Video
Hdoc: Cycad Sleuths
Fri., May 13, 2022
A gardener noticed a population of weevils living inside a few cycad cones growing on the property and knew it was a big deal. He showed them to one of The Huntington's botanical researchers who kicked off a project this year to study how the weevils pollinate our Dioon cycads.
Library
Is Shakespeare Still Relatable?
Tue., May 10, 2022 | Dympna Callaghan
Henry E. Huntington famously built a landmark collection of rare early editions of William Shakespeare’s plays and poems, which remain hugely important to scholars. But what about everyone else?
Lecture
What is the Value of Historic Libraries? Looking Afresh at the Bridgewater Library, a Jewel in The Huntington Crown
Wed., May 4, 2022
David Pearson, former director of culture, heritage, and libraries for the City of London Corporation, looks afresh at the Bridgewater Library, informed by recent work on 17th-century private libraries more broadly, with a view to teasing out its cultural value today.
Library
A Directory into the Past
Tue., May 3, 2022 | Li Wei Yang
Reconstructing the social and economic lives of Japanese Americans in Los Angeles in the early to mid-20th century requires a great deal of sleuthing in the archives. One such useful resource is the humble and often-overlooked city directory, which can reveal a great deal about the history of the region...
Lecture
Why It Matters: Lonnie G. Bunch III in conversation with Karen R. Lawrence and Robert C. Davidson Jr.
Tue., April 26, 2022
Lonnie G. Bunch III, 14th Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, joins Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence and Huntington Governor Robert C. Davidson Jr.
Library
2022 Library Collectors’ Council Acquisitions
Tue., April 26, 2022 | Kevin Durkin
Five remarkable collections that tell vivid stories from the perspectives of a broad range of historical figures landed at The Huntington recently, courtesy of the Library Collectors’ Council, a group of Huntington supporters who help fund the purchase of new materials to add to the institution’s holdings.
Lecture
Conversation: Nathan Wang and Lisa See on "On Gold Mountain"
Thu., April 21, 2022
Chinese American composer Nathan Wang, the 2022-23 Cheng Family Foundation Visiting Artist in the Chinese Garden, will introduce his remarkable career and the development of the opera "On Gold Mountain" in collaboration with renowned author Lisa See.
Lecture
Skill, Speed, and Diplomacy: The Artistic Achievement of Don Bachardy
Tue., April 19, 2022
Robert Flynn Johnson, curator emeritus of the Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, discusses how Don Bachardy was one of the most insightful draftsmen of his era.
Art
The Art of Tempera in Focus
Tue., April 19, 2022 | Sola Saar-Agustsson
“Method and Material: Tempera Painting in Focus,” on view through Aug. 8 in the Huntington Art Gallery, brings together tempera works by William Blake, Joseph Edward Southall, George Tooker, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Mark Gertler, and Dunbar Byson Beck.
Video
Witnessing the Invisible: An Air Pump in the Art Gallery
Mon., April 18, 2022
An exhibition centered around Joseph Wright of Derby's masterpiece "An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump" becomes a starting point to examine how witnessing experiments with air pumps were critically important for the transfer of scientific knowledge during the Enlightenment and after.
Lecture
Wonder and Wonders: Eighteenth-Century Science and the Imagination
Wed., April 13, 2022
Tita Chico, professor at the University of Maryland, explores how the concept of wonder during the eighteenth century helps us to see the imaginative underpinnings of how we come to understand the natural world and its various phenomena.
History of The Huntington
History with A Peel
Tue., April 12, 2022 | Sandy Masuo
Anyone who has ever been overwhelmed by a bounty of fruit from a generous backyard tree faces an age-old challenge: how to store abundant, delicious, and nutritious fruit for leaner times. The Huntington Library’s cookbook collection features entire volumes dedicated to the preservation of fruit.