The Getty Villa Fire reached the Getty Villa’s grounds on Tuesday, January 7, though Katherine E. Fleming president and CEO of the J Paul Getty Trust, confirmed in a statement that day that ...

Getty Villa, Intact Despite Palisades Fire’s Fury, ... A widely circulated photograph that showed a sign for the Getty Villa illuminated by flames spilling onto the Pacific Coast Highway on Tuesday, ...

The Getty Villa activated its emergency operations center at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, ... Sign Me Up . You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.

To be clear, neither the Getty Villa nor the Getty Center burned. No ancient Roman statues crumbled, no masterpieces of Old Master European painting or modern photographs turned to ash.

The museum is open with limited hours for now, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays through Mondays. It’s free to visit, but advance ...

The Getty Villa reflecting pool, usually bright blue, is black because of ash from the Palisades fire in this photo taken Jan. 22, 2025. (Brian van der Brug / Los Angeles Times) ...

The photo, which was later removed, showed a sign for the Getty Villa with an unrelated building featured prominently in the background; the photo did not show the 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 ...

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The Getty Villa will remain closed at least through Monday, January 13. We, of course, are very concerned for our neighbors in the Pacific Palisades, Malibu, and the surrounding areas.

The Getty Villa is part of the J. Paul Getty Trust, which includes the largest endowment of any museum in the world, estimated at more than $8 billion in 2023. It houses the trust's collection of ...