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News Release - The Huntington Acquires Important Collection of Telegraph History Papers from the Civil War and Postwar Era

Tue., Jan. 26, 2021
In a move that deepens its collections in the history of science and technology as well as its American Civil War holdings, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has acquired the personal papers of Thomas T. Eckert (1825–1910)
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News Release - The Huntington to Renovate and Expand Its Historic Tea Room

Thu., Jan. 21, 2021
The project will restore the front of the original 1911 building and create a new pavilion opening onto the Shakespeare Garden
Lecture

Unmoored Gardens: Shifting Cultural Spaces in Late Imperial China

Thu., Jan. 21, 2021
Dr. Einor Cervone, the Mozhai Foundation Curatorial Fellow in the department of Chinese art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), explores the unlikely links between Ming dynasty (1368–1644) garden culture and waterborne culture.
History of The Huntington

Artificial Lives

Wed., Jan. 20, 2021 | Sherryl Vint and Peter Boxall
The notion of the artificial is necessarily understood in concert with the linked notion of the natural and thus the boundary between what is found and what is made.
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News Release - The Huntington Names Winner of Inaugural Shapiro Book Prize

Thu., Jan. 14, 2021
The biennial award of $10,000 for outstanding first monograph in American history and culture goes to Benjamin Francis-Fallon for The Rise of the Latino Vote: A History
Lecture

Cataloging in the Time of COVID

Wed., Jan. 13, 2021
Cataloging in the Time of COVID: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at How The Huntington's American History Materials Are Made Accessible by Archival Processing
Library

Securing Election Results in 1640

Wed., Jan. 13, 2021 | Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.
When Congressional sessions resumed after the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, many people watched televised proceedings set in motion some 200 years ago.
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Lunchtime Art Talk on Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork

Wed., Jan. 13, 2021
Join Ikechukwu Onyewuenyi, Made in L.A. 2020 assistant curator of performance, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Jacqueline Kiyomi Gork, as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A.
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News Release - Huntington Names Misty Bennett Chief Human Resources Officer

Tue., Jan. 12, 2021
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today the appointment of Misty Bennett as chief human resources officer. Bennett, corporate director of talent and culture at Rosewood Hotel Group, begins her new role at The Huntington on Jan. 27, 2021.
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Lunchtime Art Talk on Nicola L.

Wed., Jan. 6, 2021
Join Matthieu Vahanian, curatorial assistant at the Hammer Museum, for this short and insightful discussion about artist Nicola L., as part of the Lunchtime Art Talk series on the exhibition "Made in L.A. 2020: a version." The program is presented by the Hammer Museum.

A Handful of Earth, A Handful of Sky

Tue., Dec. 22, 2020 | Lynell George
In her life and work, Octavia E. Butler strove to embody what could be.Author and journalist Lynell George, a 2017–18 Alan Jutzi Fellow at The Huntington, has been working with the Octavia E. Butler archives for four years. The result is a very personal book, A Handful of Earth, A...
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Saying Goodbye to 2020

Tue., Dec. 22, 2020 | Kevin Durkin
Few years in living memory have presented more challenges than this one: a worldwide pandemic and economic recession, widespread civil unrest, and a turbulent presidential election.