As flames whip the Pacific Palisades, the storied Getty Villa museum has withstood the Los Angeles wildfires, preserving its 44,000-plus items thanks to strategy and architecture designed for ...
Paul Getty Museum is emerging as a near-miraculous ... In the process, it has spent millions over the years fortifying its architecture, adding fire-prevention mechanisms to its galleries and ...
Paul Getty Museum is emerging as a near-miraculous ... In the process, it has spent millions over the years fortifying its architecture, adding fire-prevention mechanisms to its galleries and ...
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 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 ...
The museum also offers spectacular views of ... noting that the volunteer guides were very knowledgeable. Tours of the Getty Center's architecture and gardens are available, as well as a ...
Fire extinguishers in hand, the museum said, the Getty’s staff scours the sparse ... it has spent millions over the years fortifying its architecture, adding fire-prevention mechanisms to ...