The Getty Villa is open Thursday through Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Villa is also open on Wednesdays in July from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission is FREE. An advance, timed ticket is required. Click the "Get Tickets" button below to check current availability. Each Villa ticket allows you to bring up to three children ages 15 and under with you in one car.

Groups are welcome! Learn more about arranging a group visit.

	The Outer Peristyle offers dramatic views of the Museum building and the Pacific Ocean.

The Getty Villa in Malibu is an educational center and museum dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. The Villa serves a varied audience through the permanent collection, changing exhibitions, conservation, scholarship, research, and public programs.

The Setting
Bordered by coastal mountains and the Pacific Ocean, the Getty Villa evokes the classical world in its architecture, landscape, and gardens, which have been planted with species known to have flourished in the ancient Mediterranean.

The J. Paul Getty Museum's antiquities collection is woven together with the Villa's setting and programs to create an integrated educational and cultural institution providing a wide range of experiences for students, scholars, specialized professionals, and general audiences.

The Mythological Heroes gallery features a Greek sculpture group of Seated Poet and Sirens.

The Galleries
The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Villa is the home for approximately 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities, of which over 1,200 are currently on view.

The renovated galleries are arranged by theme, allowing visitors to explore and understand the cultures, beliefs, and artistic achievements of the ancient world in their original context.

Changing Exhibitions
Six galleries are devoted to changing exhibitions on themes related to the arts and cultures of antiquity.

Grecian Taste and Roman Spirit: The Society of Dilettanti (August 7–October 27, 2008) presents portraits, sculptures, drawings, and rare books that illuminate the first 100 years of the Society of Dilettanti. The society was founded in 1734 in London as a dining club for British gentlemen who had made the Grand Tour. They sponsored archaeological expeditions to Greece and Asia Minor, and assembled celebrated antiquities collections. Notorious revelers and wits, this close-knit circle of aristocratic patrons, antiquarians, artists, and architects transformed the study of classical art from a matter of private delight into one of public consequence.

The Hope Hygieia: Restoring a Statue's History (April 10–September 8, 2008) focuses on a Roman marble statue of Hygieia, ancient goddess of health. The figure's 19th-century restorations were removed in the 1970s, but these historical additions were recently reintegrated at the Getty Villa. On loan from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Hope Hygieia exemplifies evolving attitudes toward the restoration and display of classical sculpture on the part of collectors, curators, and conservators.

Two life-size Roman marble statues of draped women—the so-called Herculaneum Women—are on display in the Women and Children in Antiquity gallery on Floor 2 through October 13, 2008.

The Cafe patio overlooks the Museum Main Entrance, the Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater, and the Pacific Ocean.

Programs and Facilities
Complementing the exhibitions and installations are a wide variety of public programs. They include Villa Theater Lab, Concerts at the Villa, film screenings, family festivals, artist demonstrations, lectures, workshops, and gallery and studio courses, as well as an annual outdoor theater production. The fall 2008 production is Agamemnon by Aeschylus, directed by Stephen Wadsworth. Consult our event calendar for all upcoming events.

The renovated site also includes new facilities: a new Cafe, Museum Store, and 250-seat Auditorium, as well as an open-air Entry Pavilion and the new, dramatic 450-seat Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman Theater, an outdoor classical theater based on ancient prototypes. The Family Forum and the Timescape Room help to put ancient art in context.

Admission and Hours
The Getty Villa is open Thursday through Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. It is closed on major holidays and on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. In July 2008 only, the Villa will be open on Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The Family Forum will be closed, and no tours or gallery talks will be held on these days. The Cafe and the Museum Store will be open.

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Admission to the Getty Villa is FREE. An advance, timed ticket is required. Ticket availability is updated weekly for a four-week period. Same-day tickets may also become available online without advance notice. Each Villa ticket allows you to bring up to three children ages 15 and under with you in one car. Please note that this does not apply to tickets for events, such as lectures and performances. Groups of nine or more, please call (310) 440-7300 to arrange your visit.

Click the "Get Tickets" button below to check current availability of tickets online, or call (310) 440-7300. Ticket availability is updated weekly for a four-week period. Same-day tickets may also become available online without advance notice. Groups of nine or more must make reservations by phone.