Welcome to the Morgan - The Morgan Library & Museum
The Morgan Library & Museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday from 10:30 am to 5 pm, and Friday from 10:30 am to 8 pm. The Morgan closes at 4 p.m. on Christmas Eve and 5 pm on New Year's Eve. Closed Mondays, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day. Admission.
About the Morgan | The Morgan Library & Museum
A museum and independent research library located in the heart of New York City, the Morgan Library & Museum began as the personal library of financier, collector, and cultural benefactor Pierpont Morgan. As early as 1890 Morgan had begun to assemble a collection of illuminated, literary, and historical manuscripts, early printed books, and old ...
Explore the Collection - The Morgan Library & Museum
Explore the Collection. See highlights of J. Pierpont Morgan's immense holdings of Egyptian art, Renaissance paintings, Chinese porcelains, illuminated, literary, and historical manuscripts, early printed books, and old master drawings and prints. Watch Morgan staff disucssing a selection of items from the Morgan's collection in this video series.
Belle da Costa Greene, the Morgan’s First Librarian and Director
Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950) was one of the most prominent librarians in American history. She ran the Morgan Library for forty-three years—nineteen as the private librarian of J. Pierpont Morgan and later his son, Jack, and twenty-four as the inaugural director of the Pierpont Morgan Library (now the Morgan Library & Museum).
J. Pierpont Morgan's Library - The Morgan Library & Museum
In June 2022 the Morgan completed the first comprehensive exterior restoration of the library that J. Pierpont Morgan commissioned from architect Charles Follen McKim. This American Renaissance masterpiece, completed in 1906, is the historic heart of the Morgan Library & Museum. The restoration addresses weathering, deterioration, and minor ...
Current Exhibitions - The Morgan Library & Museum
Aug 12, 2024 · November 5 through 25, 2024. Collections Spotlight, Fall 2024. September 10, 2024 through January 12, 2025. A Social Medium: Collaboration in Photography. Tuesday, October 1, 2024 through February, 2025. Entering the Oil Sketch. August 12, 2024 through May 11, 2025. Sol LeWitt's Wall Drawing 552D. Ongoing.
Tours - The Morgan Library & Museum
Docent-led Highlights tours and tours of select exhibitions are listed below.Highlights Tour of the CollectionOnsite Highlights tours provide a general introduction to J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library, the Morgan campus, and include a selection of highlights from the permanent collection.These tours run every Tuesday through Sunday at 12:30 pm.All schedules are subject to change. All …
Architecture of the Morgan Library & Museum
Today, The Morgan Library & Museum is a complex of buildings of differing styles and periods covering half a city block. It began as an intimate palazzo-like structure designed by Charles Follen McKim to serve as the private library of financier Pierpont Morgan. "Mr. Morgan's library", as it became known, was built between 1902 and 1906 to the ...
Auld Lang Syne: The Story of a Song - Morgan Library & Museum
When Shield's comic opera Rosina was first performed at Covent Garden in 1782, Scottish song enthusiasts may have recognized a snippet of melody played by oboe and bassoon, in imitation of bagpipes, toward the end of the overture. It was reminiscent of "The Miller's Wedding," a popular Scottish country dance tune that foreshadowed the melody we now call "Auld Lang Syne."
Franz Kafka - The Morgan Library & Museum
Franz Kafka is organized by the Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford in collaboration with the Morgan Library & Museum, New York. The exhibition curator at the Morgan is Sal Robinson, Lucy Ricciardi Assistant Curator of Literary and Historical Manuscripts. Franz Kafka is made possible with generous support from Frederick J. Iseman.