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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY, TO PRESENT NEW MARK TWAIN EXHIBITION IN CELEBRATION OF THE 175TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE BIRTH OF THE LEGENDARY AUTHOR
Released June 23, 2010
Opening September 17, 2010, the exhibition includes more than
120 rare books, letters, notebooks, diaries, photographs, and drawings associated with the author’s life and work. Mark Twain: A Skeptic's Progress is on view through January 2, 2011.
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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM TO EXHIBIT THREE SCULPTURES BY MARK DI SUVERO BEGINNING JUNE 16
Released June 4, 2010
The exhibition is the first of contemporary sculpture at the Morgan and will run through Sunday, September 12.
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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM'S HISTORIC MCKIM BUILDING TO UNDERGO FIRST MAJOR INTERIOR RESTORATION SINCE ITS CONSTRUCTION IN 1906
Released May 13, 2010
Beginning in June 2010, The Morgan Library & Museum's iconic McKim building will undergo the most extensive restoration of its interior spaces since its construction more than one hundred years ago.
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MAGNA CARTA TO GO ON VIEW WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM
Released April 20, 2010
This extremely rare and important document came to New York for a special event for Oxford University but could not be returned to Britain because of the disruption to air traffic caused by the recent volcanic ash cloud.
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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM TO EXHIBIT EXTREMELY RARE ASSYRIAN STONE TABLET DATING TO THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY B.C.
Released April 8, 2010
An inscribed tablet from the Middle Assyrian period of Mesopotamia will go on view at The Morgan Library & Museum from April 13 through September 5, 2010.
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DEFINING BEAUTY: ALBRECHT DÜRER AT THE MORGAN TO OPEN MAY 18
Released March 10, 2010
This exhibition is the first in more than twenty years to feature all the Morgan's works by one of the world's iconic artists.
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THE ART AND POETRY OF NATURE—NEW MORGAN EXHIBITION EXPLORES THE ROMANTIC MOVEMENT'S INFLUENCE ON LANDSCAPE AND GARDEN DESIGN
Released March 5, 2010
Romantic Gardens: Nature, Art, and Landscape Design is on view May 21 through August 29, 2010, and features approximately ninety highly influential texts and outstanding works of art.
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FIRST OF TWO EXHIBITIONS OF LETTERS BY J. D. SALINGER TO GO ON VIEW AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM BEGINNING TUESDAY, MARCH 16
Released February 23, 2010
Letters Were Sent By Reclusive Author To Michael Mitchell, Dust Jacket Designer Of The Acclaimed Novel The Catcher In The Rye.
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EXHIBITION OF RARELY SEEN ARCHITECTURAL DRAWINGS BY ANDREA PALLADIO TO GO ON VIEW AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM APRIL 2
Released February 15, 2010
A collection of thirty-one drawings by Palladio from the outstanding collection of the Royal Institute of British Architects Trust is on view in a special exhibition from April 2 through August 1, 2010.
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SUPERB FLEMISH ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS TO BE EXHIBITED AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM BEGINNING JANUARY 22
Released November 30, 2009
The exhibition includes examples from major illuminators from this prolific creative period encompassing the late Middle Ages and the northern Renaissance.
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THE MORGAN TO EXHIBIT SUPERB SIXTEENTH-CENTURY ITALIAN DRAWINGS BY SUCH MASTERS AS RAPHAEL, MICHELANGELO, AND PARMIGIANINO
Released November 13, 2009
Featuring more than eighty works selected almost exclusively from the Morgan's exceptional collection of Italian drawings, the exhibition brings to light the intense artistic activity in Rome from the Renaissance to the beginning of the Baroque period.
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THE HOURS OF CATHERINE OF CLEVES—ONE OF THE GREATEST OF ALL ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPTS—TO BE EXHIBITED AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM BEGINNING JANUARY 22
Released September 18, 2009
Titled Demons and Devotion: The Hours of Catherine of Cleves, the show includes nearly a hundred individual pages from the lavishly painted manuscript, which has been disbound for this special occasion.
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