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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

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

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

A metal relief print of Christ praying on the Mount of Olives, with sleeping disciples and approaching soldiers.

Christ on the Mount of Olives. Metal-cut relief print, hand-colored. Germany, ca. 1455–1465. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

The Huntington Reunites Rare 15th-Century Print with Gutenberg Bible

The Huntington has acquired the exceptionally rare 15th-century devotional print “Christ on the Mount of Olives,” reuniting it with the institution’s prized Gutenberg Bible.

A smiling person with shoulder-length wavy brown hair, wearing a black long-sleeve top, and a large necklace with a botanical motif necklace.

Nenette Luarca-Shoaf. Photo: Adria Marin.

Nenette Luarca-Shoaf Named Director of Education and Public Engagement

A seasoned museum educator and interdisciplinary scholar, Luarca-Shoaf brings extensive leadership experience in education program development and community engagement. She begins her new role on March 31.

Grayscale image of a person squating on a dirt patch in front of a white wall with graffiti of a stylized fish and "360º."

Gusmano Cesaretti, Street Writers [Gusmano Cesaretti with fisheye lens tag], 1973, gelatin silver print, 5 7/8 x 8 3/4 in. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. Purchased with funds provided by Philip D. Nathanson. © Gusmano Cesaretti. 

The Huntington Acquires the Archive of Gusmano Cesaretti

The Huntington has acquired the archive of Italian-born artist Gusmano Cesaretti, a self-taught photographer renowned for capturing significant portraits of Southern California’s Mexican American community, incisive views of Los Angeles urban space, and set images for multiple Hollywood films.

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