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News, stories, features, videos and podcasts by The Huntington.

Won’t You Be My Valentine?

Wed., Feb. 13, 2019 | Usha Lee McFarling

The modern valentine is inextricably linked to romance—candle-lit dinners, a dozen red roses, and heart-shaped boxes of chocolate. But the long, complex, and fascinating history of valentine cards shows that they have a vastly different origin.

Videos and Recorded Programs

The Entrepreneurial Frontier: The West and American Innovation

Wed., Feb. 13, 2019

William Deverell, professor of history at USC, explores the regional dimensions of American entrepreneurialism; what special features or challenges found in the American West helped drive entrepreneurs and stimulate original thinking, and how and why did the West inhibit breakthroughs or pioneer innovations?

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News Release - Huntington and Caltech Launch New Research Institute in the History of Science and Technology

Wed., Feb. 13, 2019

At a time when humanities programs are under intense scrutiny and being slashed from college and university budgets, The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens and Caltech announced today the launch of a new research institute focused specifically on the history of science and technology.

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News Release - The Huntington to Add 320-Year-Old Magistrate's House to the Japanese Garden

Tue., Feb. 12, 2019

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it is adding to its renowned Japanese Garden a 320-year-old house from Marugame, Japan.

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News Release - The Huntington Acquires Papers of F. Marion Crawford, Popular 19th-Century American Novelist

Thu., Feb. 7, 2019

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired the largest trove of writing by American novelist F. Marion Crawford (1854–1909) in existence.

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In Focus: “Celia Paul”

Wed., Feb. 6, 2019 | Lisa Blackburn

Seven paintings by the contemporary British artist Celia Paul (born 1959) will be on view Feb. 9–July 8 in the Huntington Art Gallery.

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File under Fascinating

Wed., Jan. 30, 2019 | Sara K. Austin

Did you vow to tidy up in 2019? If the current mania for organizing consultant Marie Kondo is any indication, you're not alone.

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News Release - The Huntington and LA Arts Organization Clockshop Reunite for Contemporary Art Initiative

Thu., Jan. 24, 2019

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens named Los Angeles arts organization Clockshop as its partner for the fourth year of The Huntington's /five initiative.

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News, stories, features, videos and podcasts by The Huntington.

Verso

Won’t You Be My Valentine?

Wed., Feb. 13, 2019 | Usha Lee McFarling

Videos and Recorded Programs

The Entrepreneurial Frontier: The West and American Innovation

Wed., Feb. 13, 2019

News

News Release - Huntington and Caltech Launch New Research Institute in the History of Science and Technology

Wed., Feb. 13, 2019

News

News Release - The Huntington to Add 320-Year-Old Magistrate's House to the Japanese Garden

Tue., Feb. 12, 2019

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it is adding to its renowned Japanese Garden a 320-year-old house from Marugame, Japan.

News

News Release - The Huntington Acquires Papers of F. Marion Crawford, Popular 19th-Century American Novelist

Thu., Feb. 7, 2019

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens announced today that it has acquired the largest trove of writing by American novelist F. Marion Crawford (1854–1909) in existence.

Verso

In Focus: “Celia Paul”

Wed., Feb. 6, 2019 | Lisa Blackburn

Seven paintings by the contemporary British artist Celia Paul (born 1959) will be on view Feb. 9–July 8 in the Huntington Art Gallery.

Verso

File under Fascinating

Wed., Jan. 30, 2019 | Sara K. Austin

Did you vow to tidy up in 2019? If the current mania for organizing consultant Marie Kondo is any indication, you're not alone.

News

News Release - The Huntington and LA Arts Organization Clockshop Reunite for Contemporary Art Initiative

Thu., Jan. 24, 2019

The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens named Los Angeles arts organization Clockshop as its partner for the fourth year of The Huntington's /five initiative.