Lodewyk Bendikson was a Huntington bibliographer who became a pioneer in forensic photography. Borrowing material from scientists working at Mount Wilson Observatory, Lodewyk was able to harness the techniques of astrophotography, using them to peer into the pages of rare manuscripts, as if they were the night sky.
Join Huntington staff members Stephen Tabor (Curator of Rare Books), Joel Klein (Molina Curator for the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences) and Holly Mendenhall (Digital Projects Manager) for a discussion on incunabula in The Huntington's collections. These rare books printed before 1501 have long held great interest to librarians and historians of the book. Panelists discuss how these rare books came to be in The Huntington's collections, the various tools used for the study of medical incunables, and our efforts to digitize these materials.
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired the papers of Gilbert, Florence, and Leslee See Leong, members of two of the earliest and most prominent Chinese American families in Los Angeles
Nine works by the artist Shigemi Uyeda (1902–1980) are among The Huntington's robust collection of American photography.
A beloved painting on the second floor of the Huntington Art Gallery has stolen hearts on a regular basis.
Join longtime Huntington staff member Randy Shulman for a three-part online class on The Huntington's origins, history, and renaissance as well as the background of the dramatic changes over the past 25 years.
The Huntington Store, anchor of the north section of the new Steven S. Koblik Education and Visitor Center at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, will open to the public on Jan. 14, 2015.
Rising class divisions. Economic uncertainty. Anti-immigrant fervor. It was July 6, 1854.
When The Huntington acquired Henry Fuseli's The Three Witches in 2014, I could immediately see clues that there was something to discover beneath its surface
Last December, The Huntington announced that it had acquired the historical manuscript collection assembled by L. Dennis Shapiro.