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 ...
Artnet5d
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 ...
The Washington Post7d
Inside the Getty museums’ defense against the L.A. wildfires
Paul Getty Museum faced encroaching flames on two fronts ... is described on the Getty website as a “marvel of anti-fire engineering.” The Villa, which focuses on ancient Greek and Roman ...
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 ...
LA Times on MSN13d
Inside the dash to save the Getty Villa from the Palisades fire: A timeline
The Getty Villa activated its emergency operations center at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, and within two hours, the fast-moving blaze ...
The Independent6d
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 ...
Time Out8d
Getty Villa
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 ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel11d
Wildfire evacuation orders expand to Getty Center, one of L.A.'s leading museums
a museum representative, told USA TODAY. Designed with wildfire prevention in mind, the Getty Center is "the safest place for art during a fire," according to a 2019 article on the Getty website.
Wall Street Journal8d
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.