The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108 United States Get Directions
Phone 626-405-2100
Website http://huntington.org

 

1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, CA 91108

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

 

The Library

The Huntington Library is one of the world’s great independent research libraries, with more than 11 million items spanning the 11th to the 21st century.

Every year, researchers from over 30 countries make more than 20,000 visits to the Library’s reading rooms, and thousands more remote researchers make use of the Library’s virtual services and digital collections. Some 75 Library staff members play a critical role in cultivating and expanding access to the collections, creating new opportunities for discovery and engagement, and ensuring that collections are preserved for the future.

Gutenberg Bible

 

close up of Gutenberg Bible

The Bible produced by Johann Gutenberg (ca. 1397–1468) was the first substantial book printed with movable type in the West. It appeared around 1455. Of an edition of approximately 175 copies, only 48 survive today: 36 on paper and 12 on prepared animal skin, known as vellum, such as the one seen here. The Huntington’s is one of three vellum copies in the United States. The book’s large format and ornate binding suggest that it was intended for institutional rather than personal use and that it belonged to a wealthy monastery or church.

 

The Art Museum

 

The Botanical Gardens

 

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