The Huntington Library Reaction

Visiting The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens was a very impressive and interesting time with me. I was surprised with the beautiful and amazing places over there. It is not only simply a library, but also a huge museum with the world’s collection of a variety sources. That makes the remarkable and unique difference between The Huntington Library and other libraries I have experienced before. The main gate to enter to the library was small, high and quite special like a gate of the castle in a fairy tale story I used to read and imagine. I felt really impressive with this ancient style. There were many visitors visited the library at that time because that was a day of festival flowers and bonsais. They sold and displayed a lot of beautiful trees and flowers in the entrance road. I thought like I was going to enter to a new world. In there, I had the opportunities to visit the main exhibition hall, Dibner Hall of the History of Science and The Art Gallery of a library. My most favorite place was The Art Gallery. It had such wonderful collections of European Art. There were so many famous and original pieces of art which were displayed on the wall. I could not stop looking at these amazing pictures. Then, I was absorbed by the piece of British Art: “Pinkie” (1794) by Thomas Lawrence which is the permanent and unique collection of The Huntington. It was standing out from other pieces in the hall with the elegant and beautiful depiction of Sarah Barrett Moulton who passed at the age of eleven because of her illness. The more attractive places I love were Japanese Garden, Chinese Garden, Desert Garden and Rose Garden. All of Gardens were so incredible and had their own special beauty that attracts people’s attentions. For me, The Huntington Library is a great treasure of the world. If I have a chance I would like to visit this library again. I believe whoever comes there will be completely attracted by such a beautiful places over there.