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The Getty Trust Is Selling $500 M. in Bonds for Increased Protection Against Natural Disasters
The Getty maintains earthquake and fire insurance, but there are concerns "such insurance could become unavailable at rates considered reasonable by the Getty Trust." ...
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Inside the dash to save the Getty Villa from the Palisades fire: a timeline
The Getty Villa, the museum built by oil tycoon J. Paul Getty and home to thousands of priceless antiquities, activated its emergency operations center in response to the fast-moving Palisades ...
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The Getty Trust Will Sell $500 Million in Bonds to Beef Up Museum’s Fire Protections
The Getty Trust, which manages the Getty Villa and Getty Center in California, will sell $500 million in bonds to bolster fire protections.
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How Museums in Los Angeles Survived the Fires — and Have Prepared for the Quakes
was testing the fire system at the Getty Villa, a museum in the Palisades full of ancient treasures, when Los Angeles found itself at the center of a national disaster. That morning, a text from ...
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I toured the Getty Villa weeks after 17 employees fought flames from the Los Angeles fires. Here's how it became an anti-fire fortress.
The Getty Villa survived the Pacific Palisades fire, aided by its construction and technology. The museum's staff also spent days protecting the property and its artifacts from flames and smoke.
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Letters to the Editor: Relocating priceless Getty collections to downtown would not necessarily ensure their safety
To the editor: Before encouraging the Getty Center and Getty Villa to move holdings to the ... the Getty’s irreplaceable art. Should the museum move?” March 13). Per the library website ...
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Los Angeles wildfires put museum-lender relationships in spotlight
as fires came close to both the museum in Brentwood and the Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades. The Caillebotte exhibition was due to open in just a few weeks when the fires began.
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Photos show 2 key strategies that saved the Getty Villa from fires — and what homeowners can learn from them
The Getty Villa is one of the most luxurious properties in the Pacific Palisades. It's a sprawling estate and museum featuring a replica of an ancient Roman villa that was buried by the eruption ...
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Spared from the flames: Getty art centre survives Los Angeles wildfires
The museum’s unique collection comprises 125,000 ... The fire threatened the separate Getty Villa, which also has special flame resistant protections, last week. Trees and vegetation around ...
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The Getty Villa
U.S. News Insider Tip: If you're visiting both the Getty Center and Getty Villa Museum on the same day, ask the information desk for a same-day parking coupon, which can be used to cover parking a ...
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How the Getty Museum survived the LA fires practically unscathed
THE J Paul Getty Museum houses Vincent van Gogh’s Irises and many other priceless masterpieces in buildings that were dangerously close to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires. So where did the ...
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11 Best Things to Do in Malibu, CA
U.S. News Insider Tip: If you're visiting both the Getty Center and Getty Villa Museum on the same day, ask the information desk for a same-day parking coupon, which can be used to cover parking a ...