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Extinct Hawaiian songbirds at the American Museum of Natural History
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Collections of a Feather

Oct. 5, 2012

When I was working on my recent book about Robert Ridgway, the Smithsonian's first curator of birds, I got to thinking about the large sets of stuffed birds, or "study skins," that he and his fellow bird professionals kept in drawers and cabinets in natural history museums.

Carved pumpkin
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Growing Up Huntington

Oct. 18, 2012

Halloween is but one of the many holidays that triggers childhood memories. For college student Galia Bar-Sever, a Halloween memory marks the beginning of a long and fruitful relationship with a place she loves.

Orchid Collection

With over 10,000 orchids, The Huntington has one of the largest orchid collections in the United States, specializing in an array of genera including Paphiopedilum, Phragmipedium, Cymbidium, Cattleya, Stanhopea, Lycaste, and various botanical species.

Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.

Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D., is the head of the Library Curatorial department and curates the Library’s renowned collections of medieval manuscripts and British history. She earned her Ph.D.

A two-story building with a four-column portico and a staircase.
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Introducing the 2023–24 Huntington Fellows

May 23, 2023

Each year, The Huntington hosts roughly 150 long- and short-term research fellows, selected through a competitive, peer-review process that provides $1.4 million in awards.

Edison photographer Doug White’s overhead shot of three computer key punch operators creating data entry cards
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The Brave New (and Old) World of Data

Nov. 17, 2016

Data, made up of units so uniform as to be, almost by necessity, boring, unite to form collectives of information in a data-driven world that is recognized now as exciting, sexy, and consummately modern. And not for the first time, we must add.

Front cover. James Joyce, Ulysses
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News Release - Huntington Conference to Celebrate the Centennial of James Joyce’s “Ulysses”

Oct. 26, 2021

To mark the centennial of the publication of James Joyce’s groundbreaking modernist novel Ulysses, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens will present an academic conference, “Joycean Cartographies: Navigating a New Century of Ulysses”

Huntington Centennial logo
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News Release - Huntington's Yearlong Centennial Celebration Launches Today

Sep. 5, 2019

The Huntington's Centennial Celebration kicks off Sept. 5, 2019, setting in motion a yearlong series of exhibitions, public programs, artist interventions, and more—inviting people with a range of interests to engage with the venerable institution's collections and the connections they offer

A person holds a small hinged-case with gold and velvet accents around a glass oval. Behind the glass is a formal portrait of a man; the viewer’s reflection is visible in the glass.
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Reflecting on Daguerreotypes

Oct. 31, 2023

There are more than 70 daguerreotypes in The Huntington’s collection, each with stories as unique as the daguerreotype process itself. These miniature portals into 19th-century life preserve vital histories and allow viewers to engage in their own contact with the past.

A microscope light illuminates a section of a painting.
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New Conservation Discoveries: Edward Hopper’s “The Long Leg”

Jan. 16, 2024

While examining and treating Edward Hopper’s iconic painting “The Long Leg,” Christina M. O’Connell, the Mary Ann and John Sturgeon Senior Paintings Conservator at The Huntington, discovered something that others have overlooked.

Woodlawn Plantation House, Louisiana, 1941 Gelatin silver print Photograph by Edward Weston
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Press Release - Exhibition Revisits Photographs Edward Weston Made for Walt Whitman’s "Leaves of Grass"

Aug. 16, 2016

An exhibition opening this fall at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens considers a rich dialogue between two iconic figures in American culture: the renowned photographer Edward Weston (1886–1958) and poet Walt Whitman (1819–1892). “Real American Places: Edward Weston and Leaves of Grass” opens Oct. 22

Detail of open Gutenberg Bible
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Out of Sight, Never Out of Mind

May 24, 2013

Monday will be your last chance to see the Library's most prized books and manuscripts for a while. Back in June 2012, many of The Huntington's treasures went on temporary display in the Scott Galleries of American Art when the Library Exhibition Hall closed

Carter G. Woodson
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Historian Carter G. Woodson

Feb. 27, 2019

Known today as the "Father of Black History," Carter G. Woodson (1875–1950) was one of the first Black historians to begin writing about black culture and experience

Chefs Kajsa Alger, Mary Sue Milliken, and Susan Feniger. Photo courtesy of Bon Appétit. Photography by Bart Nagel.
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Press Release - Border Grill’s Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken with Blue Window’s Kajsa Alger Partner with The Huntington to Create Dynamic New Dining Destination

Oct. 10, 2016

Those who love Border Grill’s authentic, modern Mexican cuisine created by celebrated chefs Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken will be able to enjoy it in an unexpected new location starting on Nov. 2: the main café at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

Centennial Rose Parade Float

"Cultivating Curiosity" wins Golden State award for most outstanding depiction of life in California

David Wilkie Supper at Emmaus from 1841
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New Home for a Hidden Treasure

May 12, 2015

It's not every day that a long-lost work of art appears out of nowhere. But that's what happened in the summer of 2013 when Tooey Durning placed a call to The Huntington. Tooey and her sister, Anne Durning, had inherited a painting from their grandmother.

Detail of A.A. Milne’s illustration of King John staring at a row of Christmas cards
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Bad King John

Aug. 28, 2015

We love to hate villains. Harry Potter's Lord Voldemort horrifies us with his flagrant use of the Unforgivable Curses. Before him, Darth Vader of Star Wars fame was the true embodiment of evil as he built the Death Star and battled his children.

Watercolor painting of sailing vessel
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The Image of Empire

Apr. 24, 2019

A placid river lazily flows past verdant hills, a high mountain retreat rests beneath towering pines, and delicate arches glow in the warmth of the setting sun.

Woman doing conservation on a book
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Preserving the Signs of Censorship

Apr. 24, 2017

Five hundred years before government officials in some countries got in the business of censoring Instagram feeds or Twitter accounts, the Roman Catholic Church was using ink to black out text that it considered dangerous.

The Roofs of Liu Fang Yuan (detail), 2021–2022.
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News Release - New Exhibition Will Explore the Making of The Huntington’s Chinese Garden

Jul. 6, 2022

Visitors to The Huntington will have the chance to gain insight into the design and construction of its Chinese Garden in the “Crafting a Garden: Inside the Creation of Liu Fang Yuan”

Detail of a 19th century recipe for shredded codfish
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COOKBOOK COLLECTION | From Vermont Kitchens

Mar. 7, 2013

Another post in a series from the cataloger of the Anne M. Cranston cookbook collection, which consists of approximately 4,400 British and American cookbooks from the 19th and 20th centuries. In this series, Shelley shares fascinating recipes

Paul Caponigro photograph of Tralee Bay, County Kerry, Ireland in 1977
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Two American Photographers at Home

Oct. 15, 2014

It may come as no surprise to you, savvy reader, that the years spent preparing for a major exhibition are fraught with considerable challenges and no small amount of pain. An elusive loan, an uncooperative colleague, an intransigent donor, an unanticipated expense

Dennis Harbach
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Volunteering to Decipher Paul Conrad

Mar. 7, 2016

Meet Huntington volunteer Dennis Harbach. Over the past two years, Harbach has laughed, cried, and winced his way through the gargantuan task of producing searchable metadata for the satirical cartoons in the Paul Conrad papers.

Portrait of Ralph Waldo Emerson, ca. 1860, photo by Allen & Rowell.
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Society and Solitude in Concord

Jun. 14, 2016

In the middle of the 19th century, the small town of Concord, Mass., had an outsized reputation as New England's intellectual center. This was in large part thanks to the fame of four writers who called the place home

‘Marilyn Monroe’ rose
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The Name of the Rose

May 2, 2018

An old Hollywood crowd graces bed number 15 North in The Huntington's Rose Garden. 'Ronald Reagan' and 'Nancy Reagan' naturally stand together, with 'Ginger Rogers' to one side, 'Dick Clark' on the other, and 'Lucille Ball' and 'Cary Grant' nearby.