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Nov. 11, 2023–Nov. 30, 2027 | Renowned American artist Betye Saar’s large-scale work “Drifting Toward Twilight”—commissioned by The Huntington—is a site-specific installation that features a 17-foot-long vintage wooden canoe and found objects, including birdcages, antlers, and natural materials harvested by Saar from The Huntington’s grounds.

May 25, 2024–May 25, 2029 | This site-specific work explores the fragility of the Earth’s ecosystem, as well as the destruction of the forest and its potential for regeneration. The sculpture celebrates the beauty of wood in its natural state and emphasizes its potential as a reusable and renewable resource.

Marvel at the towering inflorescence of Agaves, now blooming throughout the Desert Garden. These North American native plants produce spectacular flower stalks up to 30 feet tall.

See these highly uncommon and spectacular, long-arching inflorescence blooms in deep jewel tones, flowering for a short time in the Desert Garden.

Explore a winding canopy of Wisteria blooming now in the Chinese Garden, Japanese Garden, Rose Garden, Shakespeare Garden, and Children's Garden.

Learn about some of the most important plants used in Chinese medicine for the past 2,000 years.

Enjoy traditional Chinese music Wednesday afternoons in the Garden of Flowing Fragrance.

This lecture presents the ongoing investigation of the consequences – intended and unintended, direct and indirect – of historical policies and political events on the European book heritage that migrated to the United States, with a specific focus on 15th-century printed books, the so-called incunabula.

Lorraine Wilcox, professor at Emperor’s College, presents the writings of three female doctors from late imperial China.

Members can preview this retrospective exhibition of the prolific Los Angeles artist before it opens to the public.