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Storm Cloud: Picturing the Origins of Our Climate Crisis
Sept. 14, 2024–Jan. 6, 2025 | “Storm Cloud” analyzes the impact of industrialization and a globalized economy on everyday life from 1780 to 1930, as charted by scientists, artists, and writers, and contextualizes the current climate crisis within this historical framework.
Ancient Chinese Bronze Mirrors from the Lloyd Cotsen Collection
Few things provide a clearer picture of an ancient civilization than the study of its material culture: the objects a society created, used, and valued. For certain scholars of Chinese culture, the broad sweep of history can be found reflected in a particularly beautiful art form: exquisitely crafted mirrors made of bronze.
Smith on Wry: Jack Smith, Columnist for Our Times
Smith on Wry: Jack Smith, Columnist for Our Times, looks at Los Angeles Times columnist Jack Smith, one of the most popular newspaper columnists in Southern California history.
Garden Sculptures & Fountains
In 1910, Henry E. Huntington began acquiring a large collection of outdoor sculptures, personally deciding on the exact location for each piece. Love is a common theme, most of which dates from the late 17th and early 18th centuries, although some are the works of 20th-century American artists.
2021–22 Awarded Fellowships
The Huntington annually welcomes long- and short-term research fellows, selected through a competitive peer-review process. These fellows are among the roughly 2,000 scholars who come from around the world each year to conduct academic research in The Huntington’s collections.
Micrographia
Discovering a Hidden Universe and Creating Science
Chinese Garden
A Garden for Scholarship, Relaxation, and Human Connection
Corpse Flower
The Titan Arum (Amorphophallus titanum) also known as the Corpse Flower produces the largest unbranched inflorescence in the plant kingdom.
Sidereus Nuncius
Galileo Galilei began a scientific revolution when he shared a new way of studying the universe in his book Siderius Nuncius.
Kevin Durkin
Kevin Durkin is the managing editor in the Office of Communications and Marketing. He is the editor of The Huntington’s blog, Verso, and its online magazine, Huntington Frontiers.
Diana W. Thompson
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Niagara Hat
How do our cultural values affect the way we view and create art?
For Some Enslaved Africans, Water Was a Savior
Currently on fellowship at The Huntington, I have been using my time to conduct research for my second book about how enslaved Africans in the Americas re-created and re-imagined African maritime traditions, including swimming, diving, surfing, boat-making, canoeing, and fishing.
Themed Gardens
The Huntington is home to 16 spectacular themed gardens spread across 120 acres.
2017–18 Awarded Fellowships
The Huntington annually welcomes long- and short-term research fellows, selected through a competitive peer-review process. These fellows are among the roughly 2,000 scholars who come from around the world each year to conduct academic research in The Huntington’s collections.
2017-18 Long-Term Fellows
R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Fellow in the Humanities
2023-24 Awarded Fellowships
The Huntington annually welcomes long- and short-term research fellows, selected through a competitive peer-review process. These fellows are among the roughly 2,000 scholars who come from around the world each year to conduct academic research in The Huntington’s collections.
News Release – New Exhibition Will Explore Art Education in Early Modern China
Oct. 7, 2023–May 27, 2024 | A new exhibition will provide visitors with the opportunity to gain insight into early art education in China through painting manuals originally published in the 17th and 18th centuries.
2018-19 Awarded Fellowships
The Huntington annually welcomes long- and short-term research fellows, selected through a competitive peer-review process. These fellows are among the roughly 2,000 scholars who come from around the world each year to conduct academic research in The Huntington’s collections.
2019-20 Awarded Fellowships
The Huntington annually welcomes long- and short-term research fellows, selected through a competitive peer-review process. These fellows are among the roughly 2,000 scholars who come from around the world each year to conduct academic research in The Huntington’s collections.
Botanical Gardens
Encompassing about 130 acres, the Botanical Gardens feature living collections in 16 stunning themed gardens with more than 83,000 living plants, including rare and endangered species, and a laboratory for botanical conservati
Matt Stevens
Stevens …