Getty Villa
The Outer Peristyle of the Villa in 2007 | |
| Established | 1954, reopened 2006 |
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| Location | 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, California |
| Coordinates | 34°02′42″N 118°33′54″W / 34.045°N 118.565°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Collection size | 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities |
| Visitors | 509,000 (2021)[1] |
| Director | Timothy Potts |
| Public transit access | Los Angeles Metro Bus: 134 |
| Website | getty.edu/villa |
The Getty Villa is an educational center and an art museum located at the easterly end of the Malibu coast in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.[2] One of two campuses of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Villa is dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. The collection has 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities dating from 6,500 BC to 400 AD, including the Lansdowne Heracles and the Victorious Youth. The UCLA/Getty Master's Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation is housed on this campus.
- ^ Jose da Silva (March 22, 2022). "The top 100 most popular art museums in the world". The Art Newspaper. Archived from the original on May 17, 2022. Retrieved February 17, 2024.
- ^ "About the Museum (Getty Museum)". getty.edu. Archived from the original on March 3, 2019. Retrieved January 19, 2016.