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The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired a unique photograph album, containing 19 prints, that offers a tantalizing glimpse into the intimate family circle of renowned scientist Charles Darwin (1809-1882).

A rare set of exquisite lithographs, depicting the pastel drawings of planets, comets, eclipses and other celestial wonders by artist/astronomer Étienne Léopold Trouvelot (1827–1895), takes center stage in late April

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens and the New Mexico Museum of Art announced today that "Frederick Hammersley: To Paint without Thinking," an exhibition on view at The Huntington through Jan. 22, will travel to the New Mexico venue, where it will be on view from May 26 through Sept. 9, 2018.

Today the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced a gift by Charles and Geneva Thornton of their historic home and gardens in San Marino, California. The gift includes a substantial endowment for the preservation and maintenance of the ten-acre estate.

Anne Rothenberg, chair of the Board of Trustees for The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, has announced her retirement from the Board, effective Jan. 1, 2018; Trustee Loren Rothschild will succeed her as chair.

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired a major collection of graphic art by Henry Moore (1898–1986), the most prominent British sculptor of the 20th-century.

An exhibition opening next week at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will present a fresh, vibrant group of new works by seven artists responding to research they conducted in The Huntington's vast collections over the past year.

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens will mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation with an exhibition that explores the power of the written word as a mechanism for radical change.