San Marino - Henry E Huntington Library and Art Gallery

 
From Los Angeles the way to this museum complex (1151 Oxford Road, San Marino) is via the Pasadena Freeway (exit for Altadena/Arroyo), or by taking bus no. 432, but this service is not very frequent.

As unusual as the museum itself is its history. Like so many others, Collis Huntington, a small shopkeeper in Oneonta in New York State, left the town of his birth in 1849 to go in search of gold in distant California.

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However, it was not gold which made him a very rich man, but the fact that he went into railway construction at the right time. A large part of his fortune went directly to his nephew Henry, who also inherited the rest through marriage - he married Arabella, his uncle's widow. With this money Henry bought a 500 acre/200 hectare ranch in San Marino - today it is a township of elegant villas with about 13,000 inhabitants - and in the years 1909 to 1911 he built his palace-like villa with its huge garden.
Hours:
May 25 to September 7: 10:30am-4:30pm; Closed: Tue
September 8 to May 24: 12pm-4:30pm; Sun: 10:30am-4:30pm; Sat: 10:30am-4:30pm; Closed: Tue, Tue
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Memorial Day - USA (last Monday, May ), American Independance Day (July 4), Labor Day - USA (1st Monday, September), Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, November ), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Christmas Eve - Christian (December 24), Easter - Christian
Tips: Admission is free on the first Thursday of every month. Informal photography and video taping is permitted throughout the institution. Flashbulbs and tripods may not be used in buildings. Professional or commercial photography by appointment only. You are recommended to arrange Sunday visits by telephone because the crush is particularly heavy on that day. There is a guided tour through the Botanical Gardens every day at 1 pm. June to August open 10:30 - 16:30 Tuesday - Sunday
Disability Access: Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Facilities: Gift shop, Restaurant or food service, Wheelchair loan or rental

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