Home > Museum Directory > Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens   Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens        Full Profile Address: 1151 Oxford Road San Marino , 91108 Major Cross Streets: Allen Avenue and Orlando Email: publicinformation@huntington.org Website: www.huntington.org Hours of Operation: Weekdays: 12:00 PM - 4:30 PM Saturday: 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM Sunday: 10:30 AM - 4:30 PM Closed Tuesday Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday: 12 noon to 4:30 ... more Region: San Gabriel Valley   view map Theme(s): Museums Landmark/Historic Site Getting There: Get Driving Directions General Directions Links: event calendar Description: The Huntington is a research and educational center set amidst 150 acres of breathtaking gardens. Three art galleries and a library showcase magnificent collections of paintings, sculptures, rare books, manuscripts, and decorative arts. The botanical collection features over 14,000 different species of plants.   A private, nonprofit institution, The Huntington was founded in 1919 by railroad and real estate developer Henry Edwards Huntington and opened to the public in 1928. Highlights of the collection include the Ellesmere manuscript of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales (c.1410), a Gutenberg Bible (c.1455), Thomas Gainsborough's masterpiece The Blue Boy (c. 1770), Sir Thomas Lawrence's Pinkie (1794), Edward Hopper's The Long Leg, Rogier van der Weyden's Madonna and Child (15th century), the spectacular 12-acre desert garden, the serenely beautiful Japanese garden, the camellia gardens, and much more. English tea in the Rose Garden Tea Room is a popular highlight to a day spent enjoying the cultural treasures of The Huntington. Home  | Calendar  | Museum Directory  |  Museum Map |  News |  Who We Are  |  Site Map | Search This web site conforms to W3C's "Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 1.0" Level A Email Webmaster  |  Site Policy Statement Copyright © MuseumsLA