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News Release - Board of Trustees News: Anne Rothenberg Retires; Loren Rothschild Elected Chair; Wendy Munger Elected as New Trustee
Tue., Jan. 9, 2018Anne Rothenberg, chair of the Board of Trustees for The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, has announced her retirement from the Board, effective Jan. 1, 2018; Trustee Loren Rothschild will succeed her as chair.
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Joint News Release - The National Trust for Historic Preservation Receives Donation of Iconic Southern California Historic Estate and Gardens
Tue., Jan. 9, 2018Today the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced a gift by Charles and Geneva Thornton of their historic home and gardens in San Marino, California. The gift includes a substantial endowment for the preservation and maintenance of the ten-acre estate.
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Deep Learning about “Visual Voyages”
Wed., Jan. 3, 2018 | Kevin DurkinLast fall, roughly 100 sixth-graders from the Charles W. Eliot Arts Magnet Academy in Altadena, Calif., and 75 eighth-graders from the Arroyo Seco Museum Science Magnet School in Los Angeles came to The Huntington to take part in daylong learning experiences inspired by the exhibition "Visual Voyages
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Stories Worth Revisiting
Wed., Dec. 27, 2017 | Kevin DurkinBefore we bid farewell to 2017 and welcome 2018, we'd like to highlight several stories published over the past 12 months that are among our favorites. We launch our retrospective with one of our most popular stories of the year, an exploration of the tiny winged creatures known as fairies
Videos and Recorded Programs
Conversation and Readings from the Podcast Harry Potter and the Sacred Text
Thu., Dec. 21, 2017Vanessa Zoltan (co-host) and Ariana Nedelman (producer) of the celebrated podcast, Harry Potter and the Sacred Text, along with Huntington curator Vanessa Wilkie, discuss how media format shapes message. The podcast team discusses why they choose to do their program as a podcast (as opposed to a reading group, blog, or book), the opportunities of this media, as well as its limitations. This program was presented in conjunction with the exhibition “The Reformation: From the Word to the World.”
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Drawing Enlightenment from Stones
Mon., Dec. 18, 2017 | Lisa BlackburnIf the hectic pace of the holiday season has you craving a bit of tranquility, try this centuries-old tip for restoring inner calm—spend some quiet time in the contemplation of stones.
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News Release - Trove of Works on Paper by Sculptor Henry Moore Joins The Huntington's Collections
Thu., Dec. 14, 2017The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired a major collection of graphic art by Henry Moore (1898–1986), the most prominent British sculptor of the 20th-century.
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Graffiti in the Ellesmere Chaucer
Wed., Dec. 13, 2017 | Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.In April 1917, the Cambria set sail from London for New York. Most of the passengers had no idea that one of the world's great libraries sat below decks in 101 wooden crates. Shakespeare folios and quartos were packed in with some 8,000 early printed books.