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Dangerous Pacific Palisades fire threatens famous Getty Villa Museum
One of the most famous and beloved art museums in the world was under threat after a Southern California brush fire, fueled ...
How Did Getty Villa Survive Pacific Palisades Fire While Neighbors Burned?
A Los Angeles museum appeared to have been saved from raging wildfires Wednesday as the fast-growing Palisades Fire crept ...
We asked if the Getty should move. Here’s how readers responded
The Getty's priceless works of art have been threatened by wildfires. Should they move? Here's what L.A. Times readers think.
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The Getty Trust Will Sell $500 Million in Bonds to Beef Up Museum’s Fire Protections
The Getty Trust, which manages the Getty Villa and Getty Center in California, will sell $500 million in bonds to bolster ...
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I toured the Getty Villa weeks after 17 employees fought flames from the Los Angeles fires. Here's how it became an anti-fire fortress.
The Getty Villa survived the Pacific Palisades fire, aided by its construction and technology. The museum's staff also spent days protecting the property and its artifacts from flames and smoke.
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How Museums in Los Angeles Survived the Fires — and Have Prepared for the Quakes
Image The Pacific Palisades fire came very close to the Getty Villa on Jan. 7, but largely passed by the museum. Credit...David Swanson/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images In the months since ...
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California wildfires: Death toll rises to 16 as Palisades Fire expands east to Brentwood and Encino
Paul Getty Trust, which operates Getty Center in Brentwood and the Getty Villa Museum in the Pacific Palisades, said Saturday the Villa is resolute after facing a sea of flames from the Palisades ...
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Los Angeles wildfires put museum-lender relationships in spotlight
as fires came close to both the museum in Brentwood and the Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades. The Caillebotte exhibition was due to open in just a few weeks when the fires began.