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News Release - The Huntington’s Historic Tea Room Slated to Reopen by Spring 2023
Wed., Sept. 7, 2022The renovation project includes the restoration of the front of the original 1911 building and a new pavilion opening onto the Shakespeare Garden.
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News Release - The Huntington Acquires the Archive of Leading Early 20th-Century LA Architects John and Donald Parkinson
Tue., July 12, 2022The extensive, little-known collection documents the development of LA’s City Hall, Union Station, Memorial Coliseum, and other landmarks.
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News Release - New Exhibition Will Explore the Making of The Huntington’s Chinese Garden
Wed., July 6, 2022Visitors to The Huntington will have the chance to gain insight into the design and construction of its Chinese Garden in the “Crafting a Garden: Inside the Creation of Liu Fang Yuan”
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News Release - “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts” Coming to The Huntington
Thu., June 30, 2022The international traveling exhibition explores 18th-century French decorative arts as inspiration for Disney’s celebrated animated films, including Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, and Sleeping Beauty.
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News Release - “100 Great British Drawings” Opens June 18
Thu., June 2, 2022Exploring a range of styles among The Huntington’s premier collection of British drawings and watercolors from the 17th to the mid-20th century, the exhibition highlights rarely seen works from masters of the medium, including William Blake, John Brett, John Constable, Thomas Gainsborough, and J. M. W. Turner.
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News Release - The Huntington Acquires Eve Babitz Archive
Thu., March 10, 2022The collection spans from 1943 to 2011, documenting the professional and personal life of the LA author and cultural figure through manuscripts, original works of art, journals, photographs, and correspondence
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News Release - The Huntington Acquires the Papers of Award-Winning Poet Will Alexander
Thu., Feb. 24, 2022The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired the papers of Will Alexander (b. 1948), a multimedia artist and award-winning writer.
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News Release - The Huntington Will Present “On Gold Mountain” Opera in the Chinese Garden
Thu., Feb. 10, 2022Produced in partnership with LA Opera, the production is based on Lisa See’s book about her Chinese American family and was composed by Nathan Wang, 2022–23 Cheng Family Foundation Visiting Artist