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Brooklyn Museum vs Frick Collection

Both are rated highly by professional reviewers. Overall, Frick Collection scores significantly higher than Brooklyn Museum. Frick Collection ranks #1 in New York City with endorsements from 12 publications including Time Out, Atlas Obscura and Not For Tourists.

Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum
8 / 10
200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Although it may be overshadowed by the big name museums in Manhattan, the Brooklyn Museum, with more than 1 million pieces in its permanent collection." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"This Beaux Arts building houses the second-largest permanent collection in the city, with more than a million objects."
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This encyclopedic museum is housed in a five-story, 560,000-sq-ft beaux arts building designed by McKim, Mead & White." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"With a mission to bridge the artistic heritage of world cultures, this 560,000-square-foot museum built in grand Beaux-Arts style houses a large, diverse collection of 1.5 million works." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Brooklyn’s premier institution is a less-crowded alternative to Manhattan’s bigger-name spaces." Full review
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Frick Collection
Frick Collection
9 / 10
1 E. 70th St., New York, NY 10021
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Everything here is a highlight. The Portico Gallery, an enclosed portico along the building's 5th Avenue garden, houses the museum's growing collection of sculpture." Full review
Concierge Concierge
"A real find among the city's museums, this collection housed in an exquisite Beaux Arts mansion on the Upper East Side represents the personal holdings of Henry Clay Frick."
Lonely Planet Lonely Planet
Top Choice
"This spectacular art collection sits in a mansion built by prickly steel magnate Henry Clay Frick, one of the many such residences that made up Millionaires’ Row." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"The opulent residence that houses a private collection of great masters (from the 14th through the 19th centuries) was originally built for industrialist Henry Clay Frick." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
Editor's Pick
"Housed in an exquisite Beaux Arts mansion on the Upper East Side represents the personal holdings of Henry Clay Frick." Full review
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