
This exhibition explores one of the great masterpieces from the Age of Enlightenment, Joseph Wright of Derby's monumental An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump alongside 15 works from The...
This exhibition explores one of the great masterpieces from the Age of Enlightenment, Joseph Wright of Derby's monumental An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump alongside 15 works from The...
This exhibition focuses on the ways authors and mapmakers have built compelling fictional worlds to coincide with the centennial of the publication of James Joyce’s groundbreaking 1922 modernist...
The Huntington presents a major exhibition of contemporary Chinese calligraphy as the inaugural installation in the Chinese Garden's new art gallery, the Studio for Lodging the Mind....
This focused exhibition explores tempera's fascinating history through a number of key objects from The Huntington art collections, as well as two important loans from the Resnick collection....
Susan Straight, New York Times best-selling author Héctor Tobar, and ICW Director William Deverell discuss Straight's novel Mecca that tells a story of the American West and all its injustice,...
Enjoy traditional Chinese music every Wednesday afternoon in the Garden of Flowing Fragrance. A different solo musician performs each week, playing unamplified melodies on classical instruments...
David Pearson, former director of culture, heritage, and libraries for the City of London Corporation, looks afresh at the Bridgewater Library, informed by recent work on 17th-century private...
After Hours Performance in the Chinese Garden
Eight performance dates: May 5–8, 12–15
7:30 p.m.–9 p.m.
Experience a unique outdoor opera in the breathtaking Chinese Garden at The...
Porfirio Gutiérrez, a Zapotec master dyer and textile artist based in Ventura, California, examines the rich history of Zapotec weaving and how this practice expresses cultural identity. Gutiérrez...
Enjoy Mother's Day Brunch at The Huntington on Sunday, May 8, in the beautiful Rose Hills Foundation Garden Court. The full buffet includes fresh salad and fruit, a seafood station, omelet station...
Moderated by Dean Pedro Noguera of USC Rossier School of Education, education advocate Dr. James Whitfield and political scientist Dr. Jeffrey Sachs will discuss the contentious political and...
Dr. R. Paul Butler, Staff Scientist at the Earth and Planets Laboratory for the Carnegie Institution for Science, discusses the flood of extrasolar planets being discovered and the realistic...
In this talk, literary and intellectual historian Raúl Coronado, professor at UC Berkeley, asks, "what does literature offer us?" He turns to the history of print and visual culture in Texas and...
This two-day conference addresses vexing questions about the contemporary relevance of Shakespeare’s writings. Presenters will ask not just why or how Shakespeare might be pertinent to current...
Textile and fiber arts students from Pomona College exhibit and lead spotlight discussions on sustainability, culture, and community.
Student artist bios:
Austin Kim is a multimedia...Join forest ecologist Suzanne Simard, poets Amy Gerstler and Kinsale Drake, composer Heather McIntosh, and The Huntington's Director of Botanical Gardens Nicole Cavender for a walking lecture and...
Moderated by Gustavo Arellano of the Los Angeles Times, join us for a discussion with historians Kelly Lytle Hernández and Natalia Molina about their new books addressing culture, ethnicity, and...
Friday, May 20, 2022 | The Huntington | Free for Huntington Members at the Contributor, Affiliate, Supporting, Patron, Benefactor level Members and Society of Fellows
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Celebrate Fiber Arts Month with skilled crafts people as they demonstrate spinning fibers into thread, making natural dyes, weaving, knitting, lace making and mending.
10 a.m.–2 p.m. |...
Dr. Wendy L. Freedman, John and Marion Sullivan University Professor in Astronomy and Astrophysics and the College, at The University of Chicago, describes the historical quest to measure how fast...
Author J. Drew Lanham discusses what it means to embrace the full breadth of his African-American heritage and his deep kinship to nature and adoration of birds. The convergence of ornithologist,...