Sponsored by The Book Club of California Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950) was Pierpont Morgan’s personal librarian (1908–1913) and the first Director of the Morgan Library (1924–1948). She was also the daughter of two mixed-race parents and passed for white. In the nearly six hundred letters that Greene sent to […]
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Sponsored by The Grolier Club Joshua O’Driscoll, Assistant Curator of Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts at the Morgan Library and Museum, will speak on “Nuns at Work: The Poor Clares As Makers of Books in Gothic Cologne.” A newly-emerged fragment from an otherwise lost deluxe choir book serves as the point […]
The Morgan Library Join Morgan Docents for an interactive visual tour of the exhibition One Hundred Years of James Joyce’s Ulysses. Please note that the program will take place online. After registering, participants will receive a confirmation email with instructions on how to participate using Zoom. We ask that you download […]
The Morgan Library From the Morgan’s three Gutenberg Bibles to the intricately carved cylinder seals of Ancient Mesopotamia, join our Morgan docents as they guide you on an up-close virtual exploration and discussion of one of the many works in the institution’s treasured permanent collection. Please note that the program […]
The Morgan Library Join Assistant Manager of School Programs, Ann Bell, for a talk about the Morgan Book Project, an extended learning program for students in grades 3-12 in which they create their own illuminated manuscripts using the Morgan’s collection as inspiration. She will highlight facets of traditional bookmaking techniques […]