The Morgan Library & Museum is a museum and research library at 225 Madison Avenue in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, U.S. Completed in 1906 as the private library of the banker J. P. Morgan, the institution has more than 350,000 objects. As of 2024, the museum is directed by Colin B. Bailey and governed by a board of trustees.
The main building
The Isaac Newton Phelps house at 231 Madison Avenue predates the rest of the Morgan Library & Museum.
The library c. 1910, shortly after its completion
J. P. Morgan's body being brought to his home and library after his death in Rome
Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, United States, that carries northbound one-way traffic. It runs from Madison Square to meet the southbound Harlem River Drive at 142nd Street, passing through Midtown, the Upper East Side, East Harlem, and Harlem. It is named after and arises from Madison Square, which is itself named after James Madison, the fourth President of the United States.
Looking north from 40th Street seen in 2005
The Beaux-Arts Appellate Division Courthouse of New York State on Madison Avenue, across the street from Madison Square Park
