Past Exhibitions

January 21 through May 1, 2011

Morgan Library & Museum presents over one hundred drawings and photographs from the collection assembled by American fashion designer Herbert Kasper—known simply as Kasper.

Image of An Affenpinscher
September 24, 2010, through January 23, 2011

The exhibition features some twenty exceptional drawings by Degas, along with two of his sketchbooks, demonstrating the iconic artist's characteristic daring and inventiveness.

Image of Emilie Bécat at the Café des Ambassadeurs
December 10, 2010, through January 9, 2011

The Morgan Library & Museum presents an exhibition of photographs by Massimo Listri documenting iconic European libraries that similarly use fine wood, marble, and other precious materials to create an opulent setting for books.

Photograph of Biblioteca del Trinity College
September 24, 2010, through January 2, 2011

An extraordinary new exhibition organized by The Morgan Library & Museum, opening September 24, presents an important series of large-scale, black-and-white works as a group for the first time and examines Lichtenstein's less known exploration of the medium of drawing.

Image of I Know How You Must Feel, Brad!
September 17, 2010, through January 2, 2011

The exhibition coincides with the 175th anniversary of Twain's birth in 1835 and includes more than 120 manuscripts and rare books.

Photograph of Mark Twain
September 3 through November 21, 2010

This exhibition brings to life the extraordinary work undertaken by a small team of American women volunteers who left comfortable lives in the United States to devote themselves to relief work in France during and after World War I.

Photograph of Anne Morgan and Anne Murray Dike
June 16 through September 12, 2010

The temporary installation of three sculptures by Mark di Suvero in the Gilbert Court was prompted by the friendship and mutual admiration between di Suvero and Renzo Piano, the architect who designed the court.

Photographs of Homebody and Heraldic Bourgogne
May 14 through September 12, 2010

The exhibition includes eight extraordinary drawings by Dürer that demonstrate the variety and dynamism of his draftsmanship.

May 21 through September 5, 2010

The exhibition features approximately ninety highly influential texts and outstanding works of art, providing a compelling overview of ideas championed by the Romantics and also implemented by them in private estates and public parks in Europe and the United States, notably New York's Central Park.

Image of View of the Welbeck Estate
April 13 through September 5, 2010

An inscribed tablet from the Middle Assyrian period of Mesopotamia records and commemorates the restoration of the temple of the goddess Ishtar in the capital city of Assur.

Image of Stone Foundation Tablet