Happenings at the Brooklyn Museum Shop

Since the completion of our design of the Brooklyn Museum Shop in Brooklyn, NY back in 2012, the shop has won awards, has had increased sales and grand exposure with articles in such publications as the New York Times,  Time-Out and New York Magazine, as well as an exciting line of featured exhibits and artists.  Check out what's happening these days at the shop...

Our Museum Shop Welcomes Richard Aste and Hermes Mallea An Old World empire and its caste-like social hierarchy underscores the social inequity endured by Spanish Americans in the New World. Colonial elites of all heritages amassed unprecedented fortunes leading to opulent displays of luxury goods and showcasing their purchasing power Behind Closed Doors.  —Richard Aste, Curator of European Art Behind Closed Doors Event Thursday, September 19, 7 p.m. The Museum Shop, 1st Floor Richard Aste will be on hand for the Members Preview for the exhibition Behind Closed Doors: Art in the Spanish American Home, 1492–1898, signing copies of the accompanying catalog. Read more. Great Houses of Havana Aste will be joined by Hermes Mallea, author of Great Houses of Havana, which traces the evolution of the Cuban home from the classic, Spanish colonial courtyard house to the “Tropical Modernist” villas of the 1950s. Read more.

Brooklyn Museum Shop Wins Best Store Design

We are proud to announce that the Brooklyn Museum Shop, designed by Visbeen Architects, just won Best Store Design at the 61st Annual Gift & Decorative Accessories Magazine's Retail Excellence Awards!  Members from across all aspects of the industry assembled to applaud the finalists, winners and other honorees at the Retailer Excellence Awards Gala on Sunday evening.  The Awards program's mission since day one has been "to honor outstanding creative retailers, showcase their achievements and provide inspiration to other retailers just like them," and according to GDA's editor-in-chief, Caroline Kennedy, they have not wavered from that goal in 61 years.  The Brooklyn Museum Shop was one of five winners of the evening, with Mxyplyzyk of New Jersey awarded as the runner up in Gift Store Design/Redesign.

Congratulations to everyone involved in making this shop an award-winner!

Our friend Sallie Stutz, Vice Director for Merchandising, holding the award!

Check out our blog post from April to see more photos of this renovated retail space.

Brooklyn Museum Shop Tour

As your learned from our blog post two weeks ago, the Brooklyn Museum Shop is open for business and people are talking!  Now we have the pleasure of giving you a pictorial tour of this rehabilitated and renovated space.  With local artisan pieces like the chandelier and wooden toys by David Weeks, and Keith Haring paintings displayed behind the cash wrap, the shop brings the beauty of the museum's exhibits inside.

For more photos of this retail space, please visit our website:
www.visbeen.biz > gallery > commercial projects > retail > brooklyn museum shop


Interior Merchandising by David Hopkins
Photography by Evan Sung

Brooklyn Museum Shop Opens for Business

The Brooklyn Museum Shop, designed by Visbeen Associates, is now open for business!  It opened it's doors to the public on April 4 and will be having an open house this evening from 7:00pm-9:00pm - if you are in the NYC area, feel free to stop by! (Click here for details regarding this event)  


The media is talking about this great new space.  As written by New York Magazine, "what began as a humble gift stand in the thirties has morphed into a spacious shop off the museum’s lobby with eclectic gift items from the Americas, Asia, and Africa."  The New York Times featured this article about the expansion:

The Brooklyn Museum Shop Expands

Evan Sung for The New York Times

By TIM McKEOUGH

Published: April 4, 2012

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As part of the transformation of its first floor, the Brooklyn Museum has opened an expanded 4,150-square-foot shop with plenty of display space and a special focus on items designed and made in the borough.

“One of the key new things in the store — even though we’ve always had Brooklyn-made products and things that conveyed Brooklyn imagery — is a very large space that honors established and emerging Brooklyn artisans and designers,” said Sallie Stutz, vice director for merchandising.

Among the pieces on display will be wooden toy gorillas by David Weeks ($80 to $105), whose chandeliers also help light the store; Brooklyn-shaped bamboo cutting boards by Amy Stringer-Mowat ($48); and colorful Balancing Blocks by Fort Standard ($85), pictured.

Information: (718) 501-6258 or brooklynmuseum.org.

Stay tuned to our blog for the final photos of the shop - coming soon!