Lecture
Every Picture Tells a Story
Wed., April 25, 2018
Richard White uses images shot by landscape photographer Jesse White to explore California's story.
History of Science
Radiant Beauty
Wed., April 25, 2018 | Linda Chiavaroli
E.L. Trouvelot made one big mistake in his life: releasing, by accident, moths he was studying into the woods near his home in Medford, Massachusetts in the 1860s. This error, which had dire consequences for North America's hardwood trees
Video
Carnegie Lecture: You Can’t Make a Solar System without Breaking a Few Asteroids: The Tale of Asteroid Families
Mon., April 23, 2018
Joseph Masiero discusses how asteroid families in our Solar System are the last remnants of massive collisions that occurred as the Sun and planets were being formed.
Lecture
Abraham Lincoln’s Diary
Thu., April 19, 2018
Ronald White examines Lincoln's overlooked notes to himself, revealing new and surprising aspects of America's greatest president.
Audio
Recent Lectures: Nov. 5, 2017–April 5, 2018
Wed., April 18, 2018 | Kevin Durkin
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 24 recent lectures and conversations.
Lecture
Representations of the Garden of Solitary Delight (Dule yuan)
Tue., April 17, 2018
Carol Brash examines four different representations of the Garden of Solitary Delight (Dule yuan), built in the 11th century by scholar-official Sima Guang.
News
News Release - The Huntington Selects Vincent Price Art Museum for Contemporary Art Collaboration
Thu., April 12, 2018
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it will partner with East Los Angeles College's Vincent Price Art Museum (VPAM) for the third year of The Huntington's /five initiative, inviting noted Los Angeles artists Carolina Caycedo and Mario Ybarra Jr. to create new work
Botanical
Fiber Arts
Wed., April 11, 2018 | Manuela Gomez Rhine
A group of Herb Garden docents gathered in the Botanical Center's headhouse one recent morning to begin work on a textile installation piece they plan to display at the upcoming Fiber Arts Day, taking place on April 14
Video
Carnegie Lecture: Sharing the Wonders of the Light and the Dark Universe
Mon., April 9, 2018
Marja K. Seidel, postdoctoral research associate with Carnegie Observatories, discusses her quest to understand dark matter and also shares her experiences bringing astronomy education to remote and under-served communities around the world.
Uncategorized
The Queerness of Shakespeare’s Sonnets
Wed., April 4, 2018 | Catherine Bates
Shakespeare's Sonnets are enduringly popular. Many people recognize famous lines from the sequence or even know some of the sonnets by heart. Even though the first edition, published in 1609, was not reprinted in Shakespeare's lifetime
Examining The Blue Boy
Sun., April 1, 2018 | Usha Lee McFarling
A paintings conservator and an ear surgeon talk shopThomas Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy (ca. 1770) may well be an icon of Western art and one of the most beloved attractions at The Huntington, but now that it is nearly 250 years old, this epic portrait is in need of some...