Belle da Costa Greene, 1911. Photo: Clarence H. White. Biblioteca Berenson, I Tatti, The Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
Museums & GalleriesMidtown East
Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian’s Legacy
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In tandem with its centennial as a public institution, the Morgan celebrates Belle da Costa Greene, its first director and J. Pierpont Morgan’s personal librarian. The exhibition traces Greene’s life from her roots growing up in a Black community in Washington, DC, to her time overseeing the library, as she managed its extensive collection and became one of the foremost authorities on illuminated manuscripts.
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