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Object Story: The Steamboat "Peter Crary"

A highly-detailed “ship portrait” of a steamboat pulling another vessel.

Understanding Context: Different Ways to Make Sense of an Object

Activity: What Can a Basket Tell Us

Explore different features of Indigenous baskets to understand the lives of people from different times, places, and cultures.

Object Story: Basket

An ash splint basket created by a Mohegan artisan, a Native American tribe from the Northeastern woodlands region of North America.

Object Story: A Short History of Lighting

Examine a range of lighting implements from candles and rushlights to oil burning lamps.

Cylindropuntia munzii

Let’s explore a plant that we do not want to touch with our hands! What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?

Johannesteijsmanni altifrons

Let’s explore one of the largest tropical plants in The Huntington’s conservatory! What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?

Opuntia ficus-indica

Let’s explore a plant common to Southern California. What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?

Pandanus pristis

Let’s explore a plant growing in the conservatory. What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?

Myrmecodia tuberosa

Let’s explore a plant growing in the conservatory. What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?