Huntington Frontiers

Survivors from the dinosaur age, cycads continue to captivate collectors and researchersCycads are squat, woody, and branchless. They have no flowers, just spiky leaves that shred clothes and tear skin. They grow slowly, poison livestock and sometimes people.

The Longo Collection traces seismic shifts in obstetrics and gynecology over six centuriesThe images are haunting glimpses into the most primal and private of human moments—the experience of birth

For Ernest Marquez, a lifelong obsession ends up documenting the evolution of L.A.Even as a novice collector, Ernest Marquez found that he had a discerning eye for early images of Southern California

The Huntington's rare cookbooks reveal changes in American cooking that eventually sparked a food movementWe hear the word “artisanal” all the time—attached to cheese, chocolate, coffee, even fast-food chain sandwiches—but what does it really mean?

A needlework treasure from the collection of Jonathan and Karin FieldingThe colorfully embroidered samplers produced in early America by girls between the ages of eight and 18 were typically the result of a creative partnership

Two historians assess Mulholland's responsibility for one of the nation's worst civil engineering disastersIn the critically acclaimed book Heavy Ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster, historians Norris Hundley, Jr. and Donald C. Jackson provide a detailed account and analysis of the collapse of the St. Francis Dam

Reverence for the Bard permeates The HuntingtonMarking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, Stephen Tabor, The Huntington's curator of early printed books, relates how the institution's founder built one of the world's great collections of the playwright's works.

The painter's computer-generated drawings were groundbreaking and playfulBorn in Salt Lake City, Utah, Frederick Hammersley (1919–2009) studied at Chouinard Art Institute (now CalArts)

The Huntington's cryopreservation program strives to conserve endangered plantsThe caretakers of the tender succulents in the Desert Garden may cringe at news of a prolonged cold snap, but Raquel Folgado

The Huntington is the new home of a residential mural by Millard SheetsFor many of us who grew up in Southern California, Millard Sheets' mid-20th century public murals are among the indelible images of our childhoods.

Life, Learning, Leadership, and Legacy according to Steve Koblik"OK, give me a number. And then once you do that, I'll figure out the bogey." This is Steve Koblik. He's asking for an estimate of how much a certain project will cost...

The Huntington acquires the papers of an award-winning Hawaiian naturalistWhen it comes to the study of Hawaiian birds, few scientists can rival Sheila Conant, professor emerita and former chair of the zoology department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa