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Exactly 178 years ago, "A Christmas Carol," by Charles Dickens was published today 🎁 📕
📸 : Charles #Dickens, "A Christmas Carol" (1881) illustration by John Leech.
We thought you might need a fairy to give you some extra movie magic🧚 🦋 @AcademyMuseum #MuseumGiftSwap
📷: Richard Doyle, “The Fairy Queen Takes an Airy Drive in a Light Carriage, a Twelve-in-hand, drawn by Thoroughbred Butterflies” from In Fairy Land by William Allingham,1870
"One of the things I love about looking at these old photos is it feels like a lot has changed, but at the same time, it hasn't. The key things like the roof and the red gates...our main focal points that you still see.”
—Fanny Situ
#ChinatownLA
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Have you seen #MadeInLA2020 yet? We’re loving these details captured #atTheH. 👁 https://t.co/xxPoPzW8fQ
Robert #Hooke's "Micrographia" (1665) was the first work to depict microscopic specimens, and includes his famous illustration of a flea. Hooke praised the "beauty" of this creature, with its "suit of sable Armour" and "sharp pinns...like Porcupine’s Quills." 🦔🔬 #ArchivesBugs
How does coral relate to feminism? At 7 pm (EST) tomorrow, join Michele Navakas, a 2017 Huntington fellow, for a virtual program on 19th-century U.S. women who used the process of coral formation to illustrate how to build a better polity. RSVP: https://t.co/E6fN7btVE1
Big news! Our beloved Rose Garden Tea Room is getting a whole new look. The historic 1911 structure, once home to billiards and bowling, will undergo a full restoration and feature a new outdoor dining area opening onto the Shakespeare Garden. 🎳 🌹 🌿 https://t.co/xJJ9FEcWS5
Learn about contemporary art while you have your lunch! Join @hammer_museum for their free "Lunchtime Art Talk on Monica Majoli" at 12:30 p.m. today. Majoli's work is featured in the #MadeinLA2020 biennial, installed #atTheH and Hammer Museum. RSVP: https://t.co/K55XjmAxO4
Ready for some free online fun? Check out The Funtington: Family Fun with The Huntington. Each day this week, we'll be releasing a set of themed virtual activities and engaging videos for kids of all ages, starting at 10 am. Follow along here: https://t.co/wBLing8dll
Runaways, pirates, sea travel, art, Ecuadorian rainforests, and more! The second episode of our new podcast hosted by Giovana Romano Sanchez comes out today. "Hear and Now at The Huntington" is available wherever you listen to podcasts > https://t.co/3RB581ppwU