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The Morgan Library & Museum stands on land that is part of Lenapehoking, the unceded ancestral homeland of the Lenape people.

Laura Coombs Hills (1859–19520 Belle da Costa Greene, 1910 Watercolor on ivory; 5 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (14.6 × 10.8 cm) The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, gift of the Estate of Belle da Costa Greene, 1950; AZ164

The Study is the most sumptuous and yet personal of the library rooms and the one that best reflects the personal tastes of its original occupant.

The Horace Goldsmith Foundation Education Center is a multipurpose room that accommodates classes, small lectures, and other educational offerings.

Theodore C. Marceau (1859–1922) Belle da Costa Greene (reading), May 1911 Gelatin silver print 14 15/16 × 10 7/8 in. (38 × 27.7 cm)

There is only one known sculpture of Belle da Costa Greene, made by Jo Davidson in 1925. In one of her letters to Bernard Berenson, there is an additional reference to a possible sculpture made of Belle Greene's head by the American sculptor Paul Manship (1885–1966):

The Gilder Lehrman Hall is an elegant setting for dramatic readings, concerts, lectures, and other live performances.

To mark the 2024 centenary of its life as a public institution, the Morgan Library & Museum will present a major exhibition devoted to the life and career of its inaugural director, Belle da Costa Greene (1879–1950).