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How the Getty Museum Is Surviving an Inferno
Paul Getty Museum is emerging as a near-miraculous beacon of disaster ... Inside, vault-like doors have been added so that ...
Editorial: The Getty Museum survived the LA fires practically unscathed. There’s a lesson there for all homeowners.
The J. Paul Getty Museum houses Vincent van Gogh’s “Irises” and many other priceless masterpieces in buildings that were ...
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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 Museum in LA ‘confident’ art collections will be protected amid wildfires
The sweeping fires in California have killed 24 people, ravaged communities, and sent thousands frantically fleeing their ...
Palisades Fire Could Test Getty Center’s Efforts to Protect Its Art Collection
The museum, which describes itself as the “safest places for art during a fire,” is now in a mandatory evacuation zone.
Getty Center, Villa Remain “Safe And Stable” As Some Evacuation Levels Downgraded
The renowned Getty Center and Getty Villa remain 'safe and stable,' as the surrounding evacuation orders have been downgraded ...
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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 ...
Spared from the flames: Getty art centre survives Los Angeles wildfires
Dubbed a “beautiful fortress” and constructed of fire-resistant travertine stone, as well as cement and steel, the centre has ...
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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 ...
Los Angeles Getty Center’s priceless collection braces for wildfires as evacuation order expands to museum
The Brentwood Getty Center was put under an evacuation order on Friday, while The villa, located in the Pacific Palisades, has been in an evacuation zone for days. The Palisades fire pushed eastward ...
The Australian7d
How the Getty Museum is surviving an inferno
The Getty Villa art museum stands undamaged after the passage ... vault-like doors have been added so that fire can be contained to one gallery without creeping into the next.
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Getty Museum in LA ‘confident’ art collections will be protected amid wildfires
The J Paul Getty Museum is “confident” its art collections ... and sections of the gallery can be isolated if one was to be breached. She said the threat level has been reduced in recent ...