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News Release - Nicole Cavender Appointed Director of Botanical Gardens at The Huntington

Tue., March 30, 2021
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Nicole Cavender as the Telleen/Jorgensen Director of the Botanical Gardens.
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News Release - Huntington to Reopen Key Museum Galleries After More Than One Year of Closure

Thu., March 18, 2021
On April 17, the special exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version" will debut, and the first floor of the Huntington Art Gallery will reopenLimited occupancy and other protocols in place
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News Release - Thomas Polansky Appointed VP for Operations and Facilities at The Huntington

Tue., March 2, 2021
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Thomas Polansky to the position of Vice President for Operations and Facilities.
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News Release - The Huntington Acquires Important Collection of Telegraph History Papers from the Civil War and Postwar Era

Tue., Jan. 26, 2021
In a move that deepens its collections in the history of science and technology as well as its American Civil War holdings, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has acquired the personal papers of Thomas T. Eckert (1825–1910)
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News Release - The Huntington to Renovate and Expand Its Historic Tea Room

Thu., Jan. 21, 2021
The project will restore the front of the original 1911 building and create a new pavilion opening onto the Shakespeare Garden
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News Release - The Huntington Names Winner of Inaugural Shapiro Book Prize

Thu., Jan. 14, 2021
The biennial award of $10,000 for outstanding first monograph in American history and culture goes to Benjamin Francis-Fallon for The Rise of the Latino Vote: A History
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News Release - Huntington Names Misty Bennett Chief Human Resources Officer

Tue., Jan. 12, 2021
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Misty Bennett as chief human resources officer. Bennett, corporate director of talent and culture at Rosewood Hotel Group, begins her new role at The Huntington on Jan. 27, 2021.
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News Release - "Made in L.A. 2020: a version" Off-site Projects by Larry Johnson and Kahlil Joseph Accessible Now

Thu., Oct. 22, 2020
While the Hammer Museum and The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens await state and county public health approvals to safely reopen their galleries for Made in L.A. 2020: a version, Angelenos can get a preview of the biennial
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News Release - Botanical Director James P. Folsom to Retire

Tue., Sept. 29, 2020
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that after 36 years of extraordinary leadership, James P. Folsom, the Marge and Sherm Telleen/Marion and Earle Jorgensen Director of the Botanical Gardens, will retire at the end of the year.
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News Release - Huntington Acquires Newly Discovered John Singleton Copley Painting Among Other Works That "Bridge the Atlantic"

Wed., Sept. 23, 2020
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired a newly discovered painting by John Singleton Copley (1738–1815) depicting celebrated 18th-century British actress Mary Robinson, as well as works by British artists Alice Mary Chambers
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News Release - "The Blue Boy” Is Reinstalled After Major Conservation Project

Thu., Sept. 10, 2020
While the Huntington Art Gallery has not yet reopened due to COVID-19, Gainsborough's famous masterpiece is back on the wall, luminous and awaiting visitors
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News Release - Expanded Chinese Garden at The Huntington to Open Oct. 9

Thu., Sept. 3, 2020
After a nearly five-month postponement caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens will open the outdoor areas of the highly anticipated expansion of its renowned Chinese Garden on Friday, Oct. 9, 2020