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Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Rd
San Marino, CA
Tel. 626/405-2100
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The Huntington Library is the jewel in Pasadena's crown. The 207-acre hilltop estate was once home to industrialist and railroad magnate Henry E. Huntington (1850-1927), who bought books on the same massive scale on which he acquired businesses. The continually expanding collection includes dozens of Shakespeare's first editions, Benjamin Franklin's handwritten autobiography, a Gutenberg Bible from the 1450s, and the earliest known manuscript of Chaucer's Canterbury Tal...
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Price Range: Admission $15 adults, $12 seniors 65 and over, $10 students and children ages 12 and over, $6 children ages 5-11, free to children under 5; free to all the 1st Thurs of each month
Parking: Free parking
Open Hours: Sept-May Tues-Fri noon-4:30pm, Sat-Sun 10:30am-4:30pm; June-Aug Tues-Sun 10:30am-4:30pm
Closed: Closed major holidays
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