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Museum
Fostering enjoyment and understanding of art
Featured Content
Exhibition : Exploring the Alps
This focused exhibition highlights the different ways in which later 19th-century artists explored and depicted the Alps, particularly Giovanni Segantini’s monumental pastel Study for “La Vita” depicting the Alpine peaks that ringed his home in the Engadine Valley in Switzerland.
Highlights
Play and Games in Ancient Greece
(opens in new tab)Looking for some fun this summer? Play the ancient Greek and Roman way, with some unique—and some familiar—games to stave off boredom
Close Looking: Charles Samuel Keene's Self-Portrait
(opens in new tab)In this video from our ongoing series, curator Julian Brooks shows us the meticulous techniques in this vibrant and dramatic portrait
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Getty Villa Museum
Open today
Admission is free, and requires a timed-entry reservation.
Exhibitions
María Magdalena Campos-Pons: Behold
Featured Exhibition
Our Voices, Our Getty: Reflecting on Manuscripts
Exhibition
Exploring the Alps
Exhibition
Ancient Thrace and the Classical World: Treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece (Closed Temporarily)
Exhibition
Ultra-Violet: New Light on Van Gogh’s Irises
Exhibition
Magnified Wonders: An 18th-Century Microscope
Exhibition
Charles Ross: Spectrum 14
Exhibition
Lumen: Helen Pashgian
Exhibition
Sculpted Portraits from Ancient Egypt (Closed Temporarily)
Exhibition
Explore the Collection
Discover art from ancient Greece and Italy, Europe from the Middle Ages to the early 1900s, and global photography from its invention to now
Featured News
Fighting Fire at the Getty Villa Museum
Article
“I knew that we needed to hold down the fort”
How “Green” Are Getty’s Exhibitions?
Article
For the first time, we’re going to find out
Cheese or Seawater in Your Wine?
Article
Ancient wine expert Emlyn Dodd reveals the things ancient Greeks slipped into their goblets, the games they played at drinking parties, and other surprising practices inspired by fine oinos
Departments and Resources
Curatorial
Our curatorial teams shape our collections, produce exhibitions, and perform critical research into the history of art made across millennia
Education
Inspiring audiences to engage with our collection and exhibitions through programs and resources at the Center and Villa
Conservation
Our conservation teams research artists’ methods and materials to treat our collections and innovate in the preventive care of art
Research
Projects undertaken by Museum staff, colleagues, and collaborators
