Exhibitions
(The) Magna C(h)arta
Tue., July 21, 2015 | Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.
A popular rule of etiquette recommends avoiding two topics in polite conversation: politics and religion. I would add a third—grammar. No discussion becomes more heated than a debate over whether it is acceptable to end a sentence with a preposition.
Botanical
For the Love of Lotus
Wed., July 15, 2015 | Sara Schacht
Recent visitors to The Huntington's Chinese Garden—or Garden of Flowing Fragrance (Liu Fang Yuan)—may have noticed lotus flowers in bloom. The warm summer sun prompted their young leaves to emerge and float on the surface of the Lake of Reflected Fragrance.
Art
The Missing Fleurs-de-lis
Fri., July 10, 2015 | Olivia Hummer
Next Tuesday is Bastille Day, when France celebrates the start of the French Revolution, which began with the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789. To mark the occasion, we highlight items in The Huntington's European art collection that have been forever altered
Education and Visitor Center
Quirky Tours
Tue., July 7, 2015 | Sara Schacht
It's nearly impossible to experience all that The Huntington has to offer in a single day. There are acres of gardens to explore, hundreds of world-class works of art to gaze upon, and an entire library filled with rare books and manuscripts that bring history and literature to life.
Art
Happy Birthday, USA!
Fri., July 3, 2015 | Thea Page
The year was 1976, and the country was 200 years young. The gritty film Rocky filled movie theaters and a new TV show, "The Bionic Woman," flashed across TV screens. It was a time happily poised between the end of the Vietnam War and the beginning of long gas station...
History of The Huntington
Together, We Did This
Thu., June 25, 2015 | Susan Turner-Lowe
On June 30, an era draws to a close at The Huntington as President Steve Koblik steps up to his well-deserved retirement. Before we turn the page to the next chapter in our history, Susan Turner-Lowe, vice president for communications and marketing at The Huntington, casts an eye over the...
Education
Writing Herself In
Mon., June 22, 2015 | Ayana Jamieson and Moya Bailey
The Huntington's Education staff recently formed a partnership with WriteGirl, a Los Angeles–based creative writing and mentoring organization that, according to the WriteGirl website, "launched in December 2001 to bring the skills and energy of professional women writers to teenage girls
Beyond The H
Getting to Know Jane Austen Better
Tue., June 16, 2015 | Linda Chiavaroli
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.
Art
Weird, Wild & Wonderful
Fri., June 12, 2015 | Susan Turner-Lowe
The botanical world is full of surprises, as any of the thousands of people who've visited the Amorphophallus titanum in bloom might tell you. Wild sizes, outrageous colors, complex patterns, otherworldly shapes
Beyond The H
Running at Runnymede
Tue., June 9, 2015 | Tim Harris
We asked Tim Harris, professor of European History at Brown University and the 2014–15 Fletcher Jones Foundation Distinguished Fellow at The Huntington, to share his memories as an English youth in the environs of Runnymede
Botanical
It’s All About the Soil
Tue., June 2, 2015 | Kyra Saegusa
As a research horticulturist and coordinator of the Huntington Ranch Garden, I spend my days on this half-acre experimental site working to create a balance between a productive garden, a livable space, and a wildish ecosystem.
Art
Restoring a Doyle Lane Mural
Fri., May 29, 2015 | Kevin Durkin
Los Angeles ceramist Doyle Lane (1925–2002) became known for his collectible "weed pots," as he called his vases with small openings for holding a few stems, and for what he called "clay paintings"—geometric and boldly colored ceramic disks—that have been compared