the interior as "one of New York's great 19th-century interiors." It is part of the
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in 1991. In October 1999, BHS began a full-scale restoration of the building, supervised by architect Jan Hird Pokorny, and reopened in 2003.
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The center's headquarters building, on the corner of Pierrepoint and Clinton Streets, was built in 1878–81 and was designed by
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In 2010 while cataloging the map collection, BHS staff discovered a previously uncatalogued, and rare copy of a c. 1770 map by
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installations rotate over time, providing visitors with greater access to CBH's fine arts collections.
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ornamentation made by the Perth Amboy Terra Cotta Company, and has architectural sculptures by
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The Center for Brooklyn History was founded in 1863 by Henry Pierrepont (1808–1888) as the
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In 2014, BHS created a series of signs marking points of historic significance throughout
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arts and social service institutions to receive part of a $ 20 million grant from the
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Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in New York City
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In December 2007, BHS opened the first gallery in the United States devoted to
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Kings County, New York
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on slavery and abolition, the papers of abolitionist clergyman
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that has been restored and is now accessible to the public.
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building, located at Pierrepont and Clinton Streets in
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In 2020, the BHS made an agreement to merge with the
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Brooklyn Historical Society
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Center for Brooklyn History is located in New York City
Brooklyn Heights
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