The Morgan Garden is back!

The Morgan Garden reopens on Friday, May 5th! Join us this spring and summer to experience the Morgan Garden! Visitors to the Morgan are able to enjoy the Garden with museum admission every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, through October 29, 2023. The Garden will also remain open during Free Friday Nights from 5–7 pm every Friday evening.

Developed by award-winning landscape designer Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, the Morgan Garden includes periwinkle beds flanking the Library’s loggia and colorful, low-height herbaceous beds. A generous grass lawn sweeps out from the modern pavilion next to the Library, bordering the latter and the Annex. Bluestone pathways are laid in patterns derived from the Library’s Renaissance-inspired floors, and cobbled stonework adds visual and textural interest. The garden also displays several antiquities from the Morgan’s collection that have previously been inaccessible to the public.

Come relax and enjoy one of New York City's most elegant greenspaces!

Family Garden Tour and Seed Mosaic

Sunday, September 10, 2023, 10:30–11:30 AM

Nora Thompson Dean: Lenape Teacher and Herbalist

To celebrate the exhibition, Nora Thompson Dean: Lenape Teacher and Herbalist, families are invited to take a special tour of the Morgan Garden and see plants important to the Lenape, including corn, squash, beans, and amaranth. Participants will learn about the life cycle of plants, how seeds are preserved, and participate in making a seed mosaic. This program will be led by Joe Baker, co-founder and executive director of The Lenape Center, and K Greene, Seed Growing Program Manager for The Hudson Valley Farm Hub.

The Lenape Center is a New York-based organization with the mission of continuing Lenapehoking, the original Lenape homeland in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, through community, culture, and the arts. The Hudson Valley Farm Hub is a non-profit center for regenerative agriculture located in Hurley, NY. They provide professional farmer training, host and support agricultural research, and serve as an educational resource for advances in food and farming.

The Morgan’s family programs offer a unique and engaging museum experience to learn about the process of creative expression. Our innovative art experiences are designed for adults and children to enjoy together.

Sunday, September 10 is National Grandparents Day; multigenerational attendance is encouraged.

Appropriate for all ages.

Spring Family Fair

Sunday, May 7, 2023, 2–4:00 PM

Celebrate the spring season with the reopening of the Morgan Garden and enjoy crafts, live music, and readings themed to our current exhibitions.

All activities are free with museum admission. The Morgan is free to children twelve and under.

Welcome back to the Morgan Garden! The Morgan Garden will be available, weather permitting, during opening hours, 10:30 AM to 5:00 PM. Pick up a copy of our Morgan Garden Family Guide and explore!

2–4:00 PM

Visit the Welcome Table to sign up for the family raffle of Morgan Shop books. The raffle drawing will take place at 3:55pm in the Gilbert Court.

Free Morgan tote bags to the first 100 families to sign up for the raffle. Limit one tote bag per family.

Family Activities
Live Music in the Garden by the Alex Nguyen Trio.

How Does Your Garden Grow?
Create your own garden with rainbow scratch paper and springtime stencil designs.

Venetian Glass Butterflies
Design a tissue paper suncatcher to dazzle your windows all season.

Write On!
On the Morgan’s Poetry Wall, write your own unique verses.

Head in the Hole
Get into character, literally, as J. Pierpont Morgan or the museum’s first director, Belle da Costa Greene, using our head-in-the-hole board created by artist Pam Koehler.

Ancient Animals: Scavenger Hunt
2:00-3:00pm
Prowl the Morgan Garden for beasts and birds inspired by ancient art.

Off the Page: Family Storytime in the East Room
3:00-3:30pm
Join Mx. Jezz Bold of The Brooklyn Public Library for an interactive storytime program including song, movement, and imagination.