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r The Morgan Library & Museum

The Morgan Library’s collection, accumulated by
banker Pierpont Morgan, is housed in a magnificent
palazzo-style 1906 building by architects McKim,
Mead & White. Morgan’s son, J. P. Morgan, Jr., made
it a public institution in 1924. One of the world’s finest
collections of rare manuscripts, drawings, prints,
books, and bindings is on display in a complex that
also includes the Annex building, completed in 1928,
and the brownstone home of J. P. Morgan, Jr.
Exterior of the original library building
The Song of Los (1795)
Mystic poet William Blake
designed and engraved this
plate for one of his most
innovative works.

The J. P. Morgan Jr. House
Main entrance by
Renzo Piano

Morgan
Stanley
Gallery West

Key
Gutenberg Bible (1455) Exhibition space
This volume is one of only 11 surviving
copies; the Morgan Library holds three Non-exhibition space
in total.

Mozart’s Horn Concerto
in E-flat Major
The six surviving leaves
of this score are written
in different-colored inks.

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