For nearly twenty years, ongoing grants from the Foundation have enabled the Brooklyn Academy of Music to preserve and activate its archival collections through a series of evolving initiatives. This partnership began with creating the Shelby White and Leon Levy BAM Digital Archive, a dynamic online database. The contents chronicle BAM’s illustrious history, stretching over 160 years of presenting adventurous artists and cutting-edge programming. The Foundation’s support has now culminated in a new state-of-the-art home for the collection in the L10 Cultural Condo in the Brooklyn Cultural District, including the Shelby White & Leon Levy Reading Room —a dedicated space for integrating Archives into the fabric of all of BAM’s offerings.
