Sadafumi Uchiyama, Garden Curator of the Portland Japanese Garden, reflects on the recent expansion of the Portland Japanese Garden and newly founded institute for teaching garden history, design, construction, and maintenance.

Marja K. Seidel, postdoctoral research associate with Carnegie Observatories, discusses her quest to understand dark matter and also shares her experiences bringing astronomy education to remote and under-served communities around the world. This lecture is a part of the Carnegie astronomy...

Joseph Masiero, scientist with NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory, will discuss how the asteroid families in our Solar System are the last remnants of massive collisions that occurred as the Sun and planets were being formed. This is part of the Carnegie astronomy lecture series.

Alejandro de Ávila Blomberg of the Oaxaca Ethnobotanical Garden and Oaxaca Textile Museum will explore the historical and cultural significance of this natural crimson dye. Used from antiquity, cochineal became Mexico's second-most valued export after silver during the Spanish colonial period.

Based on the acclaimed science fiction novel Kindred by Octavia E. Butler, a new graphic adaptation by Damian Duffy and illustrator John Jennings gives fresh form to Butler's powerful tale of slavery, time travel, and the inexorable pull of the past. Duffy and Jennings discuss the continuing...

An esteemed panel of astronomers, historians, and engineers explore astronomy's fantastical theories and fascinating discoveries with moderator and Caltech university archivist Peter Sachs Collopy. Panelists include Tracy Drain, JPL Psyche mission deputy project systems engineer; Eun-Joo Ahn,...

Jointly presented by The Huntington and Carnegie Observatories, this conference marks the centennial of the completion of the 100-inch Hooker telescope on Mount Wilson, which saw "first light" in November 1917 and heralded the dawn of modern astronomy. Historians, scientists, and others explore...

Mae Ngai, professor of history at Columbia University, explores The Huntington's collections on the history of the American West, which includes some scattered references of the Chinese people, who were integral to California's history but were not always visible through historical records.

Civil War scholar and former Harvard president Drew Gilpin Faust explores the ways The Huntington's collections have served as a critical resource for our understanding of the Civil War for this 2020 Founders' Day Lecture. Although the collection started with Henry Huntington, it has expanded...

Author Jed Perl shows us why American sculptor Alexander Calder (1898–1976) was—and remains—a barrier breaker, an avant-garde artist with mass appeal. Perl is joined in conversation by Alexander S. C. Rower, chairman and president of the Alexander Calder Foundation and Calder's grandson.