Art on View
Discover the art of the ancient world at the Getty Villa Museum
Ancient Art in Context
Home to the Getty Museum’s antiquities collection, the Getty Villa invites you to experience ancient Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art in an intimate setting that recreates a first-century Roman villa.
Floor 1: Greek and Etruscan
The galleries are organized to illustrate the development of art among the cultures of the ancient Mediterranean over time.
On the first floor, enjoy Greek art from the Neolithic and Bronze Age—including some of the oldest and rarest objects in the collection—to the Hellenistic period, when the Greeks developed the first fully naturalistic vision of the human figure.
Other galleries explore the fascinating world of the ancient Etruscans and offer context around the Villa itself, exploring J. Paul Getty’s collecting habits and reasons for creating the Museum.
Some of the oldest works of art in the Getty Museum's collection are on display in a first-floor gallery focused on neolithic and Bronze Age Greece.
Floor 2: Roman
The journey continues on the second floor with sculpture, jewelry, glassware, mummy portraits, and many other works of art from the Roman Empire.
Don't miss two dramatic, skylit galleries featuring Roman sculpture, and special displays exploring the luxury of an elite Roman’s coastal retreat 2,000 years ago.
A view of a second-floor corridor.
Changing Exhibitions
A variety of special exhibitions is always on view. See what’s on now.
More to See
The Getty collections also include paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, prints and drawings, manuscripts and rare books, and photographs.
See these collections, focusing on art from the Middle Ages to today, at our second location—the Getty Center in Brentwood, about 13 miles east of the Getty Villa.