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News Release - The Huntington’s Historic Tea Room to Reopen May 24

Mon., March 20, 2023
The original 1911 building has been restored and a new outdoor pavilion opens onto the Shakespeare Garden. Press Preview on April 24. Dining reservations can be made beginning May 10.
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News Release - Hilton Als Named Inaugural Hannah and Russel Kully Distinguished Fellow in the History of American Art

Tue., Feb. 14, 2023
Hilton Als—Pulitzer Prize–winning writer, theater critic for The New Yorker magazine, and curator—is the inaugural Hannah and Russel Kully Distinguished Fellow in the History of American Art.
R. Isabela Morales

News Release - The Huntington Names Winner of 2023 Shapiro Book Prize

Sun., Feb. 12, 2023
The biennial award of $10,000 for outstanding first monograph in American history and culture goes to R. Isabela Morales for “Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom.”
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News Release - Lauren Cross Appointed Gail-Oxford Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at The Huntington

Sun., Feb. 5, 2023
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Lauren Cross as the new Gail-Oxford Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts.
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News Release - Oldest Printed Book in The Huntington’s Collections to Go On Display April 29

Tue., Jan. 31, 2023
“Printed in 1085: The Chinese Buddhist Canon from the Song Dynasty” will showcase a sacred 11th-century Buddhist book and explore Chinese textual history.
Book cover for Thomas Pynchon's "Inherent Vice."
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News Release - The Huntington Acquires Thomas Pynchon Archive

Tue., Dec. 13, 2022
The Huntington has acquired the archive of American author Thomas Pynchon, considered by many to be among the greatest novelists of our time.
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News Release - The 320-Year-Old Japanese Heritage Shōya House Will Open in Fall 2023

Mon., Dec. 5, 2022
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens will open a major new feature in its renowned Japanese Garden in the fall of 2023, when the reconstruction of a 320-year-old magistrate’s (shōya) house from Marugame, Japan, will be complete.
An 18th-century portrait of a French nobleman dressed in an ornate brown coat with gold braids, trim, and beads and white silk lining. A blue sash is draped underneath the open coat.
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News Release - The Huntington Acquires Major Work by Female 18th-Century French Master Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun

Mon., Oct. 31, 2022
Portrait of Joseph Hyacinthe François-de-Paule de Rigaud, comte de Vaudreuil is the second masterpiece purchased through an Ahmanson Foundation gift.