The creation of the Morgan’s new greenspace was led by British landscape architect Todd Longstaffe-Gowan. During J.P. Morgan’s time, the financier commissioned a garden to fill the space between his ...
The NYC museum and research library has long been a sight -- but until the completion of a $13 million renovation, its outdoor spaces weren't accessible. In the 116 years that J. Pierpont Morgan’s ...
In the early years of the 20th century, the Gilded Age financier J.P. Morgan built an opulent library next to his home in Midtown Manhattan to house his collection of rare books and manuscripts. It ...
The years-long restoration of the Morgan Library & Museum, the stately Neoclassical structure at 225 Madison Ave between 36th and 37th Street in Midtown East, is set to come to its fruition at last ...
Italy, France, and Britain went to war on American soil during the Gilded Age, deploying not armies or artillery but architectural styles. The prize was the allegiance of a handful of plutocrats.
After a $13 million renovation project, the institution, once the private residence and library of the financier, J. Pierpont Morgan, has opened its garden oasis to the public. By Victoria M. Walker ...
It is nearly impossible to convey to someone who has not been to New York’s Morgan Library how splendid it is. Here is an experience comparable to that of the world’s great museums, but without the ...
At the Morgan Library, 15th-century illuminated atlases embody the medieval appetite for wonder and myth. By Walker Mimms If the past is a foreign country, as L.P. Hartley wrote, customs make it so.
Some results have been hidden because they may be inaccessible to you
Show inaccessible results