Included in the Morgan's exterior restoration is a garden by award-winning designer Todd Longstaffe-Gowan, opening the museum's grounds to the public for the first time ever.
, the stately Neoclassical structure at 225 Madison Ave between 36th and 37th Street in Midtown East, is set to come to its fruition at last this month. The institution will be celebrating the occasion by opening its new Morgan Garden to the public for the first time ever, on Saturday and Sunday, June 18th and 19th, with a free garden party, complete with live music and activities for all ages.
In addition to flowering plants and colorful herbs, the garden will house items from the Morgan art collection that haven't been accessible for viewing, including a Roman sarcophagus and funerary stele and a pair of Renaissance corbels. The understated lighting design is designed around the historic lantern that hangs in the library's loggia, and is meant to gently accent the garden features and outdoor artworks.
Creating such a garden had always been part of Morgan's plans, which halted at his death in 1913, Longstaffe-Gowan explained. He noted that some of the antiquities now on view were intended for such use. "So it's wonderful to pick up the baton where J.P. Morgan left off," he said. Accordingly, the garden plants were kept low to accentuate the building and elaborate on its details. "We wanted to reference as much as possible the historic building," Longstaffe-Gowan explained, "which references itself buildings from the Renaissance in Italy."
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