The Morgan Library & Museum
About the Morgan Library & Museum
The Morgan Library and Museum is one of these precious treasures hidden in Manhattan, located in the vicinity of the Empire State Building. The museum is placed in the original residence of the banker J. P. Morgan, who founded the Morgan Library in 1906 to house his private library. Nowadays, the library collection contains a significant variety of manuscripts, highlighting illuminated manuscripts; and authors’ original manuscripts, including some by Honoré de Balzac, Walter Scott, and Charles Dickens among others; and musical manuscripts like works by Mozart, Verdi, and Chopin. The collection also includes the personal art collection of Morgan, formed by Old Master paintings, and antiquities, decorating every delightful room of this museum.
Guide
Type of museum
Museum and research library
Price
Adults: $22, Seniors (65 and over): $14, Students: $13, Visitors with disabilities: $13
Free
Free to children 12 and under; Fridays from 5 to 7 pm.
Admission to the historic rooms of J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library is free on Tuesdays and Sundays from 3 to 5 pm
Hours
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from 10:30 am to 5 pm, and Fridays from 10:30 am to 7 pm (Mondays closed)
How to get there
Subway: 4, 5, 6, 7, and S to Grand Central–42nd Street
Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M34 SBS, M34A SBS, M42, Q32
Amenities
- Wi-Fi
- Audio Guide Tours
- Café
- Shop
- Library
- Accessible
- Dining Room (closed)
- Coat Check (closed)
- Access Tours
Current exhibitions
Address
225 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10016
Contact
Phone
(212) 685-0008