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![Claudius Wilson on a piano](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/exhibitions/grid/central-ave_sq.jpg.webp?itok=WhcMwEYw)
Central Avenue and Beyond
During the 1920s and '30s, the Harlem Renaissance brought about a flourishing of African American literature, art, music, and social commentary.
![Lithograph of horse-drawn wagon](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/exhibitions/grid/color-explosion_sq.jpg.webp?itok=K0GlMR1i)
The Color Explosion
In the 19th century, color lithography created a communication revolution and brought art, literature, and music to the masses. The process had a dramatic impact on consumer culture...
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Calligrapher Tang Qingnian
Tall and amiable, wearing glasses, his hair tied back in a pony tail, contemporary artist Tang Qingnian 唐慶年 stands in The Huntington's Rose Hills Garden Courtyard on a sunny day in early Nov. 2018, facing a long table covered with white paper.
![Drawing of a beaker, test tube, and plant within a circle](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2021-08/noun_Plant%20research_1885731_Large.png.webp?itok=FqKqyz1c)
Experiment: Access to Air
Conduct an experiment to evaluate how access to air affects plants’ growth and survival.
![Mezzotint of Martin Folkes with a bust of Isaac Newton](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/verso/featured/MartinFolkes_1.jpg.webp?itok=bUOM7nGc)
The Auction Catalogs of Martin Folkes
Martin Folkes was perhaps the best-connected and most versatile natural philosopher and antiquary of his age, an epitome of Enlightenment sociability, yet he is today a surprisingly neglected figure.
![A Corpse Flower inflorescence viewed at night from below and lit from behind.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2023-12/1%29-titan-arum.jpg.webp?itok=5oDRUjO6)
More Than Meets the Eye: Plant Conservation at The Huntington
When Henry E. Huntington purchased his estate in 1903, plant conservation was not foremost in his plans, but his passion for rare and unusual plants created the foundation for botanical collections that are significant to conservation initiatives in the 21st century.
![A selection of manuscripts from the papers of F. Marion Crawford (1854–1909)](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/press-room/thumbs/marion-crawford_sq.jpg.webp?itok=UEDWu82P)
News Release - The Huntington Acquires Papers of F. Marion Crawford, Popular 19th-Century American Novelist
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired the largest trove of writing by American novelist F. Marion Crawford (1854–1909) in existence.
![Video still depicting dancers on the staircase in the Huntington Art Gallery, from Apariciones/Apparitions, a video work by Carolina Caycedo.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/press-room/thumbs/caycedo-video_sq_0.jpg.webp?itok=UVRa8Zl6)
News Release - Carolina Caycedo Video to Go on View in the Huntington Art Gallery
A video work by acclaimed Los Angeles artist Carolina Caycedo that reconceptualizes several iconic Huntington spaces through Afro-Latinx and indigenous spiritual practices and dance will go on view Aug. 17, 2019, through Feb. 10, 2020
![John Singer Sargent, Sphinx and Chimera, 1916–1921](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/frontiers/images/originality_sq.jpg.webp?itok=0uIQ7Zfd)
The Value of Originality
A young conservator carefully restores a John Singer Sargent oil sketchFor several weeks in early 2019, three members of a younger generation of conservators worked under The Huntington's senior paintings conservator
![A sketch by Olive Percival](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/verso/featured/percivalbaldy-1.jpg.webp?itok=71Vhvuok)
Ascending Old Baldy
Summer is a time for enjoying the great outdoors, and what better way than by hiking and camping? That's as true today as it was more than a century ago, when one remarkable woman embarked on a 10-day camping trip in the San Gabriel Mountains with a group of friends.
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Caring for Camellias
The eastern side of the North Vista contains some of The Huntington's oldest and most precious cultivars of camellia. William Hertrich, Henry Huntington's superintendent of the gardens from 1903 to 1948, had a passion for the flowering plant
![Thatcher William Cahill carefully places reeds on the roof of the Pavilion for Washing Away Thoughts (Di Lü Ting 滌慮亭). Photo by Andrew Mitchell.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/blogs/newroof_sq.jpg.webp?itok=Lc9yCd3O)
An Age-Old Craft and a Brand-New Roof
The Pavilion for Washing Away Thoughts (Di Lü Ting 滌慮亭) lies tucked along the stream between the Japanese and Chinese gardens.
![Portrait of Dana Gioia with his cat](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/press-room/thumbs/dana-gioia-with-cat-photo-copyright-star-black.2015.jpg.webp?itok=kwNqYTqE)
News Release - The Huntington Acquires the Papers of Dana Gioia, Former California Poet Laureate and Chair of the National Endowment of the Arts
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired the papers of Dana Gioia, an internationally acclaimed poet and writer who served as the chair of the National Endowment for the Arts
![Hand-colored lithograph of the Life of Martin Luther and Heroes of the Reformation from 1874](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/verso/featured/reformationconf-1.jpg.webp?itok=i2BoPVII)
Globalizing the Protestant Reformations
The origins of the Protestant Reformations are often traced to the German friar Martin Luther (1483–1546), who on Oct. 31, 1517, posted a document with 95 theses against the indulgence trade
![Illustration detail from landscape architect Lewis Kennedy’s prospectus album](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/verso/featured/arcadia-1.jpg.webp?itok=qjz0LC8J)
The Huntington’s Arcadia
Recently, the director and some of the cast from a current production of Tom Stoppard's play Arcadia stopped by The Huntington to view several of the real-world objects portrayed in the performance by A Noise Within Theatre Company.
![Huntington archivist Li Wei Yang and Duncan Campbell show the Yongle Encyclopedia to a group of journalists](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/verso/featured/DuncanYongle-1.jpg.webp?itok=7S-jbe_k)
Organizing an Encyclopedia, Chinese Style
Even by the standards of the day, the task the 15th-century Yongle emperor in China gave to his scholars was unreasonable: compile and organize a book containing all the knowledge of the world, and make sure the information was easy to access.
![Photo of horse from 1930](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/verso/featured/CalifChrome-01.jpg.webp?itok=dLT6Ers2)
California Conquest
If California Chrome wins the Belmont Stakes this weekend, he will become the first California-bred racehorse to win the Triple Crown. And if he succeeds, it will be his second triple of 2014, following three big wins at Santa Anita Park
Centennial Events
Centennial events, programs, and exhibitions taking place throughout the year
![bonsai tree in front of clouds](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/frontiers/images/viewmaster_sq.jpg.webp?itok=cBIkyfTN)
View Master
A photographer immerses himself in The Huntington's bonsai and penjing collectionsPhotographer Stephen Hilyard does things big. In the summer of 2007, he donned a dry suit and jumped into a lake in Þingvellir (in English, Thingvellir)
![A mahogany wood art piece carved with people and shapes.](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/2024-04/frontiers-sargent-claude-johnson-1-louis-braille-panel-1937.jpg.webp?itok=l2J53gpG)
Sargent Claude Johnson and Louis Braille
California artist Sargent Claude Johnson’s wood carving of Louis Braille and students provides a throughline into the artist’s work, the California School for the Blind, and two tactile opportunities for visitors to the exhibition.
![Portrait of Zachariah Taylor Shugart](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/press-room/thumbs/shugart-500.jpg.webp?itok=p5HVmRx2)
News Release - Huntington Acquires Two Major Collections of Slavery and Abolition Materials
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired two collections related to abolition and slavery in 19th-century America, including an exceptionally rare account book from the Underground Railroad.
![Ink made from oak galls](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/blogs/oakgall_square.jpg.webp?itok=l9Jv10ec)
Making Ink from Oak Galls
Kelly Fernandez, head gardener of the Herb and Shakespeare gardens at The Huntington, and her team of docent volunteers are always on the lookout for plant materials
Centennial Rose Parade Float
"Cultivating Curiosity" wins Golden State award for most outstanding depiction of life in California
![Detail of title page of Museum Britannicum from London 1778](/sites/default/files/styles/search_thumbnail/public/verso/featured/emcollectionsconf-1.jpg.webp?itok=38ySYApm)
Early Modern Collections in Use
In the first half of the 18th century, Hans Sloane (1660–1753)—the collector, physician, and president of the Royal Society—was the acknowledged center of a web of international relationships that brought objects, letters, and visitors into his house