Roughly 45 museum workers have been conscripted into revolving, round-the-clock shifts to fan out and patrol the dozens of hilltop acres surrounding the Getty’s two campuses: the older Getty ...

Inside, the galleries can be closed off with a vault-like double door that, museum officials say, is practically impenetrable. “Getty staff, the art collections and buildings remain safe from ...

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.

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 ...

Some of L.A.’s biggest arts institutions including the J. Paul Getty Trust, LACMA, MOCA and the Hammer Museum are among those backing an emergency reserve for artists and arts workers that stand ...

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 ...

Paul Getty Museum's priceless collection of artwork ... A million-gallon (3.8-million liter) water storage tank on the site supplies the sprinkler system, and provides a resource for emergency ...

LA's Getty Center's Art Safeguarded as Palisades Fire Rages By Dawn Chmielewski LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The J. Paul Getty Museum's priceless ... tank on the site supplies the sprinkler system ...

The Getty Villa will remain closed until further notice due to the Palisades Fire, the museum announced today. The Getty Center in Brentwood will likely remain closed until Monday, January 20.

The J Paul Getty Museum is “confident” its art collections ... The Los Angeles County coroner’s office has said eight of the 24 deaths were attributed to the Palisades fire and 16 resulted ...