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March 27, 2006 |
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Getty Center closed.
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March 27, 2006 |
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Tickets on the Web are sold out for this day. Try calling (310) 440-7300.
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Tours and Gallery Talks |
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Orientation Tour
Daily through June 30, 2007
10:30 am, 12:30 pm, 2:30 pm
Getty Villa
This 45-minute site tour offers an overview of the Getty Villa, its history, renovation, and new educational mission. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Spotlight Talk: Mosaic Floor with a Boxing Scene
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through March 31, 2006
11 am
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This 20-minute gallery talk introduces ways of looking at ancient art through an in-depth exploration of one object in the collection. This month the featured work of art is Mosaic Floor with a Boxing Scene, a 2nd-century Roman mosaic. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 10:30 a.m.
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Getty Villa Architecture and Gardens Tour
Daily through June 30, 2007
11:30 am, 1:30 pm, 3:30 pm
Museum, Getty Villa
This 45-minute tour explores the architecture and gardens of the Getty Villa and their historical prototypes. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Collection Highlights Tour
Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays through June 29, 2007
2 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
This one-hour tour provides an overview of major works from the Museum's collection. Meet at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance.
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Focus Tour: "Boys Will Be Boys"
Monday March 27, 2006
3 pm
Museum Galleries, Getty Villa
Explore what it meant to grow up as a male in ancient society in this one-hour tour. Learn about a boy's education, rites of passage, warfare, and social rituals. Space is limited. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Main Entrance beginning at 2:30 p.m.
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Current Exhibitions |
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The Getty Villa Reimagined
Daily through May 8, 2006
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
This exhibition traces the renovation of the Getty Villa from the selection of architects Machado and Silvetti Associates through the master planning and realization of the project. Installed to look like an architect's studio, the display includes design competition sketchbooks, models and drawings, videos, and photographs.
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Antiquity & Photography: Early Views of Ancient Mediterranean Sites
Daily through May 1, 2006
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
The Getty Villa's multidisciplinary approach to studying the ancient world is reflected in this exhibition, which examines how early photographs influenced and transformed thinking about antiquity. On view are over 100 images created between the 1840s and 1870s of celebrated ancient sites in Italy, Greece, Asia Minor, and Egypt.
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Molten Color: Glassmaking in Antiquity
Daily through July 24, 2006
Museum, Floor 2, Getty Villa
This exhibition celebrates the acquisition of the Oppenländer collection of ancient glass, and will be among the first exhibitions to mark the opening of the Getty Villa. The Oppenländer collection is remarkable for its high quality and its chronological breadth, covering all periods of ancient glass production. The objects are arranged by their method of manufacture, from casting and core-forming to inflation, and in-gallery videos will illustrate ancient glassmaking techniques.
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