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THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PRESENTS FIRST EXHIBITION OF ITS EXTRAORDINARY BABAR COLLECTION

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Wednesday, June 4, 2008

Original Illustrations and Manuscript Material from First Books by Jean and Laurent de Brunhoff Illuminate Authors' Creative Process and Document the Birth of an Iconic Character in Children's Literature

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EXCEPTIONAL GROUP OF ILLUMINATED ISLAMIC MANUSCRIPTS AND HANDWRITTEN QUR’ANS TO BE SHOWN AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

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Thursday, September 8, 2011

The Morgan Library & Museum is internationally acclaimed for its collection of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, but it may come as a surprise that it also possesses a number of important Islamic manuscripts dating from the late middle ages to the nineteenth century.

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BABAR JOINS MORGAN LIBRARY'S COLLECTION OF CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

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Thursday, July 14, 2005

The Morgan Library announced today that it has acquired the manuscript and illustrations of The Story of Babar the Little Elephant by Jean de Brunhoff (1899–1937) and the illustrations for Babar's Cousin: That Rascal Arthur by Laurent de Brunhoff (b. 1925).

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MARGARET HOLBEN ELLIS APPOINTED AS FIRST DIRECTOR OF THE THAW CONSERVATION CENTER

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Thursday, November 1, 2001

The Morgan Library announced the appointment of Margaret Holben Ellis as the first Director of The Thaw Conservation Center at the Morgan Library.

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Thursday, August 11, 2022

The Morgan Library & Museum announces its 2022–2023 season of Music at the Morgan that celebrates the intersection between art, literature, and music with engaging concerts inspired by its collections and exhibitions.

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to present Entrance to the Mind, featuring drawings made by American artist George Condo (b. 1957) over the last forty-five years. On view through May 14, 2023, the exhibition includes twenty-eight drawings, all acquired by the Morgan in 2021.

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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

To mark the 2024 centennial 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).

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LISTMAKERS—NEW EXHIBITION AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM LOOKS AT THIS UNIVERSAL FORM OF DOCUMENTATION AMONG ARTISTS AND WRITERS SHOW FEATURES A WIDE VARIETY OF ITEMS FROM THE COMMON "TO-DO" TO LISTS OF BOOKS TO READ, APPOINTMENTS MADE, AND PLA

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Friday, April 1, 2011

Beginning June 3, a new exhibition at The Morgan Library & Museum celebrates this most common form of documentation by presenting an array of lists made by a broad range of artists, from Pablo Picasso and Alexander Calder to H. L. Mencken, Eero Saarinen, Elaine de Kooning, and Lee Krasner.

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JEAN POYER: ARTIST TO THE COURT OF RENAISSANCE FRANCE OPENS JANUARY 25

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Thursday, November 30, 2000

The first one-man show in the United States devoted to the work of a manuscript illuminator, Jean Poyer: Artist to the Court of Renaissance France opens at the Morgan Library on January 25, 2001, and remains on view through May 6. Taking a novel approach to the traditional manuscript exhibition, Jean Poyer examines not only the artist's work but also his artistic roots, his contemporaries, and his competitors.

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Friday, June 4, 2021

The Morgan Library & Museum is pleased to announce the acquisition of the preliminary drawings and collages that appear in Ashley Bryan’s 2015 book Sail Away (Simon & Schuster).

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