Peterson Rich Office Designs Permanent Galleries for Brooklyn Museum’s African Art Collection | ArchDaily

Save this picture!Brooklyn Museum's new Arts of Africa Galleries. Project render, 2026. Image Courtesy of Peterson Rich OfficeWritten by Antonia PiñeiroPublished on March 27, 2026 Share ShareFacebookTwitterMailPinterestWhatsappOrhttps://www.archdaily.com/1040053/peterson-rich-office-designs-permanent-galleries-for-brooklyn-museums-african-art-collection Clipboard "COPY" CopyNew York's Brooklyn Museum has announced the extension of its neoclassical building, a New York City–designated landmark, to include new galleries dedicated to its historic African art collection. The project to renovate and create permanent galleries was designed by the Brooklyn-based architectural firm Peterson Rich Office (PRO), with prior experience in contemporary exhibition spaces, in consultation with Beyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners on the museum's historic preservation. The project transforms previously underutilized spaces that served as on-site storage, marking a new milestone in a series of renovations of an institution with over 200 years of history. For the first time, the museum's Egyptian art galleries will connect to the new African galleries, uniting North Africa with the rest of the continent to offer visitors a cohesive vision of Africa's rich artistic legacy. Save this picture!Brooklyn Museum entrance, June 2022. Image © ajay_suresh via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under the CC BY 2.0 generic licenseThe Brooklyn Museum was designed in 1893 by the architects McKim, Mead & Whi...