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

As wildfires ravaged greater Los Angeles last week, the J. Paul Getty Museum faced encroaching flames ... the Manets and Monets — remained inside. This was no gamble, though.

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 J. Paul Getty Museum houses Vincent van Gogh’s “Irises” and many other priceless masterpieces in buildings that were dangerously close to the devastating Los Angeles wildfires.

The Getty Villa is an educational center and art museum located the coastal Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. The museum honors the arts and cultures of various classic civilizations ...

As wildfires continue engulfing Los Angeles, the latest evacuation warnings Saturday afternoon included the Getty Center ... in October 2019, the museum said there was no need to evacuate its artworks ...

Part of the University of California, Los Angeles is also located ... Still, Fleming ensured that the museum’s galleries “are safe and protected.” The Getty Villa, which houses the trust ...

As wildfires ravaged greater Los Angeles last week, the J. Paul Getty Museum faced encroaching flames ... the Manets and Monets — remained inside. This was no gamble, though.

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.

(Julia Carmel / Los Angeles Times) The Getty Villa, the museum built by oil tycoon J. Paul Getty and home to thousands of priceless antiquities, activated its emergency operations center in ...