Brooklyn Museum to open new education center

PROSPECT HEIGHTS — On Saturday, the Brooklyn Museum will welcome visitors to its newly renovated Education Center, named in honor of philanthropist, collector and curator Toby Devan Lewis and her important contributions to the art world.

The revamped 9,500-square-foot space will allow the museum to better serve the more than 50,000 visitors who participate in its education programs each year, including early childhood learners, school groups, teen audiences, college graduates, older visitors and visitors with disabilities.

The reopening will also celebrate expanded and reimagined educational programming, with new offerings on weekends for families and a permanent gallery for installations by renowned artists, students and the community.

The Education Center will serve and support engagement among visitors across age groups, since research shows that intergenerational relationships are foundational for community building. Three studios, complete with state-of-the-art audiovisual systems and LED lighting, have been specially conceived to facilitate creative expression and collaboration. They will host regular programs and classes.

Adding to its all-ages appeal, the center also features a 1,300-square-foot gallery for rotating exhibitions, including artist installations with family-friendly interactive elements. The inaugural installation, “Artland: An Installation by (Korean-born artist) Do Ho Suh and Children,” opens on the center’s first day in the newly named Norman M. Feinberg Gallery, introducing Brooklyn audiences to an imaginative world filled with enchanting characters and landscapes.

Finally, the center’s footprint reserves 4,600 square feet of offices for the Museum’s education staff, including a dedicated area for teen staff and museum guides.

“The Brooklyn Museum has a long tradition of providing arts education for…