In 1888 Goodyear published a popular survey of art history, and in 1899 was appointed curator of art at the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (today the Brooklyn Museum of Art).
Tahun 1888 Goodyear menerbitkan sebuah survei mengenai sejarah seni, dan pada 1890 ia ditunjuk sebagai kurator seni di Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (sekarang Brooklyn Museum of Art).