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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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Left: A person with short hair, wearing a magenta suit jacket. Right: A book cover with a black-and-white photo of a tennis player in action.

Ashley Brown won the 2025 Shapiro Book Prize for her book Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson. | Photo: Dave Giroux of Dave Giroux Photography. Book: Oxford University Press.

Ashley Brown Wins 2025 Shapiro Book Prize

The Huntington has awarded the 2025 Shapiro Book Prize to Ashley Brown for the biography “Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson.” The biennial prize, which includes a $10,000 cash award, honors an outstanding first scholarly monograph in American history and culture.

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Ashley Brown won the 2025 Shapiro Book Prize for her book Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson. | Photo: Dave Giroux of Dave Giroux Photography. Book: Oxford University Press.

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A different type of bouquet—a male Encephalartos woodii produces a showy cluster of bright cones. Photo by Gary Roberson. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Saving the World’s Loneliest Plant

Cycads have withstood the test of time, surviving ravenous dinosaurs and ice ages. Today, however, habitat loss, poaching, and declining pollinator populations threaten their survival.

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A different type of bouquet—a male Encephalartos woodii produces a showy cluster of bright cones. Photo by Gary Roberson. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

A collage of images, (from top left to bottom right) a relief carving on wood, a ceramic pot with a face, a canoe with wood art in a blue room, a landscape painting of a field near large trees, a book and photo in a glass case, a detail view of a book titled "Freeman's Light."

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Celebrating Black and African American Heritage

Honor the experiences and contributions of Black and African American people, including the celebrated artists and influential authors in The Huntington’s collections.

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The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

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