BROOKLYN MUSEUM: FORESHADOWING BROOKLYN’S FUTURE1. Main exhibit: Early and Colonial Years 1600s – 1776 (First Immigration, Native American taken over by Dutch who created the 1st five villag-es: Bushwick, Brooklyn, Flatbush, Flatlands, and New Utrecht.) 2. Large Exhibit: Village to City 1794 – 1898 (1st transportation developed. Rowboats, sailboats, ferries on the East River 1814. Erie Canal 1825. Brooklyn Bridge 1865-1883) 3. Small Exhibit: Vast Expansion Early 20th Century 1900 – 2000 (new bridges, trolley lines, elevated railroads, subway lines. Became the leading producers of manufactured goods. Sugar refining, dockyards, gas refiners, ironworkers, and factories. 4. Small Exhibit: Post War Years World War II (Brooklyn Abandoned, dockyards, navy yards closed in 1966, the black out of 1977, entire neighborhood went up in flames. 5. Outdoor Exhibit: Brooklyn Botanic Garden – How it can to be.

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SMALL EXHIBIT: 3RD FLOOR VAST EXPANSION(1900-2000)

SMALL EXHIBIT: 3RD FLOOR BROOKLYN ABANDONED (POST WORLD WAR II)

OUTDOOR EXHIBIT: 2ND FLOOR BROOKLYN BOTANIC GARDEN

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