The Getty Villa activated its emergency operations center at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, and within two hours, the fast-moving blaze ...

“Fortunately, Getty had made extensive efforts to clear brush from the surrounding area as part of its fire mitigation ...

Flames made it to within 6 feet of the Getty Villa and yet it survived. Inside the museum’s powerful tools for disaster preparedness.

The museum, part of the J. Paul Getty Trust, is home to the ... Other cultural institutions were also at risk, including the Eames House, Villa Aurora and the Thomas Mann House.

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.

The villa was built to house Getty's "vast collection" of Classical ... visit the Getty Villa and Getty Center each year, the J. Paul Getty Trust said in 2020. The Getty Villa was closed to ...

Editor's Note: This story has been corrected to remove an image that falsely identified the Villa de Leon as the Getty Villa. One of Los Angeles' most prized gems is at risk from the raging ...

(The ranch house was J. Paul Getty's original residence and was not built with the same fire-resistant construction as the Villa.) Fleming noted that communication between the two sites was difficult.

Under siege by Los Angeles wildfires, the J. Paul Getty Museum is emerging ... space designed to evoke a Roman country house, and the newer white-stone Getty Center in Brentwood where Vincent ...