The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, founded by Pierpont …
WEBContact information. 225 Madison Avenue. New York, NY 10016. (212) 685-0008. Terms and conditions. Just a short walk from Grand Central and Penn Station, the Morgan is a major exhibition venue for fine art, literature, and music, one of New York's great historic sites, and a wonderful place to dine, shop, and attend a concert or film.
Explore the Collection - The Morgan Library & Museum
WEBExplore 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.
Welcome to the Morgan - The Morgan Library & Museum
WEBThe 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 7 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.
J. Pierpont Morgan's Library - The Morgan Library & Museum
WEBIn 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 ...
About the Morgan | The Morgan Library & Museum
WEBA 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 ...
1906: J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library
WEBThe building envisioned by McKim was to embody the Renaissance ideal of the unity of all the arts, integrating architecture, sculpture, and painting, and utilizing the finest materials and craftsmanship. By 1900 Pierpont Morgan decided to build a library next to his brownstone at the corner of Madison Avenue and 36th Street.
The Crusader Bible | The Morgan Library & Museum Online …
WEBThis digital facsimile was created in conjunction with the exhibition The Crusader Bible: A Gothic Masterpiece, on view October 17, 2014, through January 4, 2015, and organized by William M. Voelkle, Curator and Department Head. View images with descriptions from the Morgan's Picture Bible illustrated in thirteenth-century France.
J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library - The Morgan Library & Museum
WEBThe Morgan Library & Museum. 225 Madison Avenue. New York, NY 10016. (212) 685-0008. The Importance of the NEH to Our Work. Terms and conditions. The programs of the Morgan Library & Museum are made possible with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and by the New York …
The Morgan Gutenberg Bible Online
WEBIntroduction. The Morgan Library & Museum is the only institution in the world to possess three copies of the Gutenberg Bible, the first substantial book printed from movable type in the West. Fifty copies survive today in varying states of completeness from an edition originally of around 160–180 copies, of which perhaps three quarters were ...
Restoration of J. Pierpont Morgan's Library and the new Morgan …
WEBThe exterior restoration of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library and the Morgan Garden was made possible by lead support from the Charina Endowment Fund, Inc.;
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