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

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    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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  • GETTY GRANT PROGRAM AWARDS FUNDS TO PRINCETON UNIVERSITY'S INDEX OF CHRISTIAN ART FOR CATALOGING OF MORGAN LIBRARY MEDIEVAL MANUSCRIPTS

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    Princeton, NJ; New York, NY. The Getty Grant Program, a part of the J. Paul Getty Trust that funds a diverse range of projects, including research in the history of art and related fields, has recently awarded a $250,000 grant to Princeton University's Index of Christian Art to support the initial phase of a project to create an on-line, digitized, searchable catalog of the medieval manuscripts in the collection of The Pierpont Morgan Library, New York.
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  • HOMELAND FOUNDATION, INC. AWARDS $1 MILLION GRANT TO CATALOGUE AND DIGITIZE MORGAN LIBRARY'S MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE MANUSCRIPTS

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    The Morgan Library has received a $1-million grant from the Homeland Foundation, Inc. for a project under way with Princeton University's Index of Christian Art to catalogue and digitize the Library's entire collection of medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts. These manuscripts, which represent a thousand years of Western iconography, will be available for the first time in Internet-accessible databases.
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  • THE THAW CONSERVATION CENTER OPENS

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    The Thaw Conservation Center at the Morgan Library, a world-class laboratory for the conservation of works on paper—drawings and literary, historical, and music manuscripts—as well as a place for conservation studies, opened in February 2002.
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  • MORGAN BEGINS MAJOR EXPANSION PROJECT
    LIBRARY REMAINS OPEN THROUGH MAY 4, 2003

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    Under the direction of the Board of Trustees of the Morgan Library, the Pritzker Prize–winning architect Renzo Piano has developed a comprehensive plan to expand and better integrate the campus of the Morgan.
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  • THE MORGAN LIBRARY AT THE CONNOISSEUR'S ANTIQUES FAIR

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    The Morgan Library is the beneficiary of the opening night preview of the Connoisseur's Antiques Fair, the show of the Art and Antique Dealers of America, Inc. A benefit gala to support the programs of the Morgan Library as a museum and research center is scheduled to be held on the fair's opening night, November 18.
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  • MORGAN LIBRARY RECEIVES $10 MILLION FROM EUGENE V. AND CLARE E. THAW CHARITABLE TRUST FOR NEW CONSERVATION CENTER AND ENDOWMENT

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    The Morgan Library, which is now celebrating its seventy-fifth year as a public institution, announced today a $10-million gift from the Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw Charitable Trust to support conservation activities at the institution.
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  • PIERRE MATISSE AND HIS ARTISTS OPENS AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY ON FEBRUARY 14

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    Examining the role of Pierre Matisse in promoting the work of twentieth-century artists in North America, the Morgan Library presents Pierre Matisse and His Artists from February 14 through May 19, 2002. This is the Morgan's first exhibition devoted exclusively to twentieth-century painting and sculpture.
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  • FACETS OF THE MORGAN TOUR BEGINS THIS FALL

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    Facets of the Morgan is a series of exhibitions that is touring the country while the Morgan Library undergoes an extensive expansion project. Audiences in cities around the United States will have the opportunity to see a selection of the some 350,000 exquisite works from the Morgan's renowned collections.
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  • MORGAN LIBRARY ACQUIRES THE PARIS REVIEW ARCHIVES

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    The Morgan Library announced on September 27, 1999, that it has acquired the voluminous archives of The Paris Review. Comprising the complete extant editorial, production, and business correspondence, as well as records from over forty years of operation, the archives chronicle one of the liveliest and most respected literary journals of our time.
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