"Antique and cultural heritage: Explore the unique charm of the Getty Villa Museum!"

The Getty Villa museum The Getty Villa Museum is located in Palisades near the Pacific. Located near Los Angeles, the Getty Villa is one of two museums founded by J. Paul Getty. The Villa is an educational center and museum dedicated to the study of ancient Greek, Roman, and Etruscan art and culture. It houses a collection of 44,000 artifacts from 6,500 BC to 400 AD, including Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities. The design of the Getty Villa is based on the Villa of the Papyri, a first-century Roman villa in the Herculaneum region. This is the villa where Getty lived before his death, facing the Pacific Ocean and built on the mountain. In 1954, the villa was first converted into an art museum.