Experience the world of Ziggy Stardust at the Brooklyn Museum, where the exhibition “David Bowie Is” runs through July 15. The show uses immersive audiovisual displays, including Sennheiser headphones, to present Bowie’s music alongside continuous video and animation projections.
What sets this exhibition apart is the wealth of material drawn from Bowie’s personal archive. On display are more than 400 objects: stage costumes, videos, 85 handwritten lyric sheets, tour footage, photographs and original album artwork. Together these items trace Bowie’s creative evolution from his teenage years in England through his later life in New York City.
Visitors move through multimedia installations that illuminate Bowie’s work as a songwriter, performer and visual artist. Costumes and stage designs illustrate how he reinvented his public persona, while lyric sheets and notebooks offer rare insight into his writing process. Archival photographs and tour footage capture the energy of live performances, and original album art highlights his collaboration with designers and visual collaborators.
Curated to show both the breadth and intimacy of Bowie’s career, the exhibition balances large-scale set pieces and projections with quiet, personal artifacts. The arrangement encourages visitors to follow thematic threads—identity, performance, experimentation—and to see how these themes recur across decades of music, film and fashion.
Whether you’re a longtime fan or new to his work, the show provides a layered portrait of a restless, boundary-pushing artist. The combination of objects from his archive and immersive sound-and-vision elements gives a rare opportunity to connect with Bowie’s creative life in a vivid, sensory way. Plan your visit before the exhibition closes on July 15 to explore this extensive collection and its compelling narrative of reinvention and artistry.