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What is the Getty Villa? What to know about famous museum threatened by Palisades Fire
The Getty Villa is an educational center and art museum located the coastal Pacific ... as well as a library and garden. The villa is owned by the J. Paul Getty Trust, which also operates a ...
Review: At the Getty Villa, the marvelous exhibition rescued from the Palisades fire
Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...
Time Out9d
Getty Villa
In 1974, oil magnate J Paul Getty opened a museum of his holdings in a faux villa in Malibu, based on the remains of the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum. Derision from critics and ridicule from ...
New York Sun22d
Getty Villa, Intact Despite Palisades Fire’s Fury, Yet To Reopen
I was fortunate enough to volunteer at the museum for several months while in high school, working in the Ranch House where Mr. Getty once lived, behind the villa. It is one thing ... that abut lushly ...
Getty Villa’s survival offers wildfire tips for other museums
The survival of the Getty Villa during the Palisades Fire was a bright spot for many in southern California, and now, those ...
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The Getty Villa survived LA's firestorms while the area around it burned, revealing a key lesson for homeowners
The Getty Villa is part of the J. Paul Getty Trust, which includes the largest endowment of any museum in the world, estimated at more than $8 billion in 2023. It houses the trust's collection of ...
Time Out10d
These landmarks are still closed due to the L.A. wildfires (UPDATED)
Fueled by a remarkably destructive windstorm, nearly 50,000 acres of Los Angeles County were burned by multiple fires, most notably the catastrophic Palisades Fire in the Pacific Palisades and the ...
The Washington Post29d
Inside the Getty museums’ defense against the L.A. wildfires
Paul Getty Museum faced encroaching flames on two fronts. Blazes nearly surrounded the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, coming within six feet of its walls. Days later, ominous red clouds were ...
The Independent29d
How the Getty Museum survived LA wildfires as the super-rich take note
The Getty Villa, separate from the main museum in Brentwood, was designed by Robert E Langdon Jr and Ernest C Wilson Jr, opened in 1974 and has since been renovated. Although it wasn’t in the ...
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Wildfire evacuations expand to Getty Center, one of Los Angeles' leading museums
Both the Getty Center and Getty Villa are closed until at least Jan ... and dozens of acres of gardens. The museum features an expansive collection of European paintings, drawings, sculptures ...
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The Extraordinary Defense of the Getty Museum Against the L.A. Fires
Under siege by Los Angeles wildfires, the J. Paul Getty Museum is emerging as a near-miraculous beacon of disaster preparedness. Behind the scenes, it’s taking a small army to defend. Roughly 45 ...