The Extraordinary Defense of the Getty Museum Against the L.A. Fires
Flames made it to within 6 feet of the Getty Villa and yet it survived. Inside the museum’s powerful tools for disaster ...
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Grounds of Getty Museum in LA Catch Fire, The Washington Post's Cartoonist Quits Over Censorship: Morning Links for January 8, 2025
The grounds of the Getty Villa museum caught fire Tuesday as a fast-moving blaze continues to engulf the Pacific Palisades ...
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Inside the Getty museums’ defense against the L.A. wildfires
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 ...
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How the Getty Museum Survived L.A.’s Fires
How the Getty Center, a marvel of anti-fire engineering, safeguarded its priceless art collection during L.A.‘s worst ...
Getty Villa Museum grounds catch fire
The Getty Villa has caught fire in the wind-driven fire burning out of control in Pacific Palisades, according to Los Angeles ...
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What is the Getty Villa? What to know about famous museum threatened by Palisades Fire
Aerial footage and images showed the fast-growing fire approaching the world-renowned Getty Villa museum, which is closed to the public on Tuesdays. The villa site was quickly closed to non ...
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LA's Getty Center's art safeguarded as Palisades fire rages
LOS ANGELES, Jan 14 (Reuters) - The J. Paul Getty Museum's priceless collection of artwork, which includes paintings by Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Monet and Degas, once again found itself in the path of ...
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The Getty Villa survived LA's firestorms while the area around it burned, revealing a key lesson for homeowners
The Getty Villa is part of the J. Paul Getty Trust, which includes the largest endowment of any museum in the world, estimated at more than $8 billion in 2023. It houses the trust's collection of ...
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How the Getty Museum survived LA wildfires as the super-rich take note
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 ...
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Los Angeles Getty Center’s priceless collection braces for wildfires as evacuation order expands to museum
Still, Fleming ensured that the museum’s galleries “are safe and protected.” The Getty Villa, which houses the trust’s educational center, has not been harmed, though there are a few hot ...
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The Extraordinary Defense of the Getty Museum Against the L.A. Fires
Under siege by Los Angeles wildfires, the J. Paul Getty Museum is emerging as a near-miraculous beacon of disaster preparedness. Behind the scenes, it’s taking a small army to defend.