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Still Time to Color Our Collections
Thu., Feb. 16, 2017 | Kate LainEven if you missed the chance last week to participate in #ColorOurCollections, a coloring extravaganza organized by The New York Academy of Medicine Library, there's still time to join in the fun.
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Press Release - Huntington and LACMA Jointly Acquire Two Donald Judd Prototype Chairs
Mon., Feb. 13, 2017The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) announced today their joint acquisition of two prototype chairs (1979–80) made by American artist Donald Judd (1928–1994).
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Recent Lectures: Jan. 9–Feb. 8, 2017
Mon., Feb. 13, 2017 | Huntington StaffHome to gorgeous gardens, spectacular art, and stunning rare books and manuscripts, The Huntington also offers an impressive slate of lectures and conferences on topics and themes related to its collections. Featured are audio recordings of five recent lectures and conversations.
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“The Theater of Many Deeds of Blood”: The Geography of Violence in Frontier Los Angeles
Thu., Feb. 9, 2017John Mack Faragher, the Howard R. Lamar Professor Emeritus of History and American Studies at Yale University, discusses the spatial pattern of homicide in Southern California in the 19th century.
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Press Release - The Huntington Selects Women’s Center for Creative Work for “Five” Collaboration
Thu., Feb. 9, 2017The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today it will partner with the Los Angeles-based Women’s Center for Creative Work for the second year of its “Five” initiative. “Five” pairs The Huntington with five different organizations over five years, bringing contemporary artists to respond
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Caring for Camellias
Wed., Feb. 8, 2017 | Diana W. ThompsonThe eastern side of the North Vista contains some of The Huntington's oldest and most precious cultivars of camellia. William Hertrich, Henry Huntington's superintendent of the gardens from 1903 to 1948, had a passion for the flowering plant
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Press Release - Curated Selection of Mother's Day Gifts Now Available, Only at the Huntington Store and thehuntingtonstore.org
Fri., Feb. 3, 2017In celebration of Mother’s Day, the Huntington Store has a perfectly curated selection of gifts for the most wonderful woman in your life. All items are inspired by the collections and gardens of The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens.
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Religious Affections in Colonial North America
Thu., Feb. 2, 2017What are “religious affections” and how have they influenced individuals, communities, and cultures? Leading experts in history, literature, and religious studies explore how religion shaped the roots, limits, and consequences of affections in the diverse terrain of early America.