Don't miss after-hours views #atTheH ✨Join us on select Sundays for Twilight Garden Strolls, happening this summer through August 18 from 4:30 p.m. to dusk.
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📷: @jamphamphoto
Explore the #CivilWar from a new perspective 🔍
This rare pictorial diary features 53 drawings by James L. Colby, depicting his life as a Union soldier between February 1862 and August 1864.
While the diary includes representations of the Battle of Fort Wagner and other campaigns, much of the book features scenes of animals, nature, and people Colby encountered while traveling.
The annual Cactus and Succulent Show & Sale starts now! 🌵🌸 Stop by this weekend to see prize-winning specimens and find new plants to bring home.
Free with admission! Reserve now in our bio ⤴
Perfecting perspective is a centuries-old challenge for artists. 📐
German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer shared the secret of linear perspective in his very own book, “Instruction on Measurement," published just before his death in 1528.
See his method on display now in our exhibit “Albrecht Dürer: Wanderlust," which includes two woodcut illustrations that show how to create images of three-dimensional objects on two-dimensional surfaces using a perspectival apparatus.
Discover the rich history of Los Angeles' LGBTQ+ heritage in our latest blog post, which features the work of Joseph Hansen, an LA writer and activist known for his detective novels. 🏳️🌈🗂️🔍
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This Sunday, escape the summer heat #atTheH after hours 🌅 Explore the gardens at dusk, enjoy refreshments at the cafe and coffee shop, and shop @thehuntingtonstore during our Twilight Strolls.
Reserve tickets for June 30 at the link in bio: ⤴
"All that you touch You Change. All that You Change Changes you. The only lasting truth is Change."
Today we celebrate the legacy of trailblazing author Octavia E. Butler, who changed the world with her words. 🎂
Butler was the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur award and the first African American woman to win widespread recognition for writing in that genre. ✍🏾
See works from Butler's archive on view now in our Library Exhibition Hall, and discover what her life and work have inspired in our Stories ⬆️
#OctaviaEButler#OctaviaButler
”What is this, a center for ants!?” 🐜🏡
Look inside this fascinating myrmecophyte to learn why it’s called an ant plant and how these insects benefit the plant with our curator Dylan.
In our latest blog post, reflect on the resilience and resistance of African American stoneware makers in a new display #atTheH . Click the link in our bio to learn more about the installation, and stop by the Scott Galleries to visit it in person.
Friendly reminder that The Huntington will be open tomorrow, June 19, for the Juneteenth holiday. Advance reservations are required.
📷: Photo of Rich Williams, one of the earliest African American potters to be documented photographically. Photographed by Margaret W. Morley, "At the Potters. A potter," ca. 1910. Photo courtesy of the North Carolina Museum of History.
