Yet, above the San Diego Freeway, where the Getty Center complex is quietly rising in a magnificence of stone and glass, an Eden of sorts […] Skip to content.

The Getty Center, located in the Santa ... The complex includes 1.3 million square feet of thick travertine stone, a highly fire-resistant material that lines the museum buildings' outside walls.

Sitting in the Santa Monica Mountains, the Getty Center is no stranger to wildfires in its proximity. Just two years ago during the Skirball Fire, a small fire started on the museum's adjoining hill.

As the 475-acre Skirball fire burns through brush near the Getty Center, the museum has a plan to keep the fire away from its valuable art collection.

Both the Getty Center and Getty Villa are closed until at least Jan. 16. As of Saturday morning, ... and the roof is covered in fire-resistant stone aggregate.

Item 1 of 6 A view of the Getty Center as the Palisades Fire continues in Los Angeles, California, U.S., ... Roofs are covered with stone aggregate, which is fire-resistant.

Both the Getty Center and Getty Villa are closed until at least Jan. 16. As of Saturday morning, ... and the roof is covered in fire-resistant stone aggregate.

U nder siege by Los Angeles wildfires, the J. Paul Getty Museum is emerging as a near-miraculous beacon of disaster preparedness. Behind the scenes, it’s taking a small army to defend.

That’s because the stone, concrete and steel building has state-of-the-art technology to protect itself. ... The J. Paul Getty Center Museum in the orange glow of wildfires in southern California.

Flames made it to within 6 feet of the Getty Villa and yet it survived. ... and the newer white-stone Getty Center in Brentwood where Vincent van Gogh’s “Irises” is displayed. ...

As the 475-acre Skirball fire burns through brush near the Getty Center, the museum has a plan to keep the fire away from its valuable art collection.