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Countdown Begins for Historic Huntington Art Gallery Re-Opening May 28, 2008

The Huntington will offer Los Angeles and its visitors an enhanced experience with one of the finest collections of European art in the nation, as well as a more accurate sense of the lifestyle of one the most prominent millionaires of the early 20th century, when the Huntington Art Gallery reopens on May 28, 2008, after a $20 million renovation. In addition to a thoroughly updated infrastructure, the refurbished mansion originally built for Henry E. Huntington (1850–1927) and his wife, Arabella (1850–1924), will include 5,300 additional square feet of public space; new interpretive components; and new gallery presentations of approximately 1,200 objects of European art. The renovation also will bring to light original architectural features that previously had been obscured.

Learn more about the mansion in Sam Watters' article "Back to the Drawing Board" in Huntington Frontiers.

Press Release	About The Huntington	Project Donors
Project Fact Sheet	About Henry E. Huntington	Project Floor Plan
About the Art Collections	Director John Murdoch	Project Team
Gallery Reconsidered	President Steven Koblik

   
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South Terrace	South terrace. Credit: Tim Street-Porter
Diana Huntress	Diana the Huntress (1782), Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741–1828), bronze. Credit: Tim Street-Porter
Large Drawing Room	Large drawing room. Credit: Tim Street-Porter
Drawing room wall	Large drawing room wall with The Van der Gucht Children (1785), by Joshua Reynolds (1723–1792); French fall-front secretary, by Martin Carlin (ca. 1775); and a pair of French mounted vases (ca. 1785). Credit: Tim Street-Porter
Main hallway	Main hallway.  Credit: Tim Street-Porter
Stained glass	Stained glass window produced by Morris and Co., titled Humility, Mercy, Generosity, Charity, Justice, Liberty, Truth, Love, Faith, Courage (c. 1898) Credit: Tim Street-Porter
Sèvres Gallery	Gallery featuring Sèvres porcelain. Credit: John Sullivan
Large Library	Large library, long view. Credit: Tim Street-Porter
Loggia south east	Loggia, facing south east. Credit: Tim Street-Porter
Dining room	Dining room. Credit: John Edward Linden
Portrait gallery	The Thornton Portrait Gallery. Credit: John Edward Linden
Portrait gallery visitors	The Thornton Portrait Gallery with visitors. Credit: John Edward Linden
French art gallery	18th-century French art gallery. Credit: Tim Street-Porter
Small drawing room	Small drawing room. Credit: Tim Street-Porter
Stag on terrace	South terrace with new paint and awnings. The Stag Hunt, French, 19th-century, after Jacques Houzeau (1624–91) in foreground. Credit: Ernesto Rodriguez
South facade awnings	South facade with new awnings. Credit: Ernesto Rodriguez
New red room	New room for late-19th-century and early-20th-century British art, with views onto the North Vista garden and into the new hall, featuring a stained glass window produced by Morris and Co. Credit: Ernesto Rodriguez
Small library	Small library. Credit: Ernesto Rodriguez
North facade reno	North facade during renovation. Credit: Brian Mains
South facade reno	South facade during renovation. Credit: Brian Mains
Steel arch	Construction of upper portion of new hall designed to hold Humility, Mercy, Generosity, Charity, Justice, Liberty, Truth, Love, Faith, Courage (ca. 1898), a 15-foot stained glass window produced by Morris and Co. Credit: Brian Mains
Drywall arch	Construction, with drywall in place, of upper portion of new hall designed to hold Humility, Mercy, Generosity, Charity, Justice, Liberty, Truth, Love, Faith, Courage (c. 1898), a 15-foot stained glass window produced by Morris and Co. Credit: Brian Mains
Drawing room carpets	Large drawing room with rolled carpets, before renovation. Credit: Brian Mains
Drawing room paint	Large drawing room under renovation. Credit: Brian Mains
Banisters	Main stairway, with banisters protected during renovation. Credit: Courtesy of Earl Corp.
Portrait gallery reno	The Main Portrait Gallery under renovation. Credit: Courtesy of Earl Corp.
South terrace before	South terrace view before renovation project. Credit: The Huntington
South view 1911	South facade, ca. 1911. Credit: The Huntington
Loggia 1918	Loggia, ca. 1918. Credit: The Huntington
Entrance 1940	Entrance through loggia, 1940s. Credit: The Huntington