Morgan Library / Museums+Galleries / New York

AFTER three years of renovation, New York’s most treasured library has reopened to the public. Other museums may have their large, blockbuster canvases, but the Morgan, filled with prints, drawings, books and manuscripts, has a unique sense of the precious. The museum was born in the early 20th century as the personal library of Pierpont Morgan, who—in addition to ruling over America’s steel industry, banks and railroads—was an avid collector.