Library

The Huntington Library is one of the world’s great independent research libraries, holding 12 million items spanning the 11th through 21st centuries. Researchers from some 30 countries make thousands of visits each year to study rare materials in the Library’s reading rooms. Thousands more utilize the Library’s virtual services, and millions use its virtual collections. Some 85 Library staff play a critical role in cultivating and expanding access to the collections, creating new opportunities for discovery and engagement, and ensuring that collections are preserved for the future.

Library News

A box set of books spread out on a table. A pair of hands have one open to full-page photos of a comet in the distance behind a desert cactus (left) and a comet hurtling through space (right).

New Publication Explores History of Science

Worlds Unfolding: Science on the Page explores centuries of curiosity, discovery, and visual culture, from medieval manuscripts to space exploration.

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A Once-In-A-Century Project: The Library/Art Building

The Library/Art Building (LAB) is a once-in-a-century project that will restore the historic public-facing wing of the 1919 Library exhibition halls—designed by architect Myron Hunt—and modernize back-of-house spaces for today. The Huntington remains open and active, with 130 acres of botanical gardens, art galleries, exhibitions and programs, and rare library materials on view across the campus.