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Fairy Hunting at The Huntington
Wed., Jan. 11, 2017 | Laura ForsbergThe next time you walk through the faux-bois trellises along the western edge of The Huntington's Rose Garden, see if you can find a small door, carved in miniature at the base of a tree trunk, with a pathway to it resembling a fallen leaf.
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Folded Wonders
Thu., Jan. 5, 2017 | Linda ChiavaroliWhat happens when you take a single sheet of paper and apply the ancient principles of origami coupled with computer-generated folding patterns? In the hands of physicist and origami master Robert J. Lang
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Knowing the Earth, Then and Now
Sun., Jan. 1, 2017 | Melissa LoWe denizens of the 21st century have numerous ways to learn about our planet: seismographs, submersibles, and airborne snow observatories cover every continent. Some of the most remote Earth science instruments
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Some of Our Favorite Things
Mon., Dec. 26, 2016 | Kevin DurkinAs 2016 winds to a close, we invite you to take another look at a dozen stories plucked from the more than 80 we've published this past year on Verso.
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Recent Lectures: Nov. 22–Dec. 13, 2016
Thu., Dec. 22, 2016 | 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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Finding Harmony in Battle
Mon., Dec. 19, 2016 | Vanessa Wilkie, Ph.D.I wrote my first serious history paper in 7th grade on the Battle of Hastings—the epic scene in 1066 when Duke William II of Normandy invaded England, defeating the Saxon King Harold. After the battle, England was ruled by a foreign king, court, and legal system.
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Press Release - Three Works by Important California Painters and an American Art Deco Sculpture Join The Huntington's Collections
Fri., Dec. 16, 2016The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today it has acquired three works by important 20th-century California painters as well as a significant American sculpture.
Videos and Recorded Programs
Panel Discussion: Aerospace in Southern California
Fri., Dec. 16, 2016The history of the aerospace industry in Southern California and its intersections with contemporary culture are the focus of this panel discussion, presented in conjunction with the exhibition of NASA’s Orbit Pavilion. Panelists are Peter Westwick, aerospace historian; William Deverell, director of the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West; and Daniel Lewis, senior curator of the history of science and technology at The Huntington.