# About The Getty Foundation

## The J. Paul Getty Museum

Getty Villa Sculpture Garden
Fountain and sculpture in the Peristyle Garden of the Getty Villa Roman gardens.
Photo by Bobak Ha’Eri.

The Getty preserves, studies, and interprets the world’s artistic legacy for the benefit of present and future generations.

The J. Paul Getty Museum seeks to inspire curiosity about, and enjoyment and understanding of, the visual arts by collecting, conserving, exhibiting and interpreting works of art of outstanding quality and historical importance.

To fulfill this mission, the Museum continues to build its collections through purchase and gifts, and develops programs of exhibitions, publications, scholarly research, public education, and the performing arts that engage our diverse local and international audiences.

The Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and photography.

The Getty Villa in Malibu is a museum and educational center dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria, the Getty Villa houses approximately 44,000 works of art from the Museum’s extensive collection of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities.

## Visiting The Getty Center

1200 N Sepulveda Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90049

Tuesday–Friday and Sunday: 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays

Admission is free; Parking is $15
(Pay once, park twice on the same day.)

## Visiting The Getty Villa

17985 Pacific Coast Highway
Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

Wednesday–Monday: 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Closed Tuesdays

Admission is free; Parking is $15
(Pay once, park twice on one day.)

Fountain and sculpture in the Peristyle Garden of the Getty Villa Roman gardens. Photo by Bobak Ha’Eri.

## Did you know?

Oil baron Jean Paul Getty converted part of his home in Malibu into a museum so that he could share his art treasures with the public.

The Getty Villa was designed as a near replica of the Roman Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, Italy, which had been buried in the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in 79 A.D.

Getty’s will left virtually his entire estate to the institution in trust, giving it a greater endowment than any other museum in the world.