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What’s Hidden in the Gutenberg Bible?
Tue., March 11, 2025 | Andrew KerseyThe Huntington’s Gutenberg Bible reunites with a long-lost 15th-century print, prompting a close look at scholarly clues hidden in the book’s margins.
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Experiencing Music in the Early Spanish Americas
Tue., March 11, 2025 | Shannon McHughScholars discuss the music-filled spaces of the Spanish Americas and the resources in The Huntington’s collections that help reconstruct the soundscapes of the past.
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Peregrine Tyam and Mrs. Mary Verney: Patriarchy and Race in Late 17th-Century England
Wed., March 5, 2025Learn how 17th-century portraits illuminate the experiences and identities of London’s growing African population, particularly enslaved children, in this presentation by Research Fellow Susan D. Amussen, distinguished professor of history and the UC Merced Presidential Chair in the Humanities.
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The Huntington Reunites Rare 15th-Century Print with Gutenberg Bible
Tue., March 4, 2025The Huntington has acquired the exceptionally rare 15th-century devotional print “Christ on the Mount of Olives,” reuniting it with the institution’s prized Gutenberg Bible.
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Nenette Luarca-Shoaf Named The Huntington’s Director of Education and Public Engagement
Tue., March 4, 2025A seasoned museum educator and interdisciplinary scholar, Luarca-Shoaf brings extensive leadership experience in education program development and community engagement. She begins her new role on March 31.
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Out of the Woodwork: U.S. Forests and Black Cultures, 1800–1940
Wed., Feb. 26, 2025Susan Scott Parrish, professor at the University of Michigan and R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Fellow in the Humanities at the Huntington Library, leads a lecture on the role that Black artisans and artists played in the transformation of eastern U.S. forests into built environments and painted landscapes.
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The Huntington Acquires the Archive of Gusmano Cesaretti
Tue., Feb. 25, 2025The Huntington has acquired the archive of Italian-born artist Gusmano Cesaretti, a self-taught photographer renowned for capturing significant portraits of Southern California’s Mexican American community, incisive views of Los Angeles urban space, and set images for multiple Hollywood films.
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The Mormons in Black and White: Racial Mixing among the Latter-day Saints
Wed., Feb. 19, 2025Join W. Paul Reeve, Simmons Chair of Mormon Studies in the History Department at the University of Utah, for a discussion on shifting complexities of race relations within the Mormon church, drawing on evidence from Century of Black Mormons, a public history project.