Getty Villa facts for kids

Quick facts for kids
Getty Villa

Established	1954, reopened 2006
Location	17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, California
Type	Art museum
Collection size	44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities
Visitors	453,902 (2016)
Public transit access	534 Note: Ticket must be punched by bus operator in order to enter the Getty Villa

The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, California, USA, is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The Getty Villa is an educational center and museum that covers 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. The UCLA/Getty Master’s Program in Archaeological and Ethnographic Conservation is here. The online GettyGuide as well as through audio tours tell about the items owned by the museum.

Collection

The collection has 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities dating from 6,500 BC to 400 AD. Among the outstanding items is Victorious Youth, one of few life-size Greek bronze statues to have survived to modern times. The Lansdowne Heracles is a Roman sculpture that was probably copied from an older Greek statue. The Villa also has jewelry and coin collections. The Villa's library has 20,000 books covering art from these periods. The Villa also displays the 'Getty kouros', which the museum lists as "Greek, about 530 B.C., or modern forgery" because scientific analysis is inconclusive as to whether the marble statue can be dated back to Greek times. If genuine, the Getty kouros is one of only twelve remaining intact kouroi. The Marbury Hall Zeus is a 81 in (2.1 m) tall marble statue that was recovered from the ruins at Tivoli near Rome.

GettyGuide

The "GettyGuide" has detailed information about the items owned by the museum. This is available both at the Museum, at various points known as "GettyGuide stations", and externally on its website.

Photographs

Images for kids

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  The entrance to the Getty Villa sets the tone of entering an archaeological dig.

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  The inner peristyle

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  Aerial view of Getty Villa (building with red roof at center right) and surrounding area.

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  Mosaic Fountain

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  Outer Peristyle - architectural detail

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  Inner Peristyle

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  Ancient Roman glassware in the Getty Villa

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  Roman-Egyptian Female Mummy Portrait

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  Roman gold medallion

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  Roman bronze statuette

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  Roman fresco fragment of a peacock

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  Roman head-shaped glass vessels

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  Statue of a Siren

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  Roman bronze statue of Apollo

See also

In Spanish: Villa Getty para niños