Get to Know the Getty Museum: How a Villa Full of Magnificent Art Enchants Visitors Today (2024)

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The Museum at the Getty Villa is home to Greek, Etruscan, and Roman antiquities. Nearly 20 exhibitions are mounted each year at both locations. Collections contain more than 125,000 separate objects. Less than three percent of the art currently on view was personally acquired by J.

' And as such, the garden doesn't follow traditional design principles but is born from the mind of an artist with the goal of eliciting powerful emotions and feelings through artistic shapes, forms, and experiences.

Notable properties just outside the Top 10 include LACMA (12th, $622 million), The Getty Villa (15th, $496 million), Westfield Century City (18th, $478 million) and The Beverly Center (19th, $477 million).

Fascinated by the classical world, in 1974 he built a Roman-styled villa now called the Getty Villa near the ranch house to serve as a museum for his growing art collection and provide the public greater access. Getty died in 1976, leaving most of his fortune to the museum he founded.

I visited the Getty Villa Museum with a friend, and I loved every minute. The artifacts in the museum are amazing, but what distinguishes this museum from others is the amazing garden, fountains and views. I didn't want to leave. It's free admission with parking on-site for about $15 (well worth the cost).

-The Getty Center has a broad-ranging art collection that includes everything from antique furniture to contemporary photography, while The Getty Villa focuses on Greek and Roman art.

Q:What do you wear to the Getty Villa? A:There's no dress code for the Getty Villa Museum, and there are no guidelines on what to wear. However, as with most public attractions, it's best to dress appropriately and avoid clothing or accessories that could be considered offensive.

Q: How long will my entire visit last? Please estimate that your entire visit will last approximately two - three hours. However, your group may stay at the Getty in small groups with chaperones if your schedule permits. Please avoid interrupting tours in progress or rooms that may be crowded.

The collection has 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities dating from 6,500 BC to 400 AD, of which approximately 1,400 are on view. Among the outstanding items is Victorious Youth, one of few life-size Greek bronze statues to have survived to modern times.

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Other Ways to Get to the Getty Villa

No matter how hard you try to get around this, you can't walk into the Villa. The museum's permits forbid that. The one exception is if you take Metro bus line 534, which stops at Pacific Coast Highway and Coastline Drive, directly across from the Getty Villa entrance.

While there are no entrance fees for either the Getty Center or the Getty Villa, you do have to request an advance timed-entry ticket for the Villa, and you'll pay $20 for parking at either location (the rate drops after 3 p.m.).

Nothing exhibited his relationship to money more than his management of a family tragedy. In 1973, his sixteen-year-old grandson, John Paul Getty III, who had left school to be a painter in Rome, was kidnapped by Calabrian gangsters, who stashed him in the mountains and demanded $17 million for his safe return.

Located above the sunny Pacific Coast, the Getty Villa is a spectacular Pacific Palisades wedding venue for any and every couple.

The Getty Center is renowned for its permanent collection, which includes pre-20th century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture and decorative arts; 19th and 20th century American, European and Asian photographs; and contemporary and modern sculpture.

Paul Getty opened his Getty Villa in 1974—making his collection of Classical artworks available to the public—he felt certain the building should evoke a Classical design.

The $1.3 billion center opened to the public on December 16, 1997, and is well known for its architecture, gardens, and views overlooking Los Angeles. The center sits atop a hill connected to a visitors' parking garage at the bottom of the hill by a three-car, cable-pulled hovertrain people mover.