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Videos and Recorded Programs
Japanese Gardens of Manzanar: Past, Present, and Future
Tue., May 24, 2016Jeffery Burton, archaeologist at the Manzanar National Historic Site, examines traces of the gardens, which were lost and abandoned when the site was closed.
Verso
Advancing the Humanities
Mon., May 23, 2016 | Kevin DurkinThe Huntington and the University of California, Riverside, have selected the first two fellows for the highly competitive Huntington-UC Program for the Advancement of the Humanities, a partnership designed to boost the humanities at public universities.
Verso
Printed News and Royal Proclamations
Wed., May 18, 2016 | Chris Kyle, Jason PeaceyThe highways and byways of early modern England carried travelers transporting news of the day. Royal messengers jostled with post-boys, merchants, booksellers, and balladeers. Judges rode their circuits
News
Press Release - Huntington Builds Early 20th Century British Art Collection with Three New Paintings
Tue., May 17, 2016The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired three early 20th-century British paintings associated with the legendary Bloomsbury Group and the influential Slade School of Art in London. The institution also has acquired an 18th-century Italian marble table-top sculpture.
Videos and Recorded Programs
The Secret Lives of Galaxies
Mon., May 16, 2016Astronomer Katherine Alatalo tours the Hubble sequence, from “young” to “old” galaxies, exploring three avenues to galactic transitions: the quiet, slow fade; the violent merger; and the quietly violent evolution of a galaxy, likely due to a supermassive black hole in its center.
Frontiers
Lessons Learned: Mulholland's Fatal Dam
Sat., May 14, 2016 | Norris Hundley, Jr., Donald C. JacksonTwo historians assess Mulholland's responsibility for one of the nation's worst civil engineering disastersIn the critically acclaimed book Heavy Ground: William Mulholland and the St. Francis Dam Disaster, historians Norris Hundley, Jr. and Donald C. Jackson provide a detailed account and analysis of the collapse of the St. Francis Dam
Frontiers
Where There's a Will
Fri., May 13, 2016 | Stephen TaborReverence for the Bard permeates The HuntingtonMarking the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, Stephen Tabor, The Huntington's curator of early printed books, relates how the institution's founder built one of the world's great collections of the playwright's works.
Frontiers
A Garden in Deep Freeze
Thu., May 12, 2016 | Usha Lee McFarlingThe Huntington's cryopreservation program strives to conserve endangered plantsThe caretakers of the tender succulents in the Desert Garden may cringe at news of a prolonged cold snap, but Raquel Folgado