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This summer, escape from the humidity and glare in the cool air of a museum. Here's our pick of shows to see around the ...
The curators take T&C behind the new “A Lively Mind” exhibit at the Morgan Library & Museum—and why the public remains so fascinated by Jane Austen 250 years after her birth.
After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as the librarian of his son and heir, J.P. Morgan Jr., who would transform his father's Library into a public institution in 1924.
Collection of the Morgan Library and Museum, New York. More recently, Greene’s life was the subject of a 2021 novel, The Personal Librarian, by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray.
The work measures 4-to-5 inches, similar to other manuscripts by Chopin and is believed to be originally intended as a gift, according to the Morgan Library & Museum’s press release.
The Morgan Library & Museum Toward the end of the 19th century, J. Pierpont Morgan —the Gilded Age’s wolf of Wall Street—used some of his wealth to amass a vast collection of books and art.
J.P. Morgan’s private librarian Belle da Costa Greene is the subject of an upcoming exhibit at The Morgan Library and Museum, Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy, on view from October ...
That book, "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," was the beginning of a successful literary career for Potter. Her books and extraordinary life are the focus of an exhibition at the Morgan called "Beatrix ...
New York’s Morgan Library & Museum will receive two gifts totalling $15m to mark its centennial this year. The longtime museum trustee Katharine J. Rayner has pledged $10m—the museum will name ...
Kathleen Byrne, Library and Museum Educator and an enthusiast and collector of Barbie, gave a presentation on the history and evolution of the iconic fashion doll on Tuesday at the Fort Morgan ...
The library of John Pierpont Morgan, also known as the East Room. Graham Haber/Courtesy Morgan Library & Museum Another of Morgan’s lasting legacies is now gearing up to celebrate its 100th ...