Known as the “soul of the Morgan,” Belle da Costa Greene established the Morgan Library & Museum’s collection and lived as a “passing” Black woman in the early 20th century.

J.P. Morgan sat for two minutes; one of the resulting portraits defined his reputation. Edward Steichen “No price is too great,” John Pierpont Morgan once declared, “for a work of ...

The Morgan Library & Museum Toward the end of the 19th century, J. Pierpont Morgan—the Gilded Age’s wolf of Wall Street—used some of his wealth to amass a vast collection of books and art.

John Pierpont Morgan was an American financier and industrial organizer during the Gilded Age. In 1885, America was years into a depression, and gold reserves were down more than 50%. Morgan ...

BAR HARBOR, Me., July 25. -- A.J. Cassatt, President of the Pennsylvania Railroad, won the regular semi-weekly race of the Bar Harbor 31-foot knockabouts in the outer bay this afternoon.

Morgan Hall was made possible by George F. Baker and is named in honor of his good friend and iconic figure in US business, John Pierpont Morgan. Completed in 1927, Morgan Hall was one of the original ...

J. Pierpont Morgan, of New York City, a graduate of Harvard College in 1889, and head of the firm of J. P. Morgan & Company, bankers, has been chosen as president of the Harvard Alumni Association ...

Bird-Shaped Brooch, 500–550 C.E., New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917, 17.191.74. Public domain. Publications of the Richard Rawlinson Center is a scholarly ...

“Mr. Morgan’s close familial ties with the Morgan reached back to his great-grandfather J. Pierpont Morgan, whose remarkable collection forms the foundation of the institution.” "John's ...

The Morgan Library & Museum surveys the astonishing life and career of its founding director, Belle da Costa Greene.

This Old Ingledew bourbon is the only surviving member of a set of three bought by financier John Pierpont Morgan at the turn of the 20th century. It's in an amber demijohn-style bottle with the ...