Gallery, a space inspired by Renaissance chambers that Piano observed in Italy. The facades of the new above-ground buildings contain pinkish steel-and-glass curtain walls, which were intended to recall the design of the earlier buildings. At the court's southeast corner, stairs lead up to the original Morgan Library building, connecting to a vestibule between Morgan's study (the West Library) and the rotunda. The building contains an auditorium about below street level, with 260 or 280 seats. New storage rooms were also created by drilling into Manhattan's bedrock schist. Management The scope of the collection was initially curated by Belle da Costa Greene, who had been J. P. Morgan's personal librarian when the private library had been founded in 1905. When the Pierpont Morgan Library became a public institution, she became the library's first director until her retirement in 1948. The library's second director, Frederick Baldwin Adams Jr., served until 1969, when he was succeeded by Charles Ryskamp. Ryskamp, the third director, resigned in 1987 and was replaced by Charles Eliot Pierce Jr. Pierce served as the fourth director of the Pierpont Morgan Library until 2008, when he announced his intention to retire. The library's fifth director, William M. Griswold, served between 2008 and 2015, during which he oversaw the growth of its collections, exhibition programs, and curatorial departments. In 2015, the Morgan named Colin Bailey as its sixth director. References Notes Citations Sources External links Virtual tour of the Morgan Library & Museum provided by Google Arts & Culture 1906 establishments in New York City Art museums and galleries in New York City Morgan, J. P. Historic house museums in New York City Historic preservation organizations in the United States House of Morgan Libraries established in 1906 Libraries in Manhattan Libraries on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan Library buildings completed in 1906 Literary archives in the United States Madison Avenue McKim, Mead & White buildings Murray Hill, Manhattan Museums established in 1906 Museums in Manhattan Museums of Ancient Near East in the United States National Historic Landmarks in Manhattan New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan Rare book libraries in the United States Renzo Piano buildings Special collections libraries in the United States Research libraries in the United States