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17 employees helped save the Getty Villa from the fires. They're telling other museums how it was done
Getty’s Emergency Planning Specialist Les Borsay arrived at the Getty Villa in Malibu. “This was not normally a day I would ...
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Malibu fire damage: Photos capture destruction and firefighters' heroic efforts
Paul Getty Museum, home to Greek and Roman antiquities ... Firefighters continue to try and extinguish the wildfires in Malibu, and pictures from the scene not only showcase their heroic efforts ...
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The Getty Villa says it’s safe so far from the Palisades Fire. Here’s how the museum is protecting itself.
The fast-moving wildfire has so far burned vegetation at the Pacific Palisades museum but not the building.
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Getty Villa
In 1974, oil magnate J Paul Getty opened a museum of his holdings in a faux villa in Malibu, based on the remains of the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum. Derision from critics and ridicule from ...
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Wildfire evacuation orders expand to Getty Center, one of L.A.'s leading museums
Malibu, and the surrounding areas," said Katherine E. Fleming, president and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust, which operates the museum, in a statement earlier this week. "Fortunately, Getty had ...
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LA's Getty Center's art safeguarded as Palisades fire rages
Fleming said that the staff knew exactly how to respond as the Pacific Palisades fire threatened the Getty Villa, a re-creation of a Roman villa on the Malibu coast. The sister museum was not ...
The Getty Villa survived LA's firestorms while the area around it burned, revealing a key lesson for homeowners
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.