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A massive wildfire reached Getty Villa in LA. How the museum protected its collection.
As videos and images circulated of flames and smoke from an explosive wildfire approaching the Getty Villa museum in Los Angeles, art lovers worried the facility's world class collection of ...
NPR4mon
Getty Villa museum threatened by wildfire but collection remains safe
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.
How the Getty Museum Is Surviving an Inferno
Under siege by Los Angeles wildfires, the J. Paul Getty Museum is emerging as a near-miraculous beacon of disaster ...
The Independent4mon
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 ...
Wall Street Journal4mon
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.
USA Today2mon
What is the Getty Villa? What to know about famous museum threatened by Palisades Fire
Aerial footage and images showed the fast-growing fire approaching the world-renowned Getty Villa museum, which is closed to the public on Tuesdays. The villa site was quickly closed to non ...
Time Out4mon
The Getty Villa says it’s safe so far from the Palisades Fire. Here’s how the museum is protecting itself.
and the Getty Center in Brentwood—which is just east of the fire—will also be closed likely until Monday, January 20. The museum also shared a photo of the Getty Villa taken during the ...
NPR2y
The Getty Museum in Los Angeles says it will return illegally exported art to Italy
LOS ANGELES — The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is returning ancient sculptures and other works of art that were illegally exported from Italy, the museum announced Thursday. The Getty ...
The Washington Post4mon
Inside the Getty museums’ defense against the L.A. wildfires
As wildfires ravaged greater Los Angeles last week, the J. Paul Getty Museum faced encroaching flames on two fronts. Blazes nearly surrounded the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, coming within ...
The Independent4mon
Los Angeles Getty Center’s priceless collection braces for wildfires as evacuation order expands to museum
Still, Fleming ensured that the museum’s galleries “are safe and protected.” The Getty Villa, which houses the trust’s educational center, has not been harmed, though there are a few hot ...
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Getty Villa Closed Indefinitely Due To Palisades Fire
The Getty Villa will remain closed until further notice due to the Palisades Fire, the museum announced today. The Getty Center in Brentwood will likely remain closed until Monday, January 20.