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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.
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
The Huntington’s Foundations and Futures
To celebrate this year’s Founders’ Day, Lori Bettison-Varga, president and director of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, engaged in a wide-ranging conversation with Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence about the past, present, and future of The Huntington.
Great Scott (Not!)
"Sir, I have very ungraciously left unacknowledged your present of the Landscape Illustrations of Waverly." So begins an undated letter by Sir Walter Scott to Mr. Charles Tilt, Bookseller. Scott probably wrote it in 1830, thanking Tilt for sending him a copy
EXHIBITIONS | The World of John Frame
For months now, we have been looking forward to an unusual exhibition—a display of works created by the Southern California sculptor John Frame. For the better part of five years, Frame has been assembling a body of work that features, at its core, an eclectic cast of fully articulated characters.
FROM THE RANCH | Economical Container Gardening and the Salad Factory Experiment
Welcome to the first post on the salad factory, an experiment to see if in both quantitative and qualitative terms, container gardening is "worth it." It is an easy to set up, relatively inexpensive grid of plastic storage tubs
When It Rains, It Pours
The fruits of a return trip to NamibiaThe Spring/Summer 2014 issue of Huntington Frontiers featured Huntington conservation technician Cody Howard's search for Ledebouria bulbs
A Vacation Destination for Scholars
When the halls of academe begin to empty for the summer, the corridors of The Huntington start filling up. University and college faculty members make up a large percentage of the Library's researchers, and when school lets out in June they put away their syllabi
Abundant Harvest
A generous bequest from Long Beach art collector Victor Gail (1929–2014) has greatly enhanced The Huntington's American decorative arts collection while underwriting its care and interpretation...
New Rooms with Views
This Saturday, visitors can wander for the first time through five new rooms in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art. The new section, previously used for storage in the Lois and Robert F. Erburu Gallery, adds 5,400 square feet of gallery space to display The Huntington's growing collection
How to Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions
Did you join the millions of Americans who made New Year's resolutions a couple of weeks ago? If you're determined to travel more and get plenty of exercise in 2014, The Huntington has the perfect solution.
A Library of Last Resort
Henry Edwards Huntington was born on this day in 1850, which makes today Founder's Day at The Huntington. You can mark the occasion by downloading last week's Founder's Day talk by David Zeidberg, the Avery Director of the Library.
References and Resources
What are the stories that we tell about ourselves as Americans? How did we become who we are? Through the process of storytelling and myth-making, Americans have long created an identity based on distinct principles and values that we share as a country. Many of the objects we keep or put on display communicate some of those stories. Sometimes we don’t stop to think about what those stories or objects might mean. How true are those stories and what impact do they have?
Hedi El Kholti
About the artist
The Huntington Commissions Artist Mineo Mizuno for Monumental Outdoor Sculpture
Mizuno's site-specific sculpture “Homage to Nature” debuts on May 25, 2024.
ORCHID COLLECTION | Orchids 101
Brandon Tam and Lance Birk know what it's like to drive the 101 Freeway with a truck full of orchids. Last summer, they helped move more than 6,000 orchids from the Santa Barbara home of the late S. Robert Weltz to the greenhouses of The Huntington.
Exhibiting Skills
During the first week of February, The Huntington hosted colleagues from public gardens around the country who had a common educational goal: getting more value from plants. Ten people spent a week in a workshop called "Exhibiting Skills,"
Water Conservation
Increasing Efficiency
President’s Message: “Seeds Germinating”
December 2024
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.
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.
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
Daring Mighty Things with Charles Elachi
Charles Elachi, the former director of NASA and Caltech’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, talked with Huntington President Karen Lawrence about the importance of daring to take risks, environmental stewardship, and the mutually enriching interactions among the arts, humanities, and sciences.