As videos and images circulated of flames and smoke from an explosive wildfire approaching the Getty Villa museum in Los Angeles, art lovers worried the facility's world class collection of ...

It is the worst fire event in L.A.’s history and has taken 24 lives. As part of the Getty Trust, the museum features European paintings, including Van Gogh’s Irises, and works by Rembrandt ...

Under 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.

The Getty Villa Museum, which is home to a large collection of artifacts and antiquities from Rome and Greece, is located directly off the Pacific Coast Highway in the Pacific Palisades area of ...

As wildfires ravaged greater Los Angeles last week, the J. Paul Getty Museum faced encroaching flames on two fronts. Blazes nearly surrounded the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, coming within ...

Under 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.

The Getty Villa, famous for its stunning architecture inspired by ancient Rome, was set to face a serious threat from this wildfire. While the flames came dangerously close, the museum benefitted from ...

Paul Getty Museum's priceless collection of artwork ... Among its best-known works are Vincent van Gogh's Irises, Rembrandt's An Old Man in Military Costume and Claude Monet's Wheatstacks ...

small valves which regulate airflow throughout the museum were switched off along with the air conditioning. Beyond the efforts taken on the day of the fires to mitigate the risk, Getty staff have ...

Inside, the galleries can be closed off with a vaultlike double door that, museum officials say, is practically impenetrable. "Getty staff, the art collections and buildings remain safe from the ...