Built in 1954 by oil tycoon J. Paul Getty and opened as a museum in 1974, the 64-acre Getty Villa houses more than 44,000 objects, including priceless antiquities — Roman, Greek and Etruscan ...

The Getty Villa Museum in the Pacific Palisades is just weeks away from reopening after the Palisades Fire forced it to temporarily close.

according to the museum's 2023 fact book. The rest of Getty's collection is housed at the Getty Center in Brentwood, California. The J. Paul Getty Trust said in 2020 that both the Getty Center and ...

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.

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 ...

The J. Paul Getty Museum in southern California is renowned for its design and art collections, but a claim circulating on social media alleges it houses something much more sinister underground. " ...

What’s now called the Getty Villa served as the decades-long home for the J. Paul Getty Trust’s extensive ... pack a picnic and lay out a blanket on the museum’s sloping, south-facing ...

One of California ... the Getty, is turning to the bond market for $500 million to help preserve its masterpieces as the state prepares for another fire-prone summer. The J. Paul Getty Trust ...

A European court on Thursday upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was right to try to reclaim an important part of ...

ROME — A European court on Thursday upheld Italy’s right to seize a prized Greek statue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in California, ruling that Italy was justified in trying to reclaim an ...

and his collection of art and antiquities became the basis for the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles. In addition to his business success, Getty was also known for his philanthropy, donating ...