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Library Art Museum Botanical Gardens
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Library

One of the world's great research libraries with 12 million items spanning the 11th to 21st centuries, with works on display in the Library exhibition halls

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Art Museum

British, European, American, and Asian art including more than 45,000 world-renowned examples of decorative arts, paintings, prints and drawings, photography, and sculpture

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Botanical Gardens

Encompassing approximately 130 acres, the Botanical Gardens contain more than a dozen spectacular themed gardens with some 83,000 living plants including rare and endangered species

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Explore the gardens and galleries, conduct research, and learn from the collections.

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What's On

Calendar

  • Detail view of an immersive art installation with a wooden canoe and various found objects.
    Exhibition
    Betye Saar: Drifting Toward Twilight
    Nov. 11, 2023–Nov. 30, 2027
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  • Rose 'Easy Does It'
    Event
    Now Blooming: Roses
    April 25, 2024–Dec. 15, 2024
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  • A large sculpture in a garden, created with charred wood and ceramics.
    Exhibition
    Mineo Mizuno: Homage to Nature
    May 25, 2024–May 25, 2029
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  • A green image with an illustration of a fruit tree in a garden.
    Exhibition
    奪天工 Growing and Knowing in the Gardens of China
    Sept. 14, 2024–Jan. 6, 2025
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  • A black and white image of a smoke cloud rising from the ground with a person walking away.
    Exhibition
    Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis
    Sept. 14, 2024–Jan. 6, 2025
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  • Event
    Now Blooming: Camellias
    Nov. 1, 2024–April 5, 2025
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  • An enamel artwork featuring a person and a dog looking at a glowing square on an ornate carpet.
    Exhibition
    Raqib Shaw: Ballads of East and West
    Nov. 16, 2024–March 3, 2025
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  • Orange-red aloe ferox with raindrops
    Event
    Now Blooming: Aloes
    Nov. 24, 2024–April 5, 2025
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  • A person in a grass skirt stretches in a forest.
    Event
    Zheng Bo Garden Exercises
    Sat., Nov. 30, 2024
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  • A black-and-white image of a person near a cave with water and plants (left) and a color portrait of a person with short hair who is wearing a white shirt.
    Event
    People, Plants, Pleasure: A Conversation with Zheng Bo
    Thu., Dec. 12, 2024
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A flat mushroom with growth patterns that look like tree rings.

Bracket or shelf fungi belong to a group called polypores because their undersides are composed of enormous numbers of tiny pores through which they release mass quantities of spores. Many are colorful, with striking growth patterns similar to tree rings. | Photo by Sandy Masuo.

Mushroom Magic at The Huntington

Fungi are an essential part of biodiversity at The Huntington, though many species remain unseen without sufficient rainfall. The past two winters’ heavy rains led to a surge in mushrooms across the gardens.

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Bracket or shelf fungi belong to a group called polypores because their undersides are composed of enormous numbers of tiny pores through which they release mass quantities of spores. Many are colorful, with striking growth patterns similar to tree rings. | Photo by Sandy Masuo.

A full-page newspaper story titled “Studying Chester Gillette’s Brain” with accompanying drawings and photos.

Spitzka’s postmortem study of Chester Gillette’s brain drew widespread public attention, as evidenced by this full-page spread from a 1908 edition of the tabloid the American Examiner, which catered primarily to British expatriates in the United States. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

E.A. Spitzka’s Studies of Exceptional and Deviant Brains

The Spitzka papers provide an invaluable resource for examining the intersection of medicine and criminal justice.

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Spitzka’s postmortem study of Chester Gillette’s brain drew widespread public attention, as evidenced by this full-page spread from a 1908 edition of the tabloid the American Examiner, which catered primarily to British expatriates in the United States. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Open cookbooks that feature recipes and illustrations stacked on top of one another.

Spread of recipes from the Anne Cranston American Regional and Charitable Cookbook Collection. Photo by Alanna Davey. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Making Connections through Community Cookbooks

Our cookbooks and recipes link us to others and shape the food traditions that define our lives.

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Spread of recipes from the Anne Cranston American Regional and Charitable Cookbook Collection. Photo by Alanna Davey. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Green glass cups and text that reads "The Huntington Store, Shop the Holiday Gift Guide"

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

2024 Holiday Gift Guide

Shop the Huntington Store’s holiday gift guide for quality artisan gifts and Huntington exclusives. From unique items inspired by nature and timeless classics anyone is sure to love, this curated selection is sure to satisfy and delight.

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