Huntington Verso

In June, 16 eager participants from around the globe arrived for the inaugural Huntington residential summer institute in the history of science, technology, and medicine.

A line of handsome fairy couples dance gaily through sheaths of harvested wheat.

The Huntington has taken a lead role in recent years in the cutting-edge field of plant cryopreservation

Early modern readers left their marks on the printed page in many ways: They wrote annotations or drew manicules

The Huntington Library is one of the world's renowned independent research libraries, housing some 11 million items that span the 11th to 21st centuries.

Bees are no strangers to The Huntington. There are numerous hives in trees on the property that cause few problems

John Singer Sargent (1856–1925) painted his evocative oil sketch Sphinx and Chimaera before 1921 to serve as a compositional guide for a much larger mural

An art installation unlike any The Huntington has displayed before is now on view in the Chinese Garden

They sit on a rectangular piece of plywood that rises mere inches off the ground—more like a dancefloor than a platform.

"Take every painting on a case-by-case basis." That's the mantra voiced by three members of the younger generation of conservators

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.

This is the season when students start scribbling words like "Have a great summer!"