J. Pierpont Morgan’s Library: Building a Bookman's Paradise

Since 1906, the Morgan Library at Madison Avenue and East 36th Street has been a home for much of its founding collector’s belongings. Since 1924 — a century ago this year — the institution has been open to the public, and it includes holdings originally in Morgan’s London home. A 2023 book worthy of any coffee table celebrates the small complex of buildings that make up the Morgan with its individual rooms containing worlds. It marks a 2022 restoration of the exterior, with essays on the genesis of Morgan’s bibliophilia, “the architecture of erudition,” and how Morgan and his son fought for the cultural identity of a neighborhood as the home for the incalculable beauty they now shared with nearly 300,000 visitors each year.—Richard Mammana, Medium

Very good summary and the chapter on the recent renovations was particularly good