Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Centennial Family Tour
1. In August 1919, Henry E. and Arabella Huntington signed a document transforming their private estate into this spectacular public institution. That year, construction began on the Library building, created to house Henry’s vast collection of books and printed materials, including John James Audubon’s monumental Birds of America.
2. Make your way to the Huntington Art Gallery (which used to be Henry and Arabella’s mansion). Check out the cycads to the left of the entrance. In 1909, Henry spent nearly $5,000 (more than $100,000 in today’s dollars) on cycads. Many are still alive.
3. Go inside, take the sweeping double staircase, and head to the west wing to find the evocative The Grand Canal: Scene—A Street in Venice by J.M.W. Turner, purchased by Henry Huntington in 1922.
