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Established | 1954, reopened 2006 |
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Location | 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, California |
Coordinates | 34°02′42″N 118°33′54″W / 34.045°N 118.565°W |
Type | Art museum |
Collection size | 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities |
Visitors | 509,000 (2021)[1] |
Director | Timothy Potts |
Public transit access | ![]() Note: Ticket must be punched by bus operator in order to enter the Getty Villa |
Website | www.getty.edu/villa |
The Getty Villa is an educational center and art museum located at the easterly end of the Malibu coast in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, United States.[2] One of two campuses of the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Villa is dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. The collection has 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities dating from 6,500 BC to 400 AD, including the Lansdowne Heracles and the Victorious Youth. The UCLA/Getty Master's Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation is housed on this campus.