Education | School Programs

Through June 2010

• Door to Door: Building the Morgan for a Changing Community. Students will read the Morgan's architecture as if it were a book on New York City's social history.
  
  
• Reading a Building: Mr. Morgan and His Library. Students will piece together a character portrait of Pierpont Morgan by looking at his magnificent library.
  
  
• Writing Matters: Writing Tools in Ancient World Communities. Students will relate local natural resources to trading, communicating, and writing in the ancient world from Asia to the Mediterranean.
  
  
• Mythical Creatures: Students will observe Mesopotamian seals' imagery, and through gallery activities and art projects, they will be introduced to ancient myths and symbols.
  
  

February through May 2010

Colors of the World: Illuminated Manuscripts in the Age of Exploration. "Colors of the World" will be offered to coincide with the exhibition Demons and Devotion: The Hours of Catherine of Cleves (January 22 through May 2, 2010) featuring 100 lavish miniatures from the most important illuminated Dutch manuscript in the world.

Students will step into Europe's past by reenacting skills and techniques that artists used to create the most exquisite medieval and Renaissance manuscripts in the Morgan's collections. They will delve into the art of Western illumination as a means of exploring early Eurasian and African trade routes.

For a full description of our permanent school programs, please download the brochure.

Additional upcoming programs for high schools
The Morgan School Programs will also include educator-led tours to coincide with two major exhibitions.

Fall 2009
A Woman's Wit: Jane Austen's Life and Legacy (November 6, 2009, through March 14, 2010) provides a close-up portrait of one of the greatest English writers through the presentation of her manuscripts and personal letters.

Winter/Spring 2010
Rome after Raphael (January 22 through May 9, 2010) illuminates the artistic production in Rome during the Renaissance. The exhibition takes Raphael's last years as its starting point and ends with the dawn of the Baroque. It includes striking examples by great masters of the period, including Raphael and Michelangelo.

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