living museums like williamsburg where people are in costume reenacting the past. museums are important because they don't just give us a sense of where we confirm what our past is but it gives us a sense of what our future can be. >> karen, as museums evolve, then what does the curator do with any particular exhibit depending on what the exhibit is all about. interactive qualities, the form of the exhibit itself, art form. how is the evolution of museum life if i can use that kind of a phrase influenced the work of the curator? >> interesting question. i think things are changing as lorie mentioned they open their doors wider and welcome a much broader audience. sometimes we do that through ipad, interactive engagements and museum directors still be able to create a dynamic interaction between the historical artifacts, contemporary art work and make meaningful experiences to our visitors and i think it's more f a challenge quiet honestly that we find that the art is not supported as well in our community and education program and i see it as an important roll of the museums t

takes us inside a brooklyn hotel steeped in old-school cool. >> reporter: williamsburg is one of brooklyn's oldest industrial areas. and now home to one of its coolest hotels. the wyatt. >> it started about six years ago. it had to do with beer and the back of a napkin and the idea that brooklyn didn't have a hotel that really represented brooklyn. >> reporter: peter lawrence took on the project of converting a 1901 factory into a modern-day hotspot that preserves the building's past life. >> we left everything we could. all the columns, all the beams inside the rooms you have the existing feeling that's been there for 100 years and the timber was probably 100 years old when they put it in. >> reporter: the 72 guest rooms also incorporate the original materials. while giving visitors a taste of new brooklyn. >> like all the rooms in the hotel, we tried to incorporate some of the great talent that's in our neighborhood and in our community. so the wallpaper's done by a graphic designer named dan who's in our neighborhood. we have a really well-stocked mini bar filled with all sort