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Getty Center closed.
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July 26, 2010 |
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Spotlight Talk: Mosaic Floor with Combat of Dares and Entellus
Mondays through July 26, 2010
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Learn how to look at ancient art in this 20-minute gallery talk examining in-depth one work in the collection. The featured object this month is a Mosaic Floor with Combat of Dares and Entellus from about A.D. 175. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
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Orientation Tour
Daily
10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Getty Villa
Learn about the Getty Villa's architecture and educational mission in this 40-minute introduction to the site. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
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Architecture and Gardens Tour
Daily
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
Explore the ancient Roman world through the Museum's archtecture and gardens in this 40-minute tour. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Weekdays
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
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Focus Tour: Colored Marbles
Monday July 26, 2010
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Ancient Romans appreciated exotic stones from throughout the Mediterranean. Learn about how the Getty Villa's galleries re-create a vision of Roman architecture at its most colorful and luxurious in this one-hour exploration. Tour topic subject to change. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
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Exhibitions |
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Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Daily
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
In 2003, the J. Paul Getty Museum acquired a collection of over 350 pieces of ancient glass, formerly owned by Erwin Oppenländer. The works on view in Molten Color are remarkable for their high quality, their chronological breadth, and the glassmaking techniques illustrated by their manufacture. The vessels are accompanied by text and videos illustrating ancient glassmaking techniques.
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Roman Ephebe from Naples
Daily
Getty Villa
Youth as a Lamp Bearer, a long-term loan from the Museo Archeologico Nazionale in Naples, is on view at the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa.
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The Gela Krater
Daily through October 11, 2010
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
The Gela Krater, one of the most important works from the Museo Archeologico Regionale di Agrigento, is on loan to the Getty Museum and on view in gallery 110 (Stories of the Trojan War) at the Getty Villa, where it joins other works of art that illustrate two epics by Homer, the Iliad and the Odyssey.
 Learn more about this exhibition
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