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The Huntington
About
The Huntington in San Marino is a research library, art museum and botanical gardens rolled into one, founded by railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington. The gardens include the Japanese Garden, the Chinese Garden (Liu Fang Yuan), the Desert Garden and the Rose Garden, and the galleries focus on British and American art. The grounds are huge: plan at least half a day, and book online ahead for weekends.
Jasmine says
A library, an art museum, botanical gardens:
three wishes, one ticket.
The Japanese garden and rose garden are the stars,
but my secret favorite is the desert garden,
cacti lined up like an alien landscape.
Give it half a day, and wear comfortable shoes.
If I could pick just one place on a second LA trip, it'd be this.
Jasmine’s notes
- San MarinoNormally ticketed, but free on the first Thursday of every month, if you can snag tickets. Normally closed Tuesdays, with free parking. A library, art museum and botanical gardens on one campus, so in one afternoon you go from The Blue Boy and a Gutenberg Bible to the Chinese garden Liu Fang Yuan.Order: Free-day tickets drop online at 9 a.m. on the last Thursday of the month before
- Address
- 1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108
- Website
- huntington.org →
- Best time
- Morning
Where I wrote about it
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