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Getty Center

Art from the Middle Ages to today set amid modern architecture and gardens

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A museum with something for everyone: art, modern design, unique gardens, and spectacular city views

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Aerial view of the Central Garden’s tree-lined path and circular azalea fountain to the left of the circular Getty Research Institute building.

Admission and Hours

Free Admission

Admission is free, and requires a timed-entry reservation.

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Hours

Open today
Tuesday–Friday, Sunday
10am–5:30pm
Saturday
10am–8pm
Monday
Closed

The stone-clad rectangular buildings of the Getty Museum loom behind the curving azalea bushes (not in bloom) in the pool in the Central Garden.

Directions and Campus

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Address

1200 Getty Center Dr, Los Angeles, CA 90049, USA

What to See and Do

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Featured Exhibition Gustave Caillebotte: Painting Men

Painter Gustave Caillebotte depicted a distinctive vision of modern masculinity in turn-of-the-century France.

Painted in an impressionist style, a man wearing a vest, striped shirt, and a top hat, rows a boat on a pond surrounded by lush greenery.
Boating Party (detail), about 1877–78, Gustave Caillebotte. Oil on canvas. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. Painting listed “national treasure” by the French Republic, acquired with the exclusive patronage of LVMH, major patron of the Musée d’Orsay, 2022. Photo: Grand Palais RMN (Musée d’Orsay)/Franck Raux

Getty Library

Discover one of the world’s largest art libraries

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Prepare for Your Visit

  1. Group Visits

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    Special offerings for groups of 15+ visitors to the Getty Center

  2. Family Visits

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    Enjoy art and the outdoors with kids at the Getty Center

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Explore the Getty Villa Museum

Enjoy Greek and Roman art housed in a re-created Roman country home, 13 miles west of the Getty Center off Pacific Coast Highway

A rectangular pool holding a bronze sculpture of a reclining satyr on a rock is surrounded by a lush garden with a peristyle that connects to a two-story building in the style of a Roman villa with several columns.