The museum presents, in an engaging manner, collections of art from various periods and civilizations: Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Asian, European, African and American. Many exhibits are arranged in chronological order, but they often cross period bound..

The three-story brick mansion (1788), designed for John Brown by his brother Joseph, impressed many who came to see it. John Quincy Adams, who visited the house, proclaimed it to be "the most magnificent and elegant private mansion that I have e..

The seventh college established in the US (1764), Brown is a member of the prestigious Ivy League. Its 140-acre College Hill campus consists of some 245 buildings. The university today enrolls about 8,000 students, and is known for its liberal educat..