Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Inside the Pierpont Morgan Library.Kurka Geza Corey/Shutterstock One of the most famous figures of the Gilded Age was J. Pierpont ...

In the early years of the 20th century, the Gilded Age financier J.P. Morgan built an opulent library next to his home in Midtown Manhattan to house his collection of rare books and manuscripts. It ...

The creation of the Morgan’s new greenspace was led by British landscape architect Todd Longstaffe-Gowan. During J.P. Morgan’s time, the financier commissioned a garden to fill the space between his ...

The name Belle da Costa Greene might not ring a bell, but New York's renowned historic Morgan Library and Museum is trying to change that. A new exhibit called "A Librarian's Legacy" opens today, just ...

Imagine yourself in Gilded Age New York, as you witness a glamorous, self-possessed young woman become an influential figure in wealthy social circles. Known throughout the city, photographed by the ...

It will also mark the third time in his career that Griswold will take over as director of an institution either just before or after it completed a major expansion and renovation. A veteran curator ...

The new Morgan Library, now called the Morgan Library and Museum -- reconceived, reorganized and reopened at the end of April after a three-year, $106 million makeover -- is cool, in every sense of ...

The West Room of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library, southeast view, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, 2010 (photo by Graham S. Haber) In 1924, the Morgan Library & Museum was incorporated as a public ...

A notice appeared on the door of New York’s Morgan Library & Museum: “No Admittance Except on Party Business.” That party was in celebration of the museum’s current J.R.R. Tolkien exhibition, “Tolkien ...