MORGAN LIBRARY & MUSEUM

CITY HALL SUBWAY STATION If you love books and reading, you will have an out-of-body experience here. The Morgan began as the private library of financier Pierpont Morgan in 1906 before it was shared with the public in 1924. It houses medieval manuscripts, early printed books, music scores, papyrus fragments and a collection of photos. When you stand in front of the handwritten version of Walt Whitman’s mournful tribute to Abraham Lincoln, the deeply moving ‘O Captain, My Captain,’ you’ll weep happy tears. I keep coming back here simply because it is one of the most beautiful places I have come across in New York. Entry R258 ($20), free on Friday nights. 225 Madison Avenue, Manhattan. Subway: any line gets you to Grand Central or Penn Station nearby. themorgan.org