I treated myself to an afternoon in New York City to visit the Morgan Library. After reading The Personal Librarian by Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray, I felt I owed it to myself to see just how grand it is. And it did not disappoint. The museum entrance and necessary spaces are built around the original building, so the library is today just as it was when Belle and Mr. Morgan worked there. Visitors can enter the building from the museum hallway and see just where JP Morgan sat, where Belle worked each day, and of course, the grand library itself, complete with secret doors built behind the bookcases. Aside from the many beautiful volumes, there are numerous artifacts from Mesopotamia and Ancient Rome. My favorite is the gold panel with remnants from the True Cross of Christ embedded in it. Magnificent!
