Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens

1151 Oxford Road, San Marino, California 91108
(main entrance on Orlando Road at Allen Avenue)
[Thomas Brother's Guide: L.A., Grid #566, C7]

Telephone: (626) 405-2100

Hours:
Tuesday - Friday: 12:00 P.M. - 4:30 P.M.
Saturday, Sunday: 10:30 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
(Closed on Mondays and on major holidays)

Admission cost:
Adults: $12.50 (USD, 2004)
(Lower for seniors, groups, students, youth)
Membership: $75.00 and up.

Web: http://www.huntington.org

The brochure says that the Huntington library, art collections, and botanical gardens form "one of the nation's great cultural and educational centers." "It is a private, non-profit institution founded in 1919 by Henry E. Huntington, an exceptional businessman who built a financial empire that included railroad companies and real estate holdings in Southern California." The literature goes on to say that Huntington was a "man of vision -- interested in books, art, and gardens".

My mother and I had a wonderful time touring the gardens in the cool January air (maybe 65F), under an overcast, but bright, sky.

1. Introduction

2. Images