If you’ve been eagerly awaiting a chance to explore the Ranch, The Huntington’s new sustainable urban agriculture site, wait no more. Starting Saturday, May 28, we’ll be offering a monthly open house to allow visitors an opportunity to explore the Ranch site. Continue reading
Memorial Day Weekend marks the beginning of an exodus of researchers who have spent the full academic year mining the collections in the Library. Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz is one of the many scholars whose fellowship is coming to a close. Continue reading
We are in the midst of discovery, and it turns out that the greatest mysteries are often right under our feet. As gardeners, we are accustomed to that. But this past week it was not roots and shoots at the core of our mysteries; it was pipes and walls and footings. Continue reading
“Sean Wilentz,” says Robert C. Ritchie, The Huntington’s W. M. Keck Foundation Director of Research, “is one of our country’s leading interpreters of 19th-century American history.” You can judge him for yourself on Monday night when Wilentz delivers a lecture titled “‘Let There Be No Compromise’: Lincoln, Slavery, and Democracy in the Secession Crisis.” Continue reading
On Thursday night in New York City, Daniel Lewis will be giving the Norman Lecture on the History of Science and Medicine at the Grolier Club, arguably the most important book club in the country. Lewis will be talking about the history of color dictionaries. Continue reading
After months undergoing restoration in Kyoto, Seifu-an has arrived. Our teahouse sort of looks like the most complex kit you might ever purchase at Ikea. Thankfully, Yoshiaki Nakamura and his craftsmen (who completely restored this building during its sojourn to Kyoto) arrive soon to help us learn how it is properly assembled. Continue reading
Authors who conduct research at the Huntington Library don’t often see their books turned into movies or country songs. But one chapter from Deanne Stillman’s book is being adapted into a movie for the Hallmark Channel, while another chapter inspired the song “Blood and Gold” by Granville Automatic. Continue reading
NPR’s Joe Palca will be giving a lecture at The Huntington Thursday, May 12, at 7:30 p.m. to introduce his book, “Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us.” With humor and plenty of hard data, he’ll talk about why fingernails on a chalk board make us cringe and why that guy on the cell phone drives us crazy. Continue reading
Plant diseases can be a “so what” kind of thing. But how many of us will miss oranges, lemons, and limes if they completely disappear from our diets? California is being closely monitored for a bacterial disease that could severely damage citrus orchards. For the meantime, The Huntington’s citrus has not been affected. Continue reading
A new video game used street maps from the Library’s holdings to lay the foundation for their vintage cityscape. The final result is a gritty, three-dimensional virtual city where gamers will be able to immerse themselves in a realistic world of noir. Continue reading