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Tin candle lamp with wire stem topped with finger or hanging loop; a tin tray holds the two candle holder and slides up and down the stem.

Object Story: A Short History of Lighting

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

Drawing of a beaker, test tube, and plant within a circle

Experiment: Access to Light

Conduct an experiment to evaluate how access to light affects plants’ growth and survival.

Plant with pale green cylindrical stems and white spine-like growths.

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?

Plant with large green vertical leaves grows in front of a concrete wall. The plant is surrounded by shorter dark plants.

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?

Lily blossom sprinkled with water droplets

Nelumbo nucifera

Let’s explore a plant that lives on the water! What do you notice? How do you think this plant has adapted to survive in its environment?