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Mom at the Morgan |
Mom is originally from Germany and first read Hemingway in German as a young woman. I’ve been a fan of Hemingway’s writing since she recommended I read A Farwell to Arms when I was in my early twenties. Mom’s recommendation and my subsequent reading healed a wound from a high school English class reading of The Old Man and The Sea. I would like to note that while we both admire Hemingway’s writing, the more we’ve learned about his behavior and character the less we appreciate the man. And while I loved my high school English teacher, I question his choice of The Old Man and the Sea when there are so many other Hemingway stories that are more accessible for teens. Sadly, my teacher passed away before we could have that conversation.
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It’s rather a shock to walk through the cold and bright modern design of the court where everything is hard and echoes into this warm, soft study where everything is muffled. |
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I can imagine how cozy this room must have felt with a raging fire in the fireplace on a cold winter’s day. |
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The rotunda between Morgan’s study and library. |
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George Washington’s face, plaster cast, made in 1785 by the French sculptor Jean-Antoine Houdon. On display in the rotunda. Washington was alive when this cast was made, it is not a death mask. |
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The library. Simply breathtaking. |
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These pictures do not do justice to the beauty and calm of this room. |
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Bookcase, brass door detail. Morgan collected a lot of Goethe. |
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Mom in what was once the librarian’s office–a smaller room off the rotunda, between Morgan’s study and library. It now features artifacts from the ancient world. |
The Morgan Library and Museum
225 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016
themorgan.org/about/history-of-the-morgan
Categories: Library
This is one of my favorite places in the whole world. Glad you got to finally visit.
That Beethoven piece, wow is right.
the pics of the library made me say (as Shaw's Eliza Doolittle did) Ah—ah—ah—ow—ow—oo! Must visit one day for sure!