morgan library
after suzi and i left the new york historical society, we headed down to the morgan library for a visit to the morgan library. we wanted to see the new exhibit, a woman's wit: jane austen's life and legacy. she also had never been to the morgan and wanted to see it before she heads back to ann arbor.
the exhibit was one large room broken into about four different sections. this exhibit did not really require navigating in any particular order. each wall/glass cabinet was somewhat self contained when it came to the material.
the morgan library has the largest collection of jane austen manuscripts and letters in the world. it also has the only remaining complete jane austen manuscript, lady susan. i loved seeing the early editions of her novels in particular emma and pride and prejudice. this exhibit (like the ny historical society) also had a number of satirical cartoons mocking the societal customs and dress of the day. placing these cartoons side by side with jane austen's work and letters are quite interesting since she did poke a gentle fun at the same issues.
when jane austen was alive, the mail post was delivered six times a day, which was clearly evident in the volume of information in her letters. now, when i would hop on the phone to say a quick hello and exchange friendly gossip, they wrote pages and pages of letters.
this exhibit was fantastic. it was interesting and put jane austen into the context of the world she lived in.
we also stopped into a few of the other exhibits in the morgan, but i'll admit, that we were pretty exhausted by this point.
times visited: 7
time in museum: 1 hr
overall: A
the exhibit was one large room broken into about four different sections. this exhibit did not really require navigating in any particular order. each wall/glass cabinet was somewhat self contained when it came to the material.
the morgan library has the largest collection of jane austen manuscripts and letters in the world. it also has the only remaining complete jane austen manuscript, lady susan. i loved seeing the early editions of her novels in particular emma and pride and prejudice. this exhibit (like the ny historical society) also had a number of satirical cartoons mocking the societal customs and dress of the day. placing these cartoons side by side with jane austen's work and letters are quite interesting since she did poke a gentle fun at the same issues.
when jane austen was alive, the mail post was delivered six times a day, which was clearly evident in the volume of information in her letters. now, when i would hop on the phone to say a quick hello and exchange friendly gossip, they wrote pages and pages of letters.
this exhibit was fantastic. it was interesting and put jane austen into the context of the world she lived in.
we also stopped into a few of the other exhibits in the morgan, but i'll admit, that we were pretty exhausted by this point.
times visited: 7
time in museum: 1 hr
overall: A
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