In conjunction with The Great Experiment, the Library is offering free educational programs for high school students. Through the use of primary documents, students will analyze, discuss, and interpret this defining moment in American history with the help of museum educators. Curriculum materials include a teacher's guide designed for classroom use and in preparation of a visit to the exhibition and containing extensive background information and lesson plans. The Library is presenting a variety of public programs, including a four-part lecture series in which noted scholars examine the life and influence of the nation's first president. The film programs are included with the regular requested contribution.
Tickets are available on the day of the film one hour before starting time.
Collection of medieval and Renaissance artworks and manuscripts. The Pierpont Morgan Library is a privately endowed museum, independent research library, and historic site. It was founded in 1906 as the private library of legendary financier and collector J. Pierpont Morgan. It was Morgan's ambition to establish in this country a library of artistic, literary, and historical materials that would rival the great libraries of Europe. In a span of less than twenty years, he amassed such a vast collection that he commissioned the distinguished American architect Charles F. McKim to design a building to house it.