Established | 1974 |
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Location | 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, California; and 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California |
Coordinates | 34°4′39″N 118°28′30″W / 34.07750°N 118.47500°W |
Type | Art museum |
Visitors | 2,023,467 (2016)[1] |
Director | Timothy Potts |
Website | www |
The J. Paul Getty Museum, commonly referred to as the Getty, is an art museum in Los Angeles, California housed on two campuses: the Getty Center and Getty Villa.[1] It is operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust, the world's wealthiest art institution.[2]
The Getty Center is located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles and features pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, decorative arts, and photographs from the inception of photography through present day from all over the world.[3][4] The original Getty museum, the Getty Villa, is located in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles and displays art from Ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria.[5]