Conferences
The Brave New (and Old) World of Data
Thu., Nov. 17, 2016 | Theodore Porter and Soraya de Chadarevian
Data, made up of units so uniform as to be, almost by necessity, boring, unite to form collectives of information in a data-driven world that is recognized now as exciting, sexy, and consummately modern. And not for the first time, we must add.
Exhibitions
Hearing NASA’s Earth Science Satellites
Tue., Nov. 15, 2016 | Diana W. Thompson
As visual strategists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Dan Goods and David Delgado use art and design to explain science. Their newest project is the Orbit Pavilion sound experience, which recently opened at The Huntington. The large silver structure sits on the Celebration Lawn by the terrace of the...
Audio
Recent Lectures: Oct. 24–Nov. 9, 2016
Fri., Nov. 11, 2016 | Huntington Staff
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.
Beyond The H
The Huntington’s Arcadia
Tue., Nov. 8, 2016 | Linda Chiavaroli
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.
Library
Susan B. Anthony and the Price of Suffrage
Thu., Nov. 3, 2016 | Olga Tsapina
The sight of an old account ledger doesn't generally excite many people—aside from historians and forensic accountants. But a ledger that once belonged to the famous American feminist and social reformer Susan B. Anthony
Library
A Raven Named Sir Nevermore?
Mon., Oct. 31, 2016 | Daniel Immerwahr
I remember the moment when I fell in love with the Huntington Library. I was researching 19th-century agriculture and, in particular, the use of guano—the droppings of cormorants, boobies, and pelicans on the Chincha Islands off the coast of Peru.
Botanical
Breathing New Life into Trees
Wed., Oct. 26, 2016 | Diana W. Thompson
Huntington arborist Daniel Goyette first investigated the two-story-high coast live oak (Quercus agrifolia) near the Boone Gallery to address concerns that its growth had slowed. Soil was built up around one side of it, and it appeared to be listing.
Art
Becoming America
Tue., Oct. 18, 2016 | Kevin Durkin
An astonishingly rich installation of early American art provides a pre-Thanksgiving visual feast for Huntington visitors, beginning Oct. 22. That's opening day for the new Jonathan and Karin Fielding Wing in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art.
Conferences
Early Modern Literary Geographies
Thu., Oct. 13, 2016 | Julie Sanders and Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr.
One of the gems in The Huntington's library collection is a 16th-century image titled "View from Wotton Underwood." Although officially cataloged as a "map," it's quite different from what we usually call a map today.
Audio
Recent Lectures: Sept. 14–Oct. 5, 2016
Mon., Oct. 10, 2016 | Huntington Staff
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.
Beyond The H
Instagram Takeover with Lynell George
Wed., Oct. 5, 2016 | Kate Lain
Yesterday, we handed The Huntington's Instagram account over to journalist and essayist Lynell George, who spent the day sharing photos of items in the archive of famed science fiction writer Octavia E. Butler.
Profiles
Interns’ Impressions
Mon., Sept. 26, 2016 | Miso Kim
Over the past summer, 18 interns from universities across the country worked with The Huntington's library, art, and botanical collections. One of the interns, Connell Boken, is a sophomore at Whitman College in Washington. A Pasadena native, Boken got to know The Huntington by going to its summer program