Uploaded September 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Curious what it's like to visit the Morgan's Sherman Fairchild Reading Room as a researcher? In this video, our Reading Room Librarians Nilda Lopez and Katie Graves walk you through what you need to know before you go, from submitting an application to the things you can and can't bring with you!
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Video by SandenWolff
Curious what it's like to visit the Morgan's Sherman Fairchild Reading Room as a researcher? In this video, our Reading Room Librarians Nilda Lopez and Katie Graves walk you through what you need to know before you go, from submitting an application to the things you can and can't bring with you!
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Video by SandenWolff








![Shahzia Sikander on Indian and Persian Illuminated Manuscripts | Collection in Focus
Here I am in this time and space, able to see {these paintings] with such intimacy and that is so, so exciting to me as a painter.
For our centennial, we asked some of our friends and collaborators to speak about what they love about the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City. Watch artist Shahzia Sikander discusses the centuries-old practice of illuminated manuscripts in India and Persia and what we can learn from the past.
Video by SandenWolff. Shahzia Sikander on Indian and Persian Illuminated Manuscripts | Collection in Focus](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Xbd0SXLIiPQ/mqdefault.jpg)

