Experience the impressive Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens with your private, docent-led, pre-opening tour, followed by English Tea Luncheon in the Rose Garden Tea Room featuring a bountiful scrumptious buffet. Then indulge in a special shopping getaway at Glendale Galleria.
The Huntington - Renowned research and educational center set amidst 120 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. 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. 1151 Oxford Road, San Marino.
NOTE: This very special experience available Tuesday through Friday for groups of 4 or more ONLY with advance reservations based on availability. Call 626-405-2240 and mention the California Culture Tour package.
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