The Huntington’s new education and visitor complex
The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino will debut its new educational and visitor complex Saturday. Shown here: A view of the new restaurant from the Desert Garden. (Tom Politeo / For the Times)
The glass dome in front of Rothenberg Hall stands 36 feet high. (Tom Politeo / For the Times)
Buildings house classrooms, an auditorium, meeting space and more at the Steven S. Koblik Education and Visitor Center. The new complex cost $68 million. (Tom Politeo / For the Times)
Plantings in the Huntington’s Celebration Garden, which slopes downhhill and takes visitors along a path into the Desert Garden. (Mary Forgione / For the Times)
The Celebration Garden at the Huntington includes a water feature running down the middle. (Tom Politeo / For the Times)
The opening of the new complex creates a new entrance to the Huntington. (Mary Forgione / For the Times)
The new indoor-outdoor restaurant at the Huntington seats 300 people. (Tom Politeo / For the Times)
The restaurant’s terrace provides views of the gardens at the Huntington. (Mary Forgione / For the Times)
The new visitor center has a map of the original property as well as a 2015 of how the Huntington has evolved. (Tom Politeo / For the Times)
Photographs compare the Huntington as it looked in 1915 with how it looks now. (Mary Forgione / For the Times)
A view of the Huntington’s Desert Garden. (Tom Politeo / For the Times)
Cactus blooming in the Desert Garden, which has some of the oldest cactus and succulents at the Huntington. (Tom Politeo / For the Times)
The Desert Garden has more than 5,000 species of succulents and desert plants, according to the Huntington’s website. (Tom Politeo / For the Times)
