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Brooklyn Historical Society
The Brooklyn Historical Society is a nationally recognized urban history center dedicated to preserving and encouraging the study of Brooklyn's 400-year history. Its galleries and archive are housed in a magnificent landmark building.
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Ongoing The exhibit It Happened in Brooklyn highlights key moments in our nation's history and how they played out in Brooklyn. Also on display are the permanent exhibits Historical Views of and from Brooklyn and Portraits of Prominent New Yorkers.
History Hunters: Seeking the Industrial Age
Ongoing Drawing upon nearly 100 primary sources from the society’s collection, this in-school, 90-minute program examines industrialization, urbanization and immigration patterns in Brooklyn.