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Phonograph record of actor Joseph H. Hazelton reminiscing about Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. The recording was made in 1933 at Freeman Lang’s studios in Hollywood, California. The Huntington…
Vincent van Gogh (1853–1890), Hospital at Saint-Rémy, 1889, oil on canvas, 36 5/16 x 28 in. The Armand Hammer Collection, gift of the Armand Hammer Foundation. Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.
One of…
Laurie Sowd, vice president for operations, has been at The Huntington for 24 years. Photo by Jim Folsom.
The first time I walked into the office of Laurie Sowd, The Huntington’s vice president for…
On June 30, an era draws to a close at The Huntington as President Steve Koblik steps up to his well-deserved retirement. Before we turn the page to the next chapter in our history, Susan Turner-Lowe…
Asuka Hishiki, Heirloom Tomato (Kindhearted Monster), Solanum lycopersicum, watercolor on paper.
The botanical world is full of surprises, as any of the thousands of people who’ve visited the…
Library, botanical, and art collections aren't the only treasures at The Huntington. Take Education director Catherine Allgor, for example.
One of the great things about working at The Huntington…
Matt Stevens, Managing Editor at The Huntington for the past ten years.
Every now and then a coworker comes along who is absolutely made for the job. They live it, breathe it, are the essence of…
The men depicted in John Singer Sargent’s Study for Gassed, ca. 1918–19, are rendered in the final painting (below) third and fourth from the left. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and…
In the exhibition “Lost and Found: The Secrets of Archimedes” visitors can play with an oversized stomachion.
Most people know the Rubik’s Cube, that colorful handful of plastic that has fascinated…
In Hand/Study, a new site-specific installation in the room adjacent to the Library Exhibition Hall, video is projected onto a table to bring library activities to life.
Most people are familiar…
The newly installed screen by Sargent Claude Johnson in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art.
You may recall a curious story about lost-and-found art that ran in The New York Times…
Junípero Serra: California’s Founding Father, the new book by Steven W. Hackel.
On the 300th anniversary of the birth of Junípero Serra comes a new biography certain to shift the discourse about…
Cover featuring M. Chaffin residence, Emerald Bay, Laguna Beach, California, 1948. Landscape architect: Fred Lang. Color transparency, 5 x 4 in. (12.7 x 10.2 cm).
“Maynard L. Parker (1900–1976)…
Every now and then, something serendipitous happens and, after all is said and done, you can't help but sit back and marvel a bit. So it happened with a lovely little conversation that turned into a…
O-Man (detail); wood, glass eyes, and found objects. Photo by John Frame.
In its final week, "Three Fragments of a Lost Tale: Sculpture and Story by John Frame" continues to make headlines. KPCC is…
NPR's Joe Palca spent the summer of 2009 at The Huntington on a fellowship as science writer in residence. The result? His new book, Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us. (And we're trying not to…
The haunting, soulful tone that underscores the John Frame exhibition "Three Fragments of a Lost Tale: Sculpture and Story by John Frame" is set in large part by the characters' eyes. Certainly the…
John Frame MMVI - MMXI by Johnny Coffeen, Music by John Frame. Copyright 2011 The Huntington.
For months now, we have been looking forward to an unusual exhibition—a display of works created by the…
"She is a joy. I look at her and light goes all through me."
Postcard showing Charles Bukowski at typewriter, 1988. Photo by Joan Levine Gannij, published by Island International Bookstore,…
Frontiers
Life, Learning, Leadership, and Legacy according to Steve Koblik"OK, give me a number. And then once you do that, I'll figure out the bogey." This is Steve Koblik. He's asking for an estimate of how much a certain project will cost...