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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 Discerning Eye Indian and Persian Illuminations from the William M. Voelkle Gift

    October 24, 2023 through April 21, 2024
    While J. Pierpont Morgan’s private collection of illuminated manuscripts focused on Christian Europe, he also purchased non-Western items
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  • Reflections on a Nation: American Writings from the Gilder Lehrman Collection

    September 10, 2013, through January 12, 2014
    This fall, the Morgan will display a selection of exceptional documents from the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, one of the country's foremost archives of Americana.
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  • Thaw Lecture | Through lines: Approaching Early German Drawings

    In the 2024 Thaw Lecture, Stephanie Buck, Director of the Kupferstich-Kabinett at the Dresden State Art Collections, and the Drawing Institute’s 2024 Thaw Senior Fellow, explored the interstices of some of the Morgan’s finest early German drawings, among them Dürer’s enigmatic Abduction on Ho

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  • THE MORGAN PRESENTS SPECIAL, LIMITED-RUN EXHIBITION OF ORIGINAL DRAWINGS FROM CHILDREN'S CLASSIC WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE BY MAURICE SENDAK

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    The Morgan Library & Museum will present a special exhibition of original drawings and manuscript pages from the classic children's book Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak (b. 1928) from October 6 to November 1, 2009.
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  • Attendant with fan and towel facing king(?)

    between 883 B.C. and 824 B.C.
    Morgan Seal 667
    Classification
    Cylinder seal
    Department
    Seals and Tablets
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  • Alfred Jarry: The Carnival of Being

    Take part in a virtual walk-through of the Morgan's exhibition devoted to the extraordinary figure Alfred Jarry (1873–1907). Sheelagh Bevan, Andrew W.

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  • David Hockney: Drawing from Life

    Join Isabelle Dervaux, Acquavella Curator of Modern & Contemporary Drawings, for a virtual guided tour of the exhibition David Hockney: Drawing from Life. David Hockney (b. 1937) is one of the most internationally respected and renowned artists alive today.

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  • In the Company of Animals: Emma Straub on Cats and Writing

    Writer Emma Straub reflects on the bond between artists and animals: Are pets worthwhile subjects? What roles do companion animals play in a life devoted to the imagination? What do our relationships with animals reveal about ourselves?

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  • In the Company of Animals: William Wegman on Dogs and Photography

    Artist William Wegman reflects on the bond between artists and animals: Are pets worthwhile subjects? What roles do companion animals play in a life devoted to the imagination? What do our relationships with animals reveal about ourselves?

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