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17 employees helped save the Getty Villa from the fires. They're telling other museums how it was done
Getty’s Emergency Planning Specialist Les Borsay arrived at the Getty Villa in Malibu. “This was not normally a day I would ...
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Blazing wildfire near Getty Museum seen from Los Angeles' 405 freeway
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Inside the dash to save the Getty Villa from the Palisades fire: A timeline
The Getty Villa activated its emergency operations center at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, and within two hours, the fast-moving blaze ...
Getty Villa Museum grounds catch fire
The Getty Villa has caught fire in the wind-driven fire burning out of control in Pacific Palisades, according to Los Angeles ...
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Italian Cultural Chief Disputes Attribution of Famed Getty Bronze, Rankling Locals
One of Italy's top cultural officials is casting doubt over the attribution of Victorious Youth, aka the Getty Bronze, to ...
How the Getty Museum survived the LA fires practically unscathed
The Getty, its president says, is the safest place for art during a fire. There’s a lesson there for all homeowners.
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A massive wildfire reached Getty Villa in LA. How the museum protected its collection.
As videos and images circulated of flames and smoke from an explosive wildfire approaching the Getty Villa museum in Los Angeles, art lovers worried the facility's world class collection of ...
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Inside the Getty museums’ defense against the L.A. wildfires
As wildfires ravaged greater Los Angeles last week, the J. Paul Getty Museum faced encroaching flames on two fronts. Blazes nearly surrounded the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, coming within ...
Palisades fire burns Getty Villa grounds, but collections are said to be safe
“Fortunately, Getty had made extensive efforts to clear brush from the surrounding area as part of its fire mitigation ...
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Editorial: The Getty Museum survived the LA fires practically unscathed. There’s a lesson there for all homeowners.
The J. Paul Getty Museum houses Vincent van Gogh’s “Irises” and many other priceless masterpieces in buildings that were dangerously close to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.
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How the Getty Museum survived LA wildfires as the super-rich take note
The Getty Villa, separate from the main museum in Brentwood, was designed by Robert E Langdon Jr and Ernest C Wilson Jr, opened in 1974 and has since been renovated. Although it wasn’t in the ...
The Getty Villa survived LA's firestorms while the area around it burned, revealing a key lesson for homeowners
The Getty Villa remained standing as fires razed homes around it. Getty staff have been doing simple yard work all year that homeowners should follow.