The J. Paul Getty Museum in Malibu was opened to the public in 1954. Since 1974, when the Villa opened, it has attracted approximately 400,000 visitors per year.
Admission is free.
The Getty Villa in Malibu, a recreation of a first-century A.D. Roman country home, currently houses the J. Paul Getty Museum. Loan exhibitions will include ancient art from other cultures, including Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Near East and Eastern Europe. There will also be galleries dedicated to the conservation of cultural heritage, prepared by the Getty Conservation Institute, and displays drawn from the special collections of the Getty Research Institute. John Walsh, Director of the J. Paul Getty Museum, announced today the July 6 closing date of the Museum in Malibu, California. The Museum will cease normal operations in order to move and install its collections of European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, decorative arts, and photographs in the new Museum at the Getty Center, an arts and humanities complex in the Brentwood area of Los Angeles designed by architect Richard Meier.