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  • PICTURING NATURAL HISTORY: FLORA AND FAUNA IN DRAWINGS, MANUSCRIPTS, AND PRINTED BOOKS OPENS FEBRUARY 12
    FINAL EXHIBITION BEFORE MORGAN CLOSURE

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    The wonder and beauty of nature, richly documented for over nearly a thousand years, is the subject of Picturing Natural History: Flora and Fauna in Drawings, Manuscripts, and Printed Books, the Morgan Library's first exhibition devoted to natural history illustration. Picturing Natural History is the last major exhibition before the Morgan closes to the public for approximately two years to undergo an extensive expansion project.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PRESENTS: BEATRIX POTTER: DRAWN TO NATURE

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    The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to present Beatrix Potter: Drawn to Nature. Opening February 23 and on view through June 9, 2024, the exhibition tells the life story of Beatrix Potter, one of the twentieth century’s best-loved authors of children’s fiction.
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  • THE MORGAN CELEBRATES THE DEMOCRATIC SPIRIT OF WALT WHITMAN’S POETRY AND LIFE IN AN EXHIBITION THIS SUMMER

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    In celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth, the Morgan Library & Museum exhibits the work of the beloved American poet.
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  • THE MORGAN TO EXHIBIT SUPERB SELECTION OF RECENT ACQUISITIONS BEGINNING APRIL 17

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    Works Range from Drawings by Rembrandt and Matisse to Contemporary Masters, such as Helen Frankenthaler and Red Grooms; from Letters by van Gogh and Oscar Wilde to a Beethoven Manuscript and an Exquisite Renaissance Prayer Book
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  • THE MORGAN DISPLAYS RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM

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    The Morgan Library & Museum has put on display a rare first edition of “The Star Spangled Banner,” marking the 200th anniversary in 2014 of the origination of the famous anthem.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PRESENTS: SEEDS OF KNOWLEDGE: EARLY MODERN ILLUSTRATED HERBALS

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    The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to present Seeds of Knowledge: Early Modern Illustrated Herbals. Opening October 6, 2023, and on view through January 14, 2024, the exhibition highlights the collection of fifteenth- to seventeenth-century European printed herbals of Dr. Peter Goop, one of the most significant private collections of herbals in the world.
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  • THE MORGAN ADDS STATE-OF-THE-ART WALL CASE TO ITS REVAMPED LOWER LEVEL TO FACILITATE SPECIAL ROTATING EXHIBITIONS

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    The Morgan Library & Museum recently installed a large, custom-fabricated wall case in the lower level of its three-story central court to accommodate ongoing exhibitions of work from its renowned collections of art, literature, music, and photography.
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  • CANVAS AND PAGE…. THE MORGAN EXPLORES HENRY JAMES’S LIFELONG FASCINATION WITH THE VISUAL ARTS

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    Henry James and American Painting, opening at the Morgan Library & Museum on June 9, is the first exhibition to explore the author’s deep and lasting interest in the visual arts and their profound impact on the literature he produced.
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  • EUGENE V. THAW, NOTED ART COLLECTOR AND A LIFE TRUSTEE OF THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM, ENDOWS CURATORIAL POSITION

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    Jennifer Tonkovich will be the first to hold the new position, to be named the Eugene and Clare Thaw Curator of Drawings and Prints.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM RECEIVES WILLIAM PALMER JOHNSTON’S EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF WORKS BY HERMAN MELVILLE

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    The Morgan Library & Museum is the recipient of a generous gift from William Palmer Johnston of works by Herman Melville.

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