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An Evening Among the Roses
The 10th annual An Evening Among the Roses is a chance to recognize and celebrate the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer members of the community for their many contributions to The Huntington.
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LECTURES | Occupy New Mexico
In October 1966, a Pentecostal preacher named Reies López Tijerina led a group calling itself La Alianza (the Alliance) in an occupation of Kit Carson National Forest in northern New Mexico. The land was rightfully theirs
Jungle Garden
The Jungle Garden features a high forest canopy, an understory of trees and shrubs, climbing vines, and leaves of giant proportions. Plants commonly associated with the tropics grow here, including orchids, bromeliads, gingers, ferns, palms, bamboos, and many members of the calla lily family, such as philodendrons.More
Shapiro Center Fellowships
The Shapiro Center for American History and Culture supports both short-term and long-term fellowships to conduct academic research in The Huntington’s collections. See Research & Fellowships for more information.
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Recent Lectures: Jan. 9–Feb. 8, 2017
Home to gorgeous gardens, spectacular art, and stunning rare books and manuscripts, The Huntington also offers an impressive slate of lectures and conferences on topics and themes related to its collections. Featured are audio recordings of five recent lectures and conversations.
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The Hilton Als Series: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
An installation of contemporary British paintings of fictional Black characters has been juxtaposed with The Huntington's collection of 18th-century British portraits
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Press Release - Gregory Pieschala Elected to The Huntington's Board of Trustees
Gregory Pieschala has been elected to the Board of Trustees at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Huntington President Laura S. Trombley announced today. A longtime supporter of the institution, Pieschala takes the place of Stewart R. Smith who is retiring from the board
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CONFERENCES | When Every Day is Labor Day
Echoes of a conference held at The Huntington in April continue to reverberate this Labor Day weekend. "Guest Workers: Western Origin, Global Future," a two-day conference organized by historian Matthew Garcia, spun out of an exhibition
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Going Public
Today is Founder's Day, the birthday of Henry Edwards Huntington. Each year, The Huntington commemorates the occasion with a Founder's Day Lecture, and last week Shelley M. Bennett delivered a talk titled "Private to Public
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Recent Lectures: Oct. 24–Nov. 9, 2016
Home to gorgeous gardens, spectacular art, and stunning rare books and manuscripts, The Huntington also offers an impressive slate of lectures and conferences on topics and themes related to its collections. Featured are audio recordings of five recent lectures and conversations.
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To Build a Fire
Jack London celebrated his 28th birthday on Jan. 12, 1904, less than a week after mailing off his manuscript of The Sea-Wolf. As Earle Labor explains in his new biography, Jack London: An American Life, London was already off on a new adventure
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The Place to Be
The second annual LitFest Pasadena takes place this Saturday, May 11, at Pasadena's Central Park. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., you can catch readings, performances, and panel discussions from more than 75 authors, storytellers, performers, and exhibitors.
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Bee’s-Eye Views
While traveling in the Amazon region of Ecuador, award-winning photographer David Leaser had an epiphany. What if he could use a computer to help him capture images of the tiniest flowers on the rainforest floor and blow them up to dazzling effect in large format prints?
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Artist Carolina Caycedo
"Qhip nayr uñtasis sarnaqapxañani" is an aphorism of the Aymara people, an indigenous nation that spans Peru, Bolivia, and Chile. The saying, which roughly translates to "looking back to walk forth," has served artist Carolina Caycedo as a guiding mantra...
Greene & Greene
The exquisite designs of Arts and Crafts masters Charles Sumner Greene (1868–1957) and Henry Mather Greene (1870–1954) are on view in the Dorothy Collins Brown Wing of the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art.
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News Release - Huntington Names New Vice President of Information Technology
Heather Hart, director of information technology at the Broad museum in Los Angeles, has been named Vice President of Information Technology at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Karen Lawrence, president of The Huntington, announced today.
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Newton's Death Mask
Last summer, I worked as an intern in the manuscripts department, exploring the Library's large collection of history of science materials. Now and then, a nonpaper item would appear among the boxes and boxes of manuscripts.
Teacher Advisory Panel
The Teacher Advisory Panel (TAP) brings together educators of many disciplines and grade levels to guide, pilot, and evaluate educational programs and resources produced by The Huntingtonʼs Education staff.
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Recent Lectures: Sept. 5–Nov. 1, 2017
Home to gorgeous gardens, spectacular art, and stunning rare books and manuscripts, The Huntington also offers an impressive slate of lectures and conferences on topics and themes related to its collections. Featured are audio recordings of five recent lectures and conversations.
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Revisiting 2023 at The Huntington
The Huntington is a place of wonder, beauty, and intellectual engagement. With the following selection of Verso posts, we invite you to revisit some of The Huntington’s 2023 highlights.
Office of the President
Welcome Feb. 2024 - Realizing a Dream Fulfilled
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News Release - Huntington Adds Three New Members to Board of Trustees
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announces the addition of three new members to its Board of Trustees. They are Christine Bender, J. Mario Molina, and Mei-Lee Ney.
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News Release - The Huntington Will Present “On Gold Mountain” Opera in the Chinese Garden
Produced 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
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Master Class
School's out, which means most doctoral candidates are busy researching, writing, and revising their dissertations. Five lucky graduate students got a master class last Saturday at The Huntington in the sixth annual Western History Dissertation Workshop
Explorers Camp
Huntington Explorers Camp is a weeklong morning program for kids ages 5–13.