The Getty Villa houses the antiquities collection started by billionaire oilman J. Paul Getty. The villa is often confused with it's younger sibling, Getty Center. Both museums are architectural works of art.
Getty Center is modern.
Getty Villa is ancient.
Getty modeled his villa on ancient Roman seaside-estates in the Bay of Naples.
Visiting Getty Villa is--quite literally--descending into an archaeological excavation. Moreover, it is a trip back in time. Imagine yourself a Roman stepping into the atrium of an rich friend's beach house.
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I've been to Pompeii. I think Getty Villa is just as good...if not better...if not great. It's my favorite museum in California and probably the United States.
Controversy surrounds certain acquisitions, some are even being returned to Italy. The collection is somewhat lopsided. Many artifacts come from Eastern Roman Provinces (present day Turkey). That's what was on the art market when Getty was collecting.
It's focus is decidedly Roman. Still, Greece and Etruria are well represented.
Egypt is not (an alcove has some Roman-Egyptian stuff). For Egyptian artifacts, mecca is the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose, CA. Like the Getty Villa it's comprehensive. It's galleries are curated thematically. There is an almost exclusive focus on Egypt with some Mesopotamian artifacts as well.
Bus > shuttle
Reopened, 2006 after renovation.
Guided Tour
Galleries are thematic,
Not chronological.
Bronze Vessels
Guided Tour
Silver Treasures
Terracotta & Marble Vessels
Temple of Herakles
Ground Level
Timescape Room - Roman Timeline
Timescape Room - Mediterranean Societies
Dionysus & The Birth of Drama
Luxury Vessels
Monsters & Deities
Stories of the Trojan War
Herb Garden
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The upper level galleries were modernized to increase light.
Commemorating the Dead
Animals in Antiquity
Men in Antiquity
Men in Antiquity - "Symposion"
Women in Antiquity
Children in Antiquity
Greco-Roman Egypt (1)
Greco-Roman Egypt (2)
Greco-Roman Egypt (3)
Greco-Roman Egypt
Wine in Antiquity
Victorious Youth (1)
Victorious Youth (2)
Ancient Glass
Cycladic & Cypriot Pottery
Athletes & Competition
Los Angeles City Limits
Non HD - iPhone 3Gs - 2009
Highlights Tour (1)
Highlights Tour (2)
Orientation Tour (1)
Orientation Tour (2)
Orientation Tour (3)
Orientation Tour (4)
Orientation Tour (5)
Orientation Tour (6)
Orientation Tour (7)
Orientation Tour (8)
Athletics & Competition
Athletic Contests
Triclinium
Focus Tour (1)
Focus Tour (2)
Focus Tour (3)
Focus Tour (4)
Focus Tour (5)
Focus Tour (6)
Architecture & Garden Tour (1)
Architecture & Garden Tour (2)
Architecture & Garden Tour (2)
Architecture & Garden Tour (3)
Architecture & Garden Tour (4)
Architecture & Garden Tour (5)
Architecture & Garden Tour (6)
Focus Tour - Temple of Herakles (1)
Focus Tour - Temple of Herakles (2)
Focus Tour - Temple of Herakles (3)
Focus Tour - Greek & Roman Mythology
Religious Offerings
Stories of the Trojan War
Greek Texts & Images
Alexander the Great
TimeScape Room (1)
TimeScape Room (2)
TimeScape Room (3)
TimeScape Room (4)
Timescape Room - Etruscan Art
Timescape Room - Roman Art
Timescape Room - Greek Art
Women in Greek Art
Antonio Canova - Hope Venus
First Floor Galleries
Outside the Auditorium "Medusa Mosaic"
Earthquake, Volcano, Tsunami:
Natural Disasters & Political Change (1)
Earthquake, Volcano, Tsunami:
Natural Disasters & Political Change (2)
Earthquake, Volcano, Tsunami:
Natural Disasters & Political Change (3)
Earthquake, Volcano, Tsunami:
Natural Disasters & Political Change (4)
Earthquake, Volcano, Tsunami:
Natural Disasters & Political Change (5)
Earthquake, Volcano, Tsunami:
Natural Disasters & Political Change (6)
Vindemia Sarcophagus
Snail (1)
Snail (2)
Pacific Coast Highway
East Garden
Family Room
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