MUST SEE Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Chinese Garden in San Marino, travel in California.

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens, known as The Huntington, is a collections-based educational and research institution established by Henry and Arabella Huntington in San Marino, California.
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00:58 - Where is Huntington located
01:22 - Chinese Garden in Huntington
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03:38 - Architecture and statues in Huntington
04:14 - Virginia Steele Scott Gallery of American Art in Huntington
06:37 - Gardens in The Huntington
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There are three gardens in Huntington that cover 210 acres: Japanese Garden, Desert Garden, and Chinese Garden.
As a former art student, I love visiting places that include interesting architecture, and as my visit to Huntington showed, it's one of them. The first area we explored was the Chinese Garden. Liu Fang Yuan, or the Garden of Flowing Fragrance, is one of the finest classical-style Chinese gardens outside China. Ponds with lotuses, bridges, Chinese plants, and exquisite architecture decorated with symbols referring to Chinese literature and art. The Chinese Garden in Huntington was inspired by the gardens of Suzhou, a city located near Shanghai in southeastern China.
Architecture is central to the scholars' gardens of China. Despite their differences in size and formality, the buildings in The Huntington's Chinese Garden are all structurally similar. Each consists of a stone foundation, wooden columns and beams, and a roof of tile or thatch. The buildings are decorated with exquisite woodcarvings, ornaments, and Chinese calligraphic inscriptions that were written by more than 30 artists from China.
In addition to the gardens, the Huntington houses an extensive art collection focusing on 18th and 19th-century European and 20th century American art. The collections include extraordinary examples of decorative arts and folk art, paintings, prints and drawings, photography, and sculpture.
The Huntington's collections are displayed in permanent installations housed in the Huntington Art Gallery and Virginia Steele Scott Gallery of American Art.
I always say that the beauty of art unfolds when others view it, and you can appreciate art for reasons important to you. Art is subjective, but it shows versatile perspectives, and understanding of the world, thus multiplying variations of personal perceptions. Every museum, art gallery creates a visual statement accessible for viewing by those who step inside.
I love the feeling of special peaceful happiness and gratitude that I evokes in me when I'm surrounded by books, and what can be a better place to experience these emotions other than in 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. The Library's main exhibition hall showcases some of the most outstanding rare books and manuscripts in the collection, while the West Hall hosts rotating exhibitions.
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