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image collage featuring botanical and insect illustration, golden barrel cacti and a portrait of a woman wearing brown.image collage featuring botanical and insect illustration, golden barrel cacti and a portrait of a woman wearing brown.

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Explore our collections with digital resources for learners of all ages.

California Art

self portrait done with acrylic paint on paper of an older white man with light, pinkish skin, blue eyes and white facial hair. His close-cropped hair is also white and he is wearing a blue tank top. His face takes up approximately two-thirds of the paper, and he stares directly at the viewer with a slight frown.

Spotlight: Self-portrait, August 8, 2018 by Don Bachardy

Fotografía a color de una mujer negra mayor con cabello blanco y gris recogido en parte superior de su cabeza en una cola de caballo corta y rizada. Lleva una camisa gris holgada y está parada en su estudio de artista, rodeada de relojes de madera, estantes, candelabros y otros artículos diversos.

The Betye Saar Art Box

Portrait of a man's head and neck depicted with masklike facial features, abstracted shapes, and bright colors including blue, white, red, yellow and green.

Artist Spotlight: Sargent Claude Johnson

Black and white woodcut artwork depicting a rising path with a staircase that leads straight up to the top of a hill. Above the staircase, massive trees that seem to be lit from behind tower over the hilltop.

Spotlight: 2506 El Moran by Paul Landacre

View from the front of a small blue/green glazed terracotta sculpture of a young Black boy's head and neck.

Spotlight: Head of a Boy by Sargent Claude Johnson

A detail image of a wood carving.

Spotlight: Organ Screen by Sargent Claude Johnson

A painting of a river with large trees and a bridge, people work near boats in the foreground.

John Constable (British, 1776–1837), View on the Stour near Dedham, 1822, oil on canvas, 51 x 74 in.

| The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. 

Art: John Constable's Landscapes

Learn why despite living through the rapid change that was so prominent during the Industrial Revolution, the artist focused on capturing pastoral landscapes and nature’s beauty.

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Plant Adaptations Videos

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Cartoon image of an anthropomorphized tree and acorn both wearing gloves and flowing red capes, like superheroes

How Do Oak Trees Adapt? | Plant Adaptations

cartoon illustration of a watering can watering a plant

How Do Plants Find Water? | Plant Adaptations

collage illustration of a carnivorous plant venus flytrap

Carnivorous Plants and Their Traps | Plant Adaptations

cartoon illustration of an anthropomorphized acorn wearing a thong, wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses.

How Do Plants Get Light? | Plant Adaptations

cartoon illustration of an anthropomorphized carrot wearing boxing gloves, boots and a sweatband as it punches the air.

How Do Plants Protect Themselves? | Plant Adaptations

Plant Parts and More

single fresh grape leaf atop a black background

Leaves

close up of kale stem atop a black background

Stems

Detail photo of the bulb portion of an onion with the fibrous roots on display on black background

Roots

View of cacti in the Desert Garden. Species include Euphorbia xantii and Pachycereus pringlei.

Life with Little Water

Poster illustrating the process of photosynthesis using a drawing of a sunflower

Food from Sunlight

Discover Our Collections

Want to learn something new? Delve into an assortment of objects from our various collections.

Printed illustration of a flea.

Micrographia

Printed illustration of six dogs howling. The dogs are on the snow and an arc of light is at the top of the image. The text below the image reads: "With the aurora borealis flaming coldly overhead."

The Call of the Wild

Large wooden spinning wheel with spokes attached to one end of a simple bench-like structure with a pulley device attached to the other end.

Object Story: Spinning Wheel

Nature as Artistic Inspiration

Nature and the Elements of Art