So it's fitting that the Getty Villa starts with a reproduction. The building itself is a 1974 copy of the first-century Roman Villa dei Papiri, which was buried under Mount Vesuvius.

J. Paul Getty, the American billionaire, “ a symbol of oil, wealth and power, ” discovered Herculaneum and the Villa of the Papyri early in the twentieth century. He started buying Greek and ...

Note that the Getty Villa will be closed until further notice due to the LA wildfires. U.S. News Insider Tip: If you're visiting both the Getty Center and Getty Villa Museum on the same day, ask ...

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 had initially reopened with limited hours late last month. Visitors enjoy the garden at the Getty Villa Museum in Malibu on April 18, 2011. (Credit: GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP via Getty Images) ...

A really, really big one. In Malibu. And fill it with 2,000-year-old statues of griffins and leering satyrs and terra-cotta wine cups decorated with scenes of vomiting philosophers.

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 ...

A DAY AT THE GETTY VILLA by N.F. Karlins Overcast skies made the Malibu beaches less tempting, but my goal, the Getty Villa, was a strong lure anyway. With all the controversy surrounding the Getty’s ...

The Getty Villa’s broad holdings span thousands of years, from neolithic statues to modern photography, with a strong focus on Greek and Roman antiquities. Altogether, the collection spans about ...

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 ...