The Pierpont Morgan Library, originally the private library of J. P. Morgan, was converted to a public institution in 1924 as a memorial by his son, John Pierpont Morgan, Jr. (1867-1943). Jump to: navigation, search John Pierpont Morgan John Pierpont Morgan (April 17, 1837 – March 31, 1913), American financier and banker, was born in Hartford, Connecticut, a son of Junius Spencer Morgan (1813–1890), who was a partner of George Peabody and the founder of the house of J. S. Morgan... Jump to: navigation, search 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search A memorial is an object served as a memory of something, usually a person (who has died) or an event. ... Jump to: navigation, search J.P. Morgan, Jr. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1867 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search 1943 is a common year starting on Friday. ...

The Library, located in mid-town Manhattan, (in New York City) contains many illuminated manuscripts, as well as authors' original manuscripts, including some by Charles Dickens, Sir Walter Scott, and Honoré de Balzac. It also contains a large collection of incunabula, prints, and drawings of several European artists, early printed Bibles, and many examples of fine bookbinding. Jump to: navigation, search Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the Hudson River. ... New York City, officially named the City of New York, is the most populous city in the United States, the most densely populated major city in North America, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... In the strictest definition of illuminated manuscript, only manuscripts decorated with gold or silver, like this miniature of Christ in Majesty from the Aberdeen Bestiary (folio 4v), would be considered illuminated. ... A manuscript (Latin manu scriptus, written by hand), strictly speaking, is any written document that is put down by hand, in contrast to being printed or reproduced some other way. ... Jump to: navigation, search Dickens was a prolific writer who was almost always working on a new instalment for a story and rarely missed a deadline. ... Sir Walter Scott, Bart. ... Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac (May 20, 1799 – August 18, 1850) was a French novelist. ... A page from a rare Blackletter Bible (1497) printed in Strassburg by J.R.Grueninger. ... Jump to: navigation, search The Bible (sometimes The Book, Good Book, Word of God, or Scripture), from Greek (τα) βιβλια, (ta) biblia, (the) books, plural of βιβλιον, biblion, book, originally a diminutive of βιβλος, biblos, which in turn is derived from βυβλος—byblos, meaning papyrus, from the ancient Phoenician city of Byblos which exported this... Bookbinding is the process of physically assembling a book from a number of separate sheets of paper or other material. ...

Today the library is a complex of buildings which serve as a museum and scholarly research center. A museum is typically a non-profit, permanent institution in the service of society and of its development, open to the public, which acquires, conserves, researches, communicates and exhibits, for purposes of study, education enjoyment, the tangible and intangible evidence of people and their environment. ...

Its first director was Belle da Costa Greene, J.P. Morgan's personal librarian. Who's successor was Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr., 1948-1969; who was one of the world renowed for his own personal collections. Adams amassed two of the largest personal holdings of works by authors Thomas Hardy and Robert Frost, as well as one of the leading collections of Karl Marx and left-wing Americana. Adams resigned from the library and moved to Europe with his wife, the Belgian Princess Marie-Luise Natalie Engelberta Ludmilla von Croÿ. Belle da Costa Greene (December 13, 1883 - May 10, 1950) Librarian to J. P. Morgan and after his death she became the first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. ...

The Morgan Library is currently closed due to a major expansion project designed by architect Renzo Piano. This work is expected to be completed in 2006, however, the museum does sponsor numerous traveling exhibitions around the country. Auditorium-Parco della Musica, Rome, Italy Scale model of the Rome Auditorium-Parco della Musica music facilities and park Renzo Piano (born September 14, 1937) is a famous architect. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

See also

• List of museums and cultural institutions in New York City

• St. Benard's Obit for Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art African Burial Ground American Folk Art Museum American Museum of the Moving Image American Museum of Natural History Hayden Planetarium (the Rose Center for Earth and Space) Bartow-Pell Mansion Brooklyn Academy of Music Brooklyn Botanic Gardens Brooklyn Museum Carnegie Hall Center for Architecture Cooper...

External link

• Official site