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Huntington 101 - Online Series

Join longtime Huntington staff member Randy Shulman for a three-part online class on The Huntington's origins, history, and renaissance as well as the background of the dramatic changes over the past 25 years.

Kaleidoscope

How a Scottish scientist's invention influenced 19th-century American decorative artFew objects have played a greater role in underscoring the combined power of light, color, and motion than the kaleidoscope

A Passion for Cycads

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.