Verso
The blog of The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Conferences
Ecologies of Paper
Wed., Nov. 4, 2020 | Shira BrismanThe word "ecology" is a relational term. It speaks to the interdependency of organisms, objects, and systems with their environments. "Ecology" can also be used as a term of advocacy
Botanical
The Art of Penjing
Wed., Oct. 28, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarlingThe venerable art of shaping trees and depicting landscapes in miniature—penjing—has existed in China for centuries. Now visitors to The Huntington's Chinese Garden, Liu Fang Yuan 流芳園, can see more than two dozen
Library
The Wisdom of Premodern Medicine
Wed., Oct. 21, 2020 | Joel A. Klein, Ph.D.It was an extraordinary and somewhat serendipitous occurrence that led to The Huntington's becoming one of the best institutions in the United States to study European medicine from the latter half of the 15th century.
Exhibitions
Exploring The Huntington’s Collections Through Bonsai
Wed., Oct. 14, 2020 | Lisa BlackburnVisitors can discover an expansive new way to look at miniature trees in "Lifelines/Timelines: Exploring The Huntington's Collections Through Bonsai," on view Oct. 17, 2020 to Jan. 25, 2021.
Watch & Listen
Recorded Programs: Aug. 26–Sept. 23, 2020
Wed., Oct. 7, 2020 | Kevin DurkinHome to gorgeous gardens, spectacular art, and stunning rare books and manuscripts, The Huntington also offers an impressive slate of programs
History of Science
Solidarity with the Mount Wilson Observatory
Mon., Sept. 21, 2020 | Kevin DurkinIn 1904, more than a half-century before the creation of NASA, George Ellery Hale (1868–1938), a solar astronomer and astrophysicist, founded the Mount Wilson Observatory
Audio
Hear and Now
Wed., Sept. 16, 2020 | George SanchezHear and Now is a new podcast that connects the incomparable library, art, and botanical collections at The Huntington with the wider world.
Research
Introducing New Fellows in an Unprecedented Time
Thu., Sept. 10, 2020In a normal year, nearly 2,000 scholars in the fields of history, literature, art history, and the history of science, technology, and medicine would be conducting academic research