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Address:
The J. Paul Getty Center, 1200 Getty Center Drive, suite 1000, LA, CA
90049-1687
Tel.: (001) (310) 440-7300
Opening hours:
1- Tuesday and Wednesday: 11 to 19
2- Thursday and Friday: 11 to 21
3- Saturday and Sunday: 10 to 18
www.Getty.edu
The
Getty Center is located in the foothills of Santa Monica Mountains,
overlooking Los Angeles, California with spectacular views.
The
Center includes several buildings, such as five museum pavilions,
research institute with 80,000 volume collection, auditorium and
gardens.
The
Art collection cover ancient art, paintings, drawings, sculpture,
photographs, illustrated manuscripts, decorative arts and more. Those
are grouped in three periods:
1-
Prior to 1600
2- 1600 to 1800
3- After 1800
Among
the museum buildings, there are beautiful gardens with variety of
native and important plants. Two special attractions are the fountains
and the central garden with its maze of azaleas.
The
spacious buildings were designed by Richard Meier. Sixteen thousand
(16000) tons of Travertine stone were imported from Italy to cover
building's exterior.
The
center is open throughout the year, except on Mondays and holidays.
It
includes facilities for children and people with disabilities; also
different tours for visitors.
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