J. Paul Getty Museum is an art museum in Los Angeles' Brentwood neighborhood that was originally opened in 1974 as a replica of Herculaneum's Villa of the Papyri. Today, it encompasses two buildings throughout the city, attracting a combined visitorship of more than two million annual visitors. Its modern Getty Center museum facility houses an impressive collection of Western artwork, with artifacts spanning from the Middle Ages through the present day. Its Villa campus, located in Malibu, houses art and artifacts from the ancient world, including Ancient Rome, Greece, and Etruria. The museum's collections have been called one of the finest private museum collections in the world, housing significant artifacts acquired from Aachen's Ludwig Collection and other international museum donations.
1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90049, Phone: 310-440-7300
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