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A Book Older than God: The Great Basin Bristlecone Pine
The rings of bristlecone pines, the planet’s longest-living trees, chronicle past details about changes in the climate and other environmental variations of global significance. The Huntington’s Daniel Lewis explores this topic and more in his book “Twelve Trees: The Deep Roots of Our Future.”
News Release - Monumental Site-Specific Installation by Contemporary Chinese Artist Tang Qingnian Will Go on View June 22
A special installation of a new work by visual artist Tang Qingnian 唐慶年 will to go on display in The Huntington's Chinese Garden on June 22, continuing through Sept. 23.
If Not Lawn, Then What?
California's punishing drought has produced one positive effect: local gardens have gained some freedom from the expectation of the classic green lawn. More and more gardeners are removing lawn in favor of landscapes that look good while using less water.
Top 10 Water-Wise Plants
You've heard the dire news about California's drought. And you've been thinking about swapping out your lawn for water-wise plants. But if you're used to traditional grass and ornamental plants, where do you begin?
Greene & Greene in Context
Some people may remember the exquisite furniture in The Huntington's permanent exhibition about Arts and Crafts masters Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene. The space was just reinstalled and the take-home message is clear
Celia Paul and the Brontës
Beautifully installed on the second floor of the Huntington Art Gallery, the "Celia Paul" exhibition invokes works by some of the 19th-century painters in The Huntington's permanent collection
Behind the Scenes with Sonya Levien
The life of Sonya Levien (1888–1960) reads like a rags-to-riches fairy tale. But it is also a story of fortitude, feminism, and the ability to balance personal, family, and financial ambitions.
Painting the Wind
How Celia Paul's art resonates with that of the Brontë sistersBeautifully installed on the second floor of the Huntington Art Gallery, the "Celia Paul" exhibition invokes works by some of the 19th-century painters in The Huntington's permanent collection
Society of Fellows
The Society of Fellows enjoy fellowship, enrichment, and philanthropy through annual giving, and receive exclusive privileges and opportunities to engage with curators of the library, art, and botanical collections.
Something Old, Something New
Memorial Day Weekend marks the beginning of an exodus of researchers who have spent the full academic year mining the collections in the Library. Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, the 2010–11 Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow
"Eye Candy" for Plant Lovers
Preparations are in high gear for the 38th Annual Spring Plant Sale, which takes place on Sunday, April 29, with a preview sale for Members on Sunday, April 28. Staff and volunteers have been busy for weeks, unloading deliveries, inventorying, sorting, labeling
The Elves and the HDLmaker
The current exhibition "Visions of Empire: The Quest for a Railroad Across America, 1840–1880" tells the story of the extraordinary achievement and implications of the first transcontinental railroad.
Harmony Holiday
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Press Release - Violinist Cho-Liang Lin Named 2015 Artist-in-Residence at The Huntington
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens has named internationally acclaimed violinist Cho-Liang Lin as its artist-in-residence for 2015. The musical residency is presented under the auspices of the Cheng Family Visiting Artist Program
Renovation Fact Sheet - Countdown Begins for the Reopening of The Huntington’s Historic Tea Room
… Center Offenhauser and Associates 200004 There have been five additions to the original Library building including the …
A Gasteria by Any Other Name
Gasteria species were included in the genus Aloe until 1809, when French physician and botanist Henri August Duval proposed they be moved into the new genus Gasteria, named for the slightly bulbous, stomach-like shape of the flowers.
News Release - The Huntington Acquires the Papers of the Chinese American Family Featured in the Book “On Gold Mountain” by Lisa See
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
Mysterious Manuscript in a Silk Purse
An intimate glimpse at a Medieval poem put to a surprising useAs a graduate student doing research in the library at The Huntington in the summer of 2002, I examined a manuscript that surprised me so much
2019 Verso Retrospective
On Aug. 30, 1919, Henry and Arabella Huntington signed the trust agreement that established The Huntington
Finding Molokai
At daybreak on a steamy morning last August, my husband dropped me off at the Kalaupapa trailhead on the north shore of Molokai and waved goodbye.
A Usable Past
In his address at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on Nov. 19, 1863, Abraham Lincoln evoked the memory of 1776. Few, if any, in the audience had been alive at the time of the American Revolution, but Lincoln knew the power of that Glorious Cause
A Designing Pre-Raphaelite
Before I saw The Nativity by Edward Burne-Jones, I asked myself if The Huntington really needed another design for a piece of 19th-century decorative art? We already had more than 1,000 drawings for wallpapers, carpets
Amplifying Black History
The year 2020 was like no other, from the devastation wrought by COVID-19 to the political turmoil and nationwide protests against systemic racism and injustice that erupted after the brutal killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor.
Harvesting an Orchard to Feed the Hungry
Have you ever wondered what happens to the ripe, luscious oranges you see growing in The Huntington's orchards? They help feed people in need.
Folded Wonders
What happens when you take a single sheet of paper and apply the ancient principles of origami coupled with computer-generated folding patterns? In the hands of physicist and origami master Robert J. Lang