Conferences
Rethinking the Gardens of China
Wed., Feb. 26, 2020 | Phillip E. Bloom and Nicholas Menzies
In his memoirs, Chrétien-Louis-Joseph de Guignes (1759–1845), who served as a French functionary in Guangzhou (Canton) from 1783 to 1796, wrote vividly
Video
The Hilton Als Series: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Mon., Feb. 24, 2020
Recent portrait-like paintings by contemporary British artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye are displayed adjacent to the historic Thornton Portrait Gallery at The Huntington in an exhibition curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Hilton Als, staff writer and theater critic for The New Yorker magazine,
Lectures
An Evening with Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress
Wed., Feb. 19, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarling
In The Huntington's Centennial Celebration series called "Why It Matters," Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence speaks with national leaders
Lecture
The Materiality of Love
Wed., Feb. 12, 2020
Peter Stallybrass, professor of English at the University of Pennsylvania, examines a single letter that Elizabeth Barrett wrote to Hugh Stuart Boyd, a scholar with whom she was passionately in love long before she met her fellow poet and future husband, Robert Browning.
Exhibitions
The Hilton Als Series: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Wed., Feb. 12, 2020 | Thea Page
An installation of contemporary British paintings of fictional Black characters has been juxtaposed with The Huntington's collection of 18th-century British portraits
Lecture
Why It Matters: Karen R. Lawrence In Conversation with Carla Hayden
Thu., Feb. 6, 2020
Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence speaks with Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress, about why archives and libraries exist and why the work they do continues to be important.
News
News Release - The Huntington Acquires Archive Documenting a Notorious Colonial Plot to Defraud Native Americans of Ancestral Land in Pennsylvania
Thu., Feb. 6, 2020
The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired a recently discovered archive documenting an 18th-century investigation into a land deal—the so-called Walking Purchase—that defrauded the Lenni Lenape
Botanical
An Age-Old Craft and a Brand-New Roof
Wed., Feb. 5, 2020 | Usha Lee McFarling
The Pavilion for Washing Away Thoughts (Di Lü Ting 滌慮亭) lies tucked along the stream between the Japanese and Chinese gardens.
Botanical
New Palms Along the North Vista
Wed., Jan. 29, 2020 | Jessica Pettengill
The North Vista—with its stately lawn, Baroque fountain, and Henry E. Huntington's personal sculpture collection—has been an iconic location at The Huntington
Conference
The First Vision of Joseph Smith, Jr.: 200 Years On
Fri., Jan. 24, 2020
Rooted in The Huntington's substantial collection of Mormon history materials, this conference commemorates the 200th anniversary of Joseph Smith's proclaimed First Vision experience.
Exhibitions
News Release - Unique Bonsai Exhibition Opens March 14
Thu., Jan. 23, 2020
Visitors will discover an expansive new way to look at miniature trees in "Lifelines/Timelines: Exploring The Huntington's Collections Through Bonsai," on view March 14 through June 15 at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
Lecture
Transformations of the Chinese Garden
Thu., Jan. 23, 2020
Hui-shu Lee, professor of Chinese art history at UCLA, reflects on two recipients of the Pritzker Architecture Prize—I. M. Pei and Wang Shu—and their instrumental reinterpretations of Chinese garden design for the modern and post-modern worlds.