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Spirit Boys
Thu., April 7, 2016 | Cora Gilroy-WareWander through any major collection of European art, and you will find them in abundance. Travel to England, Germany, France, Spain, or Italy, and chances are that one will catch your eye. A winged head of curly hair with apple cheeks, sculpted in relief
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Into the Fold
Mon., April 4, 2016 | Diana W. ThompsonOne of The Huntington's partner schools is Esteban E. Torres High School in East Los Angeles. Last month, students from their Engineering and Technology Academy visited The Huntington as part of a yearlong program
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Gratitude
Wed., March 30, 2016 | Susan Turner-LoweThe first time I walked into the office of Laurie Sowd, The Huntington's vice president for operations, I thought I was in the wrong place. This was the person in charge of multimillion dollar construction activities, security, information technology
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Who Was Adah Isaacs Menken?
Thu., March 24, 2016 | Diana W. ThompsonIn a library collection as deep as the one at The Huntington, it's not unusual for scholars to encounter items that propel them on new paths of research. That's what happened recently to The Huntington's 2015–16 Los Angeles Times Distinguished Fellow, Shirley R. Samuels
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Press Release - New Wing and Entrance to American Art Galleries to Open in October
Thu., March 24, 2016The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that its new 8,600 square-foot addition to the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art will open on Oct. 22. Named after the lead donors for the $10.3 million building project, the Jonathan and Karin Fielding Wing includes 5,000 square feet of gallery space
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Saving the Birds
Thu., March 24, 2016 | Daniel Lewis, Ph.D.The Huntington acquires the papers of an award-winning Hawaiian naturalistWhen it comes to the study of Hawaiian birds, few scientists can rival Sheila Conant, professor emerita and former chair of the zoology department at the University of Hawaii at Manoa
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The Flowering of Color Printing
Mon., March 21, 2016 | David H. MihalyIn "The Artist's Garden: American Impressionism and the Garden Movement, 1887–1920"—the exhibition on view in The Huntington's MaryLou and George Boone Gallery through May 9—you can catch a glimpse of a 19th-century innovation
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Oil Exploration, Family, and Photography
Thu., March 17, 2016 | Noeme SantanaRalph Arnold (1875–1961) was an eminent petroleum engineer, geologist, local Pasadena resident—and an avid photographer. Photography was an essential part of his fieldwork, but he also used the medium to document his family life.






