All events are free unless otherwise noted.
Admission to the Getty Villa is FREE. An advance, timed ticket is required and can be obtained online or by calling (310) 440-7300. For group visits, see Tips for Groups.
Traveling through Biblical Lands: The Dream and the Reality
Fueled by the new medium of photography and the birth of mass tourism, the mid to late 19th century witnessed a surge of interest in and travel to the lands of the Bible. Exhibition curator and historian of photography Kathleen Stewart Howe considers what people traveled to find, what they photographed and what they saw, and how they constructed an enduring site of pious imagination. Free; a ticket is required.
Hear an audio recording of this lecture.
Saturday, March 26, 2011, 2:00 p.m.
Getty Villa, Auditorium
The Holy Land in the 19th-century Imagination
Religion scholar Burke O. Longe, author Nitza Rosovsky, and archaeologist Neil Silberman join exhibition curator and photography historian Kathleen Stewart Howe to discuss 19th-century Western preconceptions of Jerusalem and the Holy Land and how these notions compared with the realities of the region found by travelers and revealed by photographers. Free; a ticket is required.
Wednesday, June 15, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Getty Villa, Auditorium
Biblical Lands
Join chef and educator Maite Gomez-Rejón to explore the rich cultural and culinary tradition of the eastern Mediterranean in this workshop. Prepare a meal combining Old and New World ingredients and then share it as it may have been enjoyed by 19th-century explorers in the Holy Land. Course fee $95.
Friday, March 18, 2011, 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.
Course repeats Saturday, March 19, and Sunday, March 20, 2011
Getty Villa, Museum galleries and Education Studio
19th-Century Photography Techniques
Watch this live demonstration by contemporary photographer Luther Gerlach, who will demonstrate the wet-plate photographic process behind photographs on view in the exhibition. Free with your advance, timed ticket to the Getty Villa; just drop by.
Saturdays, April 30; May 28; and June 4 and 11, 2011, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Sundays, May 1 and 29; and June 5 and 12, 2011, 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. and 3:00–4:00 p.m.
Getty Villa, Education Studio
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Women of the Village of Siloam, Palestine, Félix Bonfils (French, 1831–1885), 1867–70. Albumen silver print, 10 15/16 x 8 3/8 in. The J. Paul Getty Museum, 84.XM.1021.46
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Point of View: Luther Gerlach
Photographer and scholar of early photographic techniques Luther Gerlach discusses objects in the exhibition from his unique perspective. Free with your advance, timed ticket to the Getty Villa; sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
Thursdays, May 19 and 26, 2011, 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
Getty Villa, Museum galleries
Curator's Gallery Talk
Guest curator Kathleen Howe gives an hour-long talk on the exhibition. Free with your advance, timed ticket to the Getty Villa. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the talk.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011, 2:30 p.m.
Getty Villa, Museum galleries
Exhibition Tours
Join special one-hour tours of the exhibition. Free with your advance, timed ticket to the Getty Villa. Sign up at the Tour Meeting Place outside the Museum Entrance 15 minutes before the tour.
Fridays and Saturdays, March 18–September 10, 2011, 3:00 p.m.
Getty Villa, Museum galleries
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