Videos and Recorded Programs

Videos about The Huntington and previously recorded lectures, programs, and conferences.

Watch & Listen

Hdoc: Finding Judith

Thu., March 28, 2024 | Aric Allen

Honor Sachs, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Colorado Boulder, is a historian of early America whose research focuses on slavery, law, and family. She is currently writing a multigenerational history of an enslaved family that sued for freedom claiming Indigenous ancestry.

Library

Multi-Storied Library: Lasting Impressions – Hand Printing in Practice

Fri., March 22, 2024

The Huntington holds one of the largest collections of William Morris’ Kelmscott Press books in the world. Join Library staff for a deep dive into Morris’ artistic philosophy and handmade approach to printing during a time when the industry was moving toward mass production.

Lectures

The Role of the Japanese Tea Hut in Understanding the Way of Tea

Fri., March 22, 2024

Bruce Sosei Hamana, a tea ceremony expert with the Urasenke Tankokai Federation, discusses the “chashitsu,” the traditional tearoom.

Art

Sargent Claude Johnson–California School for the Blind Commission

Mon., March 18, 2024

In 1933, Sargent Johnson began a monumental architectural installation for the California School for the Blind in Berkeley. It was commissioned by the federally sponsored Public Works of Art Project—part of the New Deal. Johnson carved and decorated large redwood sculptures in a dramatic Art Deco style that were installed in the school’s auditorium, where students staged musical and theatrical performances.

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Events

Huntington Founders' Day 2024: Foundations and Futures

Tue., March 12, 2024

The 2024 Founders’ Day program marked The Huntington’s fifth anniversary under the leadership of President Karen R. Lawrence. Lori Bettison-Varga, president of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, sat down with Lawrence to discuss the responsibilities of leading a cultural organization, The Huntington’s recent evolution, and how founders Henry E. and Arabella Huntington’s intention for their collections to be put to use—by researchers,...

Events

Highlights from Founders’ Day 2024: Foundations and Futures

Tue., March 12, 2024

On Feb. 22, 2024, Huntington President Karen R. Lawrence sat down with Lori Bettison-Varga, president of the Natural History Museums of Los Angeles County, for a conversation that looked back at The Huntington’s past five years under Lawrence’s leadership and forward at the institution’s strategic aspirations.

Lectures

Indigenous and Black Fridays: What Robinson Crusoe Tells Us about Race

Wed., Feb. 7, 2024

In this lecture video, David Roediger, professor of history at the University of Kansas and 2024's R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Fellow, considers the circumstances and limits of Robinson Crusoe’s Friday character and what it says about the history of race.

Art

Hdoc: Books of Pictures & Pictures of Books

Wed., Dec. 13, 2023

Museums have an origami-like relationship with time because visitors can fold together different eras while navigating the galleries. Two exhibitions currently on view, ”Paintings in Print” and “In Our Time,” are perfect for this folding process. They cover three centuries and half the globe, but both contain works that were criticized in their time for not being art because they were printed.