Verso
The Huntington’s blog takes you behind the scenes for a scholarly view of the collections.
History of Science
Hubble and Copernicus
Thu., Nov. 8, 2012 | Catherine WehreyThe name Hubble is familiar to most people. It invokes mental images of the Hubble Telescope and its photographs of colorful nebulae in space, but few know details of the life of its namesake...or his cat.
Library
Come What Will, Part 2
Tue., Nov. 6, 2012 | Olga Tsapina, Ph.D.Today we bring you the second part of a post by Olga Tsapina, the Norris Foundation Curator of American Historical Manuscripts and curator of the current exhibition "A Just Cause: Voices of the American Civil War."
Library
Come What Will, Part 1
Mon., Nov. 5, 2012 | Olga Tsapina, Ph.D.Today and tomorrow we bring you a two-part piece by Olga Tsapina, the Norris Foundation Curator of American Historical Manuscripts and curator of the current exhibition "A Just Cause: Voices of the American Civil War."
Audio
AUDIO | The Work of Death
Thu., Nov. 1, 2012 | Matt StevensHistorian Drew Gilpin Faust, president of Harvard University and author of This Republic of Suffering: Death and the American Civil War, spoke at The Huntington last night about Ric Burns' adaptation of her book
Botanical
ORCHID COLLECTION | Orchid See, Orchid Do!
Tue., Oct. 30, 2012 | Brandon TamDracula simia has been monkeying around in the cloud forests of Ecuador and Peru since its discovery to humans in 1978. Despite more than 130 known species of Dracula so far, many more varieties of this genus are yet to come.
Audio
AUDIO | Witches of Research
Fri., Oct. 26, 2012 | Matt StevensIf you missed David Hall's standing-room-only lecture last month about witches, you can now download it from The Huntington's site on iTunes U. Hall's talk was titled "Witch-Hunting and the Sadness of Everyday Life: An Alternative Perspective on Early New England."
Library
The Civil War Reflected
Tue., Oct. 23, 2012 | Mario EinaudiThe Huntington Digital Library just launched a new collection—the United States Civil War. It features more than 2,000 images from our impressive holdings of Civil War materials, many of which are being displayed
Education
Growing Up Huntington
Thu., Oct. 18, 2012 | Galia Bar-SeverHalloween 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.







