Exhibitions

Dec. 13, 2025–June 15, 2026

Get a behind-the-scenes look at two centuries of the everyday lives of women writers through ephemera, letters, and journals.

Dec. 13, 2025–June 15, 2026

Examine diverse instructional and educational materials for children from the late 18th through the early 20th centuries. 

Oct. 18, 2025–Oct. 26, 2026

The Huntington presents the evocative works of acclaimed British artist and author Edmund de Waal in “the eight directions of the wind: Edmund de Waal at The Huntington.” This yearlong exhibition features de Waal’s site-specific installations at three iconic Huntington sites: the Huntington Art Gallery, the Chinese Garden, and the Japanese Garden.

May 25, 2024–May 25, 2029

This site-specific work explores the fragility of the Earth’s ecosystem, as well as the destruction of the forest and its potential for regeneration. The sculpture celebrates the beauty of wood in its natural state and emphasizes its potential as a reusable and renewable resource.

Nov. 11, 2023–Nov. 30, 2027

Renowned American artist Betye Saar’s large-scale work “Drifting Toward Twilight”—commissioned by The Huntington—is a site-specific installation that features a 17-foot-long vintage wooden canoe and found objects, including birdcages, antlers, and natural materials harvested by Saar from The Huntington’s grounds.

Discover seven newly unveiled galleries of American art.

Travel back in time and meet founder Henry E. Huntington, see a Red Car replica, grab a themed tour guide, create your own masterpiece, and even take a selfie with the Blue Boy!

See artwork from the 19th century to today in dialogue with installations by contemporary artists that offer fresh perspectives on American art.

Installed near the southern entrance to the Japanese Garden, Lita Albuquerque’s Red Earth features an approximately 6-by-4-foot rock slab coated with bright red pigment and surrounded by bamboo.

June 14, 2026–Jan. 11, 2027

In dialogue with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the exhibition brings together diverse perspectives on the relationship between nature and nation, and how the ideals of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness are intertwined with place.

March 22, 2026–April 26, 2027

Sandy Rodriguez’s “Book 13,” her largest installation to date, includes a 20-foot-wide map of the United States, plant portraits, a book, and a landscape painting, all created on hand-processed amate-fiber paper. Drawing on a range of colonial Mexican sources in dialogue with 19th-century maps and boundary surveys from The Huntington’s collections, the installation brings together research on place, ecology, and regional histories.