The Friends of Forbes Library offers a trip to the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City to see the special exhibit "Belle da Costa Greene: A Librarian's Legacy."

Date: Thursday, November 7

Time: Leave from Forbes Library at 9am, return approximately 9pm

Tickets: SOLD OUT $120 each (includes bus trip, museum entry, and guided tour). Tickets can be purchased at the Main Desk with cash or check (made out to the Friends of Forbes Library). A portion of your ticket goes to support the Friends of Forbes Library. 

We will be taking a luxury coach bus. Entertainment will be provided on the bus. Lunch is on your own. On site food available at the Morgan Cafe. Light snacks will be provided for the return trip although you may want to pack a bagged dinner for the ride home. Free parking is available during the bus trip in the library’s lot.

In advance of the trip, join us for a book discussion of The Personal Librarian on Thursday, October 10 at 6:30pm. This remarkable work of historical fiction is about J. P. Morgan’s personal librarian, Belle da Costa Greene, the Black American woman who was forced to hide her true identity and pass as white in order to leave a lasting legacy that enriched our nation, from New York Times bestselling authors Marie Benedict and Victoria Christopher Murray.

Copies of the book are available to borrow from the library. Discussion will be hybrid. You can join in person or on zoom.