In the Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens' art collection, Thomas Gainsborough's "The Blue Boy," far right, is a visitor favorite. (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times) The Huntington ...

A trip to the Huntington is a terrific way to spend the day, with much to see and explore for the whole family. From rare manuscripts, enchanting gardens, and stunning artwork, to special events for ...

11:10 a.m. Dec. 15, 2022: An earlier version of this article referenced the 1969 Watts Rebellion. The uprising took place in 1965. Also, Stephen M. Tomaske was a librarian at Cal State L.A., not UCLA, ...

So it seems that railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington and his wife, Arabella, were basically hoarders. And I mean that in the best sense of the word. Way back in the day — during the so-called Gilded ...

The archive of Eve Babitz, the late Los Angeles author, has found a home. The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens has acquired a collection of art, manuscripts, journals, photographs ...

The Huntington Library is renowned for several iconic pieces — the Gutenberg Bible, the Ellesmere Chaucer manuscript and Shakespeare’s Folio, to name just a few. Visitors expect to see them ...

Even a born mogul with an expansive view of a future Southern California such as Henry Huntington could never have imagined what opening his library and galleries to the public would look like, 100 ...