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17 employees helped save the Getty Villa from the fires. They're telling other museums how it was done
For the next 28 hours, Borsay and 16 other staffers organized themselves to supplement fire department efforts and along the way contributed to helping keep the Getty Villa and its priceless art ...
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Workers fight Getty fires
On Jan. 7, the day the Palisades Fire began, more than a dozen Getty staffers used emergency preparation tactics to help save ...
Rome is a surprisingly family-friendly city - here's what to do on a budget
Italy’s Eternal City might be known for bringing history alive but it turns out it’s also quite affordable for a city break – ...
9 Must-Visit Movie Destinations Around The World
"Set jetting," traveling to destinations featured in popular movies and TV shows, is one of the top travel trends. These are ...
‘The Sound of Music' turns 60 this year. Salzburg has plenty in store for fans
Salzburg, Austria, is celebrating the 60th anniversary of the release of “The Sound of Music” film with special exhibitions, ...
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Fact Check: Video does not show Getty Villa ablaze during California wildfires
Some posts sharing the video of Villa Leon in flames include a resurfaced narrative about the existence of tunnels used for child trafficking beneath the Getty sites. Other posts include a Google ...
The Washington Post17d
Inside the Getty museums’ defense against the L.A. wildfires
Paul Getty Museum faced encroaching flames on two fronts. Blazes nearly surrounded the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, coming within six feet of its walls. Days later, ominous red clouds were ...
Artnet17d
How the Getty Museum Survived L.A.’s Fires
It also houses Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art from the Neolithic to Late Antiquity—some of which is partially held at its second campus, the Getty Villa. Days before the threat of fire reached ...
The Australian17d
How the Getty Museum is surviving an inferno
They look for embers. The Getty’s ongoing survival against daunting odds – the flames made it to within 1.8m of the villa’s eastern walls on January 7 – has come to represent one of the ...
Mansion Global18d
The Extraordinary Defense of the Getty Museum Against the L.A. Fires
They look for embers. The Getty’s ongoing survival against daunting odds—the flames made it to within 6 feet of the villa’s eastern walls on Jan. 7—has come to represent one of the ...
The Globe and Mail18d
Strategy and architecture helped L.A.’s storied Getty Museum survive the wildfires
As flames whip the Pacific Palisades, the storied Getty Villa museum has withstood the Los Angeles wildfires, preserving its 44,000-plus items thanks to strategy and architecture designed for ...
The Art Newspaper18d
Getty and other arts organisations launch $12m relief fund for victims of Los Angeles wildfires
This time, the funding announcement came only eight days after the Getty Villa had to deploy its irrigation systems and smoke barriers to help protect the grounds and collection from the fast ...