SPECIALIZED MUSEUM
Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
/ 5 · 8,599 Google reviews
1151 Oxford Rd, San Marino, CA 91108 · San Marino, 30 minutes east of downtown LA
- Hours today
- 10 AM – 5 PM
- Visit time
- 3–5 hours
- Best for
- Gardens, rare books, full-day visit
- Founded
- 1919
About this museum
Henry Huntington's San Marino estate split into three: a research library (with one of 50 surviving Gutenberg Bibles), an art collection of British and French portraiture (Blue Boy by Gainsborough, Pinkie by Lawrence), and 120 acres of themed gardens. Read the full review →
Visitor tips
- TIP Allow at least 4 hours. The Chinese and Japanese gardens are at opposite ends of the estate.
Don't miss
- LIBRARY Gutenberg Bible (1455), Ellesmere Chaucer manuscript
- HUNTINGTON ART GALLERY The Blue Boy, Thomas Gainsborough, 1770
- LIU FANG YUAN 1.5-acre Chinese scholar's garden
The full review
Effectively three museums on one ticket: a rare books library where you can see one of 50 surviving Gutenberg Bibles, an art collection of British grand-manner portraiture (Blue Boy and Pinkie hang facing each other), and 16 themed botanical gardens — including the largest Chinese garden outside China and a desert garden with 5,000 species.
A full day. The tea room books up weeks ahead.
From
$29