Watch, Read, Listen

Plant enthusiasts from near and far gather at The Huntington for a beloved annual event: the Spring Plant Sale. First held in 1975, it has blossomed into a major horticultural celebration.

Whether you’re a longtime Member or a first-time visitor, here are four Huntington highlights to make the most of your visit this spring.

“Wang Mansheng: Without Us,” an installation that explores the interconnectedness of all living things through contemporary art and classical Chinese conceptions of nature, will be on view May 17–Aug. 4, 2025.

漢庭頓圖書館、藝術館和植物園將舉辦《王滿晟：無人》，這是一個沉浸式裝置性的繪畫展覽，通過當代藝術和中國古典自然觀探索萬物之間的相互聯繫。

Scholars discuss the music-filled spaces of the Spanish Americas and the resources in The Huntington’s collections that help reconstruct the soundscapes of the past.

The Huntington’s Gutenberg Bible reunites with a long-lost 15th-century print, prompting a close look at scholarly clues hidden in the book’s margins.

The Huntington has acquired the exceptionally rare 15th-century devotional print “Christ on the Mount of Olives,” reuniting it with the institution’s prized Gutenberg Bible.

A seasoned museum educator and interdisciplinary scholar, Luarca-Shoaf brings extensive leadership experience in education program development and community engagement. She begins her new role on March 31.

Susan Scott Parrish, professor at the University of Michigan and R. Stanton Avery Distinguished Fellow in the Humanities at the Huntington Library, leads a lecture on the role that Black artisans and artists played in the transformation of eastern U.S.

The Huntington has acquired the archive of Italian-born artist Gusmano Cesaretti, a self-taught photographer renowned for capturing significant portraits of Southern California’s Mexican American community, incisive views of Los Angeles urban space, and set images for multiple Hollywood films.

Anna Pegler-Gordon, professor at James Madison College and the Asian Pacific American Studies Program at Michigan State University, uses previously overlooked FBI case files to explore the extensive everyday resistance of Japanese Americans during World War II.

Join W. Paul Reeve, Simmons Chair of Mormon Studies in the History Department at the University of Utah, for a discussion on shifting complexities of race relations within the Mormon church, drawing on evidence from Century of Black Mormons, a public history project.