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A watercolor painting of a classical style building with stairs surrounded by sculptures and plants.
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Painting The Huntington - Wednesday Series

Wed., March 6, 2024

Join artist and author Richard Scott for a six-part in-person watercolor series painting the gardens and architecture of The Huntington.

A watercolor painting of a classical style building with stairs surrounded by sculptures and plants.
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Painting The Huntington - Saturday Series

Sat., March 2, 2024

Join artist and author Richard Scott for a six-part in-person watercolor series painting the gardens and architecture of The Huntington.

A watercolor painting of path in a rose garden with trees.
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Virtual Watercolor Series: Intermediate to Advanced

Fri., Jan. 26, 2024

Join artist Robert Sherrill for an eight-part series in watercolor sketching, inspired by The Huntington’s 130 acres of gardens.

watercolor sketch of desert garden
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Virtual Watercolor Series: Open Level

Fri., Jan. 26, 2024

Join artist Robert Sherrill for an eight-part series in watercolor sketching, inspired by The Huntington’s 130 acres of gardens.

book cover with Mexican and American flags, and people doing tasks
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Taste of Art: Mexican Cooking for American Homes

Thu., Jan. 11, 2024

Explore the historical and culinary relevance of an early Mexican cookbook in The Huntington’s collection and create several recipes inspired by the rare publication.

Pencil sketch of a succulent.
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Drawing the Huntington

Wed., Oct. 4, 2023

Join artist and author Richard Scott for an eight-part in-person drawing series painting the gardens and architecture of The Huntington.

Photo collage of a woman smiling at camera, book cover, and illustrations of desserts.
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Taste of Art: Women in the Collections

Thu., March 9, 2023

Join ArtBites chef-instructor Maite Gomez-Rejón, who shares the history of, and then cooks from “Mrs. Beeton’s Cookery Book” (1861).

watercolor sketch of desert garden
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Watercolor Series: Sketching the Gardens

Fri., Jan. 20, 2023

Taking inspiration from The Huntington’s 130 acres of gardens, join artist Robert Sherrill for an eight-part series in watercolor sketching.

Le Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormant, Disneyland Paris
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Drawing Series: Inspiring Disney

Sat., Jan. 14, 2023

Join artist and author Richard Scott as he leads an in-person, six-part drawing series exploring The Huntington’s exhibition, “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Art.” 

Le Chateau de la Belle au Bois Dormant, Disneyland Paris
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Drawing Series: Inspiring Disney

Wed., Jan. 11, 2023

Join artist and author Richard Scott as he leads an in-person, six-part drawing series exploring The Huntington’s exhibition, “Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Art.” 

 Patti Perret, photograph of Octavia E. Butler seated by her bookcase, 1984.  The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. © Patti Perret
News

News Release - As Part of Its Centennial Celebration, The Huntington Seeds a New Fellowship in Honor of Octavia E. Butler

Aug. 19, 2020

As part of its Centennial Celebration, The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has announced the creation of a one-year fellowship for the study of Octavia E. Butler (1947–2006)

Art docent Joan Caillouette
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"Value Added"

Oct. 12, 2010

Big yellow buses will start rolling through The Huntington's gates this week as the school tour season gets under way. When students disembark for a morning of discovery, a group of highly trained volunteers will be ready and waiting.

Randy Shulman
Videos and Recorded Programs

Huntington 101 - Online Series

Apr. 20, 2020

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.

Handwritten note by Molly Leigh to her father, Theophilus Leigh
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Family Archive Related to Jane Austen

Jul. 19, 2022

In 1736, just four days before Christmas, 5-year-old Mary “Molly” Leigh wrote a formal letter to her father, Theophilus Leigh, Master of Balliol College, Oxford. The first page of the letter is ruled with straight lines to serve as guides for the novice hand, but the second page lacks them. Molly’s carefully shaped letters gently brush the lines in some places and float just above them in others, giving a subtle movement to her focused penmanship.

Before the Burning of the Old South Church in Bath, Maine by John Hilling, ca. 1854, oil on canvas, 21 3/4 x 27 7/8 x 2 1/8 in. (55.2 x 70.8 x 5.4 cm.). Jonathan and Karin Fielding Collection. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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The Burning of the Old South Church

Jan. 27, 2021

Rising class divisions. Economic uncertainty. Anti-immigrant fervor. It was July 6, 1854.

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A group of teachers and a garden docent in the Herb Garden
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Teachers Color the Summer Yellow

Jul. 25, 2018

During their summer break, 30 selected teachers participated in the first Huntington Voices teacher institute, spending a week on site to learn from Education staff and others how to use The Huntington's collections to strengthen their student's voices through writing, spoken language, performance, and visual and media arts.

Catherine Allgor
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Making History

Nov. 14, 2014

One of the great things about working at The Huntington is that we're surrounded by all this cool stuff: on any one day, we can walk outside and see roses, orchids, cycads, bonsai, penjing and puyas.

"The Last Gleanings" by Jules Adolphe Aimé Louis Breton
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"The Last Gleanings" of Jules Breton

May 6, 2020

The orange glow of the setting sun washes over the low-lying clouds and almost matches the rosy cheeks of the two young women in the foreground

"Cultivating Curiosity" float in progress. Photo: Phoenix Decorating
News

News Release - The Huntington Announces Riders for 2020 Rose Parade® Float

Dec. 5, 2019

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens announced today that its "Cultivating Curiosity" float in the 2020 Rose Parade® will host eight riders and will be followed by six walkers as it makes the 5.5-mile journey down Colorado Boulevard in Pasadena on New Year's Day.

Elizabeth (Elee) Wood
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News Release - Elizabeth (Elee) Wood Named Director of Education and Public Programs

Jul. 3, 2019

Elizabeth (Elee) Wood has been named the new Nadine and Robert A. Skotheim Director of Education and Public Programs at The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence announced today.

Caltech professor Kevin Gilmartin shows his English 127 students a book
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Getting to Know Jane Austen Better

Jun. 16, 2015

Few people can make literature jump off the page like Kevin Gilmartin. Professor of English and 2015 recipient of the Richard Feynman Prize for Excellence in Teaching at Caltech, he has taught at The Huntington's neighbor institution for 24 years.

A four-member Teacher Advisory Panel meets regularly with The Huntington’s Education staff to develop new classroom resources and lesson plans based on The Huntington’s collections. During the pandemic, the meetings have been held online. Photo by Rebecca Kon. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Museum Education Heads Back to School

Sep. 2, 2020

Notebook paper, No. 2 pencils, colorful new backpacks. Hand sanitizer? Some back-to-school essentials never change, but the COVID-19 pandemic has turned an annual rite on its ear.

Art Collections

The Huntington Art Collections focus on two distinct areas—European art from the 15th to the early 20th century, and American art from the late 17th to the mid-20th century. Most of the collections are on view, collections not on view may be explored online.

Learning

The Huntington supports lifelong learners; those seeking knowledge, connection, enrichment and exploration.