All Brooklyn Public Library locations will be closed for Memorial Day Weekend from Saturday, May 25th through Monday, May 27th.
Good news! Coney Island and Gerritsen Beach libraries will reopen this fall after extensive renovations due to Hurricane Sandy. See our Hurricane Sandy Renovations page for updates.
Visit the Art & Music division for anything and everything you need to know about arts and entertainment.
(DVDs, CDs and audiobooks are located in the Popular Library, second floor mezzanine.)
The Art & Music division includes:
Delve into our large collection of books on art and artists, art history, and forms and techniques. Covering Western, non-Western, and folk traditions, the art collection includes extensive reference materials that are especially useful for graduate-level research.
Explore individual architects and buildings, periods, styles, and movements in this collection, which also includes material on architectural drawing and city planning.
Our vast collection is a complete music resource, where books on every genre and historical period of music imaginable — from classical and opera to jazz, pop, and ethnic styles — are available to check out or use as reference material. The following features will help you find what you need:
Song-finding index - Browse through more than 4,500 song folios, comprising mostly pop, rock, and standards, with some art songs, Christmas carols, and hymns.
Music business - Learn the practical aspects of the industry in our collection of up-to-date information on legal and business aspects of the trade.
Musical scores - More than 40,000 scores are available, including operas, Broadway shows, organ, piano and keyboard music, instrumental methods and solos, orchestra scores, chamber music parts, oratorios, popular music, and art and folk songs, as well as complete works of various composers, monumental editions, and reference copies of Broadway shows.
Orchestra collection - Both amateur and professional organizations may borrow complete orchestra sets of scores and parts. Special registration and fees are required. Inquire with the music librarian for rules and regulations. Appointments must be made to check out and return materials from the orchestra collection.
Whether you're an experienced pro or a basics-only beginner, we've got books to help you hone your photography skills. A collection of pictorial works on most well-known photographers serves as both research and inspirational material.
Read about the rules, regulations, history, and practice of your favorite sport — or check out an instructional book and learn a new one — in this comprehensive collection.
Discover the practical aspects of theater, film, and dance production in a how-to book, or experience the subjective side of performance art by reading a critique by a leading expert of a particular style or genre.
Art & Music sponsors 2 ongoing programs:
Chess for Adults, meets on Friday afternoons at 4:00pm on the 3rd Floor, in the Art & Music Division.
Fiber Arts Group, meets on Wednesdays from 6:00pm to 8:00pm, in the Trustee's Room on the 3rd Floor. (Note: room may sometimes vary, check with Art & Music 718-230-2183 to confirm location.)
The Read Quilt, created in 2011, is one of the Fiber Art Group's many projects.
