Morgan Library & Museum
The Morgan Library & Museum (originally known as the Pierpont Morgan Library; colloquially the Morgan) is a museum and research library at 225 Madison Avenue in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. Completed in 1906 as the private library of the banker J. P. Morgan, the institution has more than 350,000 objects. , the museum is directed by Colin B. Bailey and governed by a board of trustees.The site was formerly occupied by several Phelps family residences. J. P. Morgan purchased one of these residences in 1880 and, after collecting thousands of objects in the late 19th century, erected the main library building between 1902 and 1906. The library was made a public institution in 1924 by J. P. Morgan's son John Pierpont Morgan Jr., in accordance with his father's will, and further expansions were completed in 1928, 1962, and 1991. The Morgan Library was renamed the Morgan Library & Museum after the completion of a major expansion in 2006. Further renovations were completed in 2010 and 2022.
The Morgan Library & Museum is composed of several structures. The main building was designed by Charles McKim of the firm of McKim, Mead and White, with an annex designed by Benjamin Wistar Morris. A 19th-century Italianate brownstone house at 231 Madison Avenue, built by Isaac Newton Phelps, is also part of the grounds. The complex includes three additional structures, including a glass entrance building designed by Renzo Piano and Beyer Blinder Belle. The main building and its interior is a New York City designated landmark and a National Historic Landmark, while the house at 231 Madison Avenue is a designated city landmark.
The Morgan Library & Museum contains illuminated manuscripts, authors' original manuscripts, books, and sheets of music. The Morgan also houses collections of drawings, photographs, paintings, maps, and other objects. In addition to its permanent collection, the museum has hosted temporary exhibitions, as well as events such as concerts and lectures. Both the collection and the original building's architecture have received praise over the years, while the annexes' architecture has received mixed commentary. Provided by Wikipedia
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Art of the printed book, 1455-1955; masterpieces of typography through five centuries from the collections of the Pierpont Morgan Library.
Published 1973“…Pierpont Morgan Library…”
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Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 1709-1784; an exhibition of first editions, manuscripts, letters, and portraits to commemorate the 250th anniversary of his birth, and the 200th anniversary...
Published 1959“…Pierpont Morgan Library…”
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Sir Arthur Sullivan : composer & personage / by Allen, Reginald
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Early children's books and their illustration /
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Drawings by Benjamin West and his son, Raphael Lamar West /
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The illustrator and the book in England from 1790 to 1914 / by Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-
Published 1976“…Pierpont Morgan Library…”
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William Morris and the art of the book : with essays on William Morris, as book collector by Paul Needham, as calligrapher by Joseph Dunlap, and as typographer by John Dreyfus. by Needham, Paul, 1943-
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Twelve centuries of bookbindings, 400-1600 / by Needham, Paul, 1943-
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Masterpieces of medieval painting : the art of illumination /
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The Prayer book of Michelino da Besozzo /
Published 1981“…Pierpont Morgan Library…”
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Poems, transcripts, letters, &c. : facsimiles of Richard Woodhouse's scrapbook materials in the Pierpont Morgan Library / by Keats, John, 1795-1821
Published 1985“…Pierpont Morgan Library…”
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The voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano, 1524-1528, by Wroth, Lawrence C. 1884-1970
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Netherlandish drawings of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries and Flemish drawings of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in the Pierpont Morgan Library / by Stampfle, Felice
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Morgan Library ghost stories /
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Bibles and bestiaries : a guide to illuminated manuscripts / by Wilson, Elizabeth
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Painted prayers : the book of hours in medieval and Renaissance art / by Wieck, Roger S.
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The Codex Huygens and Leonardo da Vinci's art theory; the Pierpont Morgan Library, Codex M.A. 1139. by Panofsky, Erwin, 1892-1968
Published 1971“…Pierpont Morgan Library…”
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Pierre Matisse and his artists / by Griswold, William
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The English notebooks. by Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864
Published 1962“…Pierpont Morgan Library…”
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Illuminating fashion : dress in the art of medieval France and the Netherlands, 1325-1515 / by Buren, Anne van
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