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.

The Getty Villa, modeled after the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum, is located on a verdant bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Santa Monica Bay. It was built by oil tycoon J. Paul Getty in 1954 ...

In 1974, oil magnate J Paul Getty opened a museum of his holdings in a faux villa in Malibu, based on the remains of the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum. Derision from critics and ridicule from ...

The Getty Villa, a sprawling cultural compound and museum built for namesake billionaire oilman J. Paul Getty, sits between the Pacific Ocean and the brutally dry, open hillside that has been ...

The Getty Villa and the Getty Museum in Brentwood were ... and evacuated but emerged without significant damage. The post J. Paul Getty Trust and Other Arts Organizations Partner for $12 Million ...

The fast-moving wildfire has so far burned vegetation at the Pacific Palisades museum but not the building.

Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...

Under siege by Los Angeles wildfires, the J. Paul Getty Museum is emerging ... of hilltop acres surrounding the Getty’s two campuses: the older Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades, which ...

The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades is still standing and safe as of Wednesday morning after the Palisades Fire destroyed an estimated 1,000 structures. Social media videos and news reports ...

Founded by J. Paul Getty, the villa's design was inspired by ancient Roman country homes. Its Greek and Roman antiquities, which include a 2,000-year-old mummy, have been on display to the public ...