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image collage featuring botanical and insect illustration, golden barrel cacti and a portrait of a woman wearing brown.image collage featuring botanical and insect illustration, golden barrel cacti and a portrait of a woman wearing brown.

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Explore our collections with digital resources for learners of all ages

California Art

Black and white woodcut artwork depicting a rising path with a staircase that leads straight up to the top of a hill. Above the staircase, massive trees that seem to be lit from behind tower over the hilltop.

Spotlight: 2506 El Moran by Paul Landacre

A light-skinned Black man wearing a painter's smock and a fedora stands and looks down at a sculpture of a head he is holding. The sculpture depicts a young Black person. Behind him, we see shelves with several sculptural pieces on them.

Artist Spotlight: Sargent Claude Johnson

Sargent Claude Johnson sculpture of the head of a boy.

Spotlight: Head of a Boy by Sargent Claude Johnson

A detail image of a wood carving.

Spotlight: Organ Screen by Sargent Claude Johnson

Color photograph of an older Black woman with white and grey hair pulled up to the top of her head in a short, curly ponytail. She is wearing a loose grey shirt and is standing in her artist studio, surrounded by wooden clocks, shelves, candlestick holders, and other miscellaneous items.

The Betye Saar Art Box | La Caja de Arte de Betye Saar

A painting of a river with large trees and a bridge, people work near boats in the foreground.

Explore John Constable's Landscapes

Learn why despite living through the rapid change that was so prominent during the Industrial Revolution, the artist focused on capturing pastoral landscapes and nature’s beauty.

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John Constable (British, 1776–1837), View on the Stour near Dedham, 1822, oil on canvas, 51 x 74 in. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. 

Survival through Adaptation

Explore Plant Adaptations
Dark green leaves with a pattern of lighter colors sweeping upward.

Adaptions: Leaves

Plants and fish underwater

Adaptions: Life in the Water

The trunk of a tree grows in three branches. The base of the trunk is swollen.

Adaptions: Stems

Garden with multiple trees, shrubs, and a cactus

Adaptions: Food from Sunlight

Tree trunk with large sprawling above-ground roots.

Adaptions: Roots

Videos

Watch videos that invite you to practice close looking, discover what it's like to work at our research library, and promote mindfulness and relaxation with peaceful moments from the gardens. Explore all series below.

Explore All Videos
Louisiana Bendolph, Going Home, 2005. Color soft-ground etching with aquatint and spitbite aquatint, 32 x 30 in. Courtesy of the artist and Paulson Fontaine Press. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

Watch Series: Close Looking at the H

A table in a laboratory setting with stacked books, glass labware, and brushes. A person works in the background.

Watch Series: Working in the Library

Restore + Explore: Relational Mindfulness with Linnea Pyne

Watch Series: Mindful Moments

Connect with Our Collections

Experience nature through a creative lens and explore an assortment of objects from our collections.

Nature as Artistic Inspiration

Nature and the Elements of Art

Printed illustration of a flea.

Micrographia

Printed illustration of six dogs howling. The dogs are on the snow and an arc of light is at the top of the image. The text below the image reads: "With the aurora borealis flaming coldly overhead."

The Call of the Wild

Large wooden spinning wheel with spokes attached to one end of a simple bench-like structure with a pulley device attached to the other end.

Object Story: Spinning Wheel

black and white abstract illustration of flowers and plants

Color Our Collections

Color our collections! Take some time to unwind and create while you discover an object, artwork, or plant in The Huntington’s collections. Interested in learning more about the coloring page? Be sure to check out the extra activities for further learning.

Explore Coloring Pages

Loddon, William Morris (British, 1834-1896), ca. 1884. | The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.