Getty Museum
Brentwood art destination
The Getty Museum is an art museum in Los Angeles, California, housed in two locations: the Getty Center in Brentwood and the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades.
Founded by oil magnate J.
Paul Getty, it holds major collections of European paintings, sculpture, and decorative arts, as well as antiquities.
The hilltop Getty Center, designed by Richard Meier, is known for its modernist architecture and panoramic views: We spent the afternoon at the Getty.
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- paintingsPictures made with pigment
sculptures · outdoor sculptures · antiquities · California · tram ride · Renaissance · manuscripts · gardens · hilltop · travertine · Roman · Greek · ancient world · collection · galleries · oil tycoon · free admission · Rembrandt
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