A massive wildfire reached Getty Villa in LA. How the museum protected its collection.
The Getty Villa museum in Pacific Palisades has a "state-of-the-art" air handling system to seal off its galleries and archives from wildfire smoke.
What is the Getty Villa? What to know about famous museum threatened by Palisades Fire
The Getty Villa is an educational center and art museum located the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Getty Villa Museum in Los Angeles Impacted by Wildfires
Established in 1954 by oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, the museum opened in 1974 as a replica of the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum (located in what is now southern Italy). The Getty Vila is home to more than 44,000 objects dedicated to ancient art, per the Los Angeles Times, including Roman, Greek, and Etruscan antiquities.
Dangerous Pacific Palisades fire threatens famous Getty Villa Museum
The Getty Villa, which is already closed to the public on Tuesdays, was “swiftly closed” to non-emergency staff after the fire started in the morning.
Getty Villa Museum grounds catching fire
The Getty Villa has caught fire in the wind-driven fire burning out of control in Pacific Palisades, according to Los Angeles Fire Department radio traffic.
LA's beloved Getty Villa museum collection saved from Palisades Fire
One of Southern California’s most significant collections of artifacts and antiquities has been spared from the worst of the fast-moving Palisades Fire in Los Angeles. The Getty Villa, a sprawling cultural compound and museum built for namesake billionaire oilman J.
Getty Villa 'safe and intact' from Palisades Fire, museum official says
The Getty Villa Museum in Pacific Palisades "remains safe and intact," a museum spokesperson said. "While trees and vegetation on the property have burned, Getty structures have been unaffected, and thankfully,
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