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Getty Villa

About Getty 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. 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.

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Art museum
Founded
1954
Opened
1974
Annual visitors
453.9K
in 2016

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Photos of Getty Villa

  1. Getty Villa, Los Angeles01Los AngelesBobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0
  2. A Gudea statue on display at the Getty Villa DSF02A Gudea statue on display at the Getty Villa DSFLevi Clancy · CC0
  3. Pylos Combat Agate on exhibit at the Getty Villa03Pylos Combat Agate on exhibit at the Getty VillaJengod · CC BY-SA 4.0
  4. Getty Villa — Museum Hall - Atrium Gallery - 17985 Pacific Coast Highway - Pacific Palisades, CA04Museum Hall - Atrium Gallery - Pacific Coast Highway - Pacific Palisades, CADale Cruse - 11M SF views from San Francisco, CA, USA · CC BY 4.0
  5. Getty Villa Main Ranch House Entry Hall - 17985 Pacific Coast Highway - Pacific Palisades05Main Ranch House Entry Hall - Pacific Coast Highway - Pacific PalisadesDale Cruse - 11M SF views · CC BY 4.0
  6. Pylos Combat Agate on exhibit at the Getty Villa 2025 (cropped)06Pylos Combat Agate on exhibit at the Getty Villa (cropped)Jengod · CC BY-SA 4.0

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Make a day of it. 4 more museums are within 4.5 miles of Getty Villa; the closest, Monument to Humanity Research & Learning Center, is about 1.7 miles away.