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"The closest thing to a human being is a book. I know people think it’s a dog, but they’re wrong…When you look at manuscripts or letters and they’re written in the hand of the writer, you are closer to that writer, you’re closer to the person.” –Fran Lebowitz
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The incredible life of Belle da Costa Greene has been told in several biographies and scholarly articles. But her captivating narrative has also inspired creative works of historical fiction, plays, and music.
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In this unusual object, Taylor drew over text and images in a book on Florentine Renaissance painting.
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A SENSE OF HUMOR WHEN ECONOMIC TIMES ARE TOUGH—THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM PRESENTS NEW YORKER CARTOON EXHIBITION "ON THE MONEY"
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FIRST OF TWO EXHIBITIONS OF LETTERS BY J. D. SALINGER TO GO ON VIEW AT THE MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM BEGINNING TUESDAY, MARCH 16
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Browse images from the prefatory cycle of one of the earliest illustrated biographies of St. Edmund.
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January 13 through May 3, 2026Objects on view in J. Pierpont Morgan’s library reflect the past, present, and future of the collections in four curatorial departments, comprising illuminated manuscripts from the medieval and Renaissance eras, five hundred years of printed books, literary manuscripts and correspondence, as well as printed music and autograph manuscripts by composers.
