The Getty Villa reopened to the public in 2006 after an eight-year, $275 million renovation and houses the J. Paul Getty Museum's extensive classical antiquities collection of Greek, Roman and ...

The villa site was quickly closed to non-emergency staff once the fire was reported around 10 a.m. local time, according to Katherine E. Fleming, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust.

To be clear, neither the Getty Villa nor the Getty Center burned. No ancient Roman statues crumbled, no masterpieces of Old Master European painting or modern photographs turned to ash.

The villa will remain closed to nonemergency staff until at least Jan. 12. The Getty Museum is located 20 minutes away from Pacific Palisades.

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.

The Getty Villa museum in Pacific Palisades has a "state-of-the-art" air handling system to seal off its galleries and archives from wildfire smoke.

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 ...

As of Jan. 10, the Getty Villa's staff, artworks, and buildings are safe from the fires, according to a statement on the museum's Instagram page. The fires burned trees and vegetation on the ...

The Palisades Fire reached the Getty Villa museum but didn't harm its collection. NPR speaks with Katherine Fleming, president and CEO of the Getty Trust, about how the museum protects its antiques.

The Getty Villa reopened to the public in 2006 after an eight-year, $275 million renovation and houses the J. Paul Getty Museum's extensive classical antiquities collection of Greek, Roman and ...

The Getty Villa reopened to the public in 2006 after an eight-year, $275 million renovation and houses the J. Paul Getty Museum's extensive classical antiquities collection of Greek, Roman and ...