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Programs + Tours

PROGRAMS
Brooklyn Navy Yard hosts a variety of programs and events that are open to the public. These events unfold in different locations, in different formats, and with different themes… check out what’s upcoming in our calendar!

IN Series for INdustry Professionals

Curated in support of the exhibition, IN MOTION: HANDCRAFTING INDUSTRY, the IN Series focuses on bringing industry professionals together in conversation and community.

Each event includes a networking component as well as a structured program where participants will engage in critical conversations with their peers to support the growth of their brands, businesses, and connections.

IN Progress: Growing Your Creative Company | Panel Discussion
Thursday, April 18
RSVP here.

Learn from several entrepreneurs in creative fields who have made the leap from independent maker, fabricator, artist, and designer to being a successful business owner.

Made in Brooklyn: Programs with Yard-Based Businesses

Kings County Distillery

Barrels at Kings County Distillery

TOURS
Explore our 300-acre site that is today a nationally acclaimed campus of industry, technology, fabrication, and innovation across dozens of sectors while also taking a dive into the past to learn about our continued legacy of innovation and invention.

Public Tours

Learn about businesses that call the Yard home, recent adaptive reuse projects, and take a step back in time with historical throwbacks such as a visit to a 19th-century dry dock. Upcoming public tours:

Past, Present & Future: An Introduction to the Brooklyn Navy Yard
Saturdays at 2 pm: March 16, 23, 30 & April 6, 13, 20, 27
Learn more and buy tickets here.

Architecture & Infrastructure Tour
Sundays at 11 am: April 21
Learn more and buy tickets here.

The Yard & WWII
Sundays at 11 am: April 7
Learn more and buy tickets here.

Urban Ecology Bike Tours
Check back next spring for updates!
Learn more and buy tickets here.

 

Interested in booking a private tour for your group? Fill out request form below.

 

Tours for Professional Groups

Tours for professional groups and government agencies often focus on the Yard as an economic model for urban manufacturing and industry. Common topics include public-private partnerships, our role as a nonprofit real estate provider and property management, information on our workforce and business development initiatives, and discussions related to planning, adaptive reuse, and leveraging the waterfront as a resource.

 

Interested in booking a tour for your professional group? Fill out request form below.

 

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