Joshua O'Driscoll Appointed Melvin R. Seiden Curator

The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Joshua O’Driscoll as Melvin R. Seiden Curator and Department Head of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts, effective March 2, 2026. O’Driscoll joined the Morgan as Assistant Curator of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in 2015 and was promoted to Associate Curator in 2022.

In his new role, O’Driscoll will oversee the care, study, exhibition, and interpretation of one of the world’s most significant collections of illuminated manuscripts dating from the fifth through the sixteenth centuries. The collection began when Pierpont Morgan started acquiring medieval manuscripts in the late nineteenth century. It now includes some 1,300 manuscripts and papyri, with a focus on Western European illuminated manuscripts in Latin and vernacular languages, with French, Italian, English, German, Flemish, and Dutch works forming the largest groups. The collection also features a smaller but notable selection of Armenian, Syriac, Coptic, Ethiopian, Arabic, Persian, and Indian manuscripts.