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Dream of Darkness

Screenshot from video game that depicts a dark and shadowy image of an Aztec city, with soldiers coming down from the sky and a woman treating a god's injuries

A new video game looks to a 16th-century manuscript as source material

A Rare 500-Year-Old Manuscript Gets a Second Life Online

Homepage for Digital Florentine Codex website, displaying a blue banner, white search bar, and an image of fishes from the original codex.

The Digital Florentine Codex unlocks a wealth of Mexica (Aztec) history and culture

Shining a Light on Neon

The challenges of protecting neon art have plagued conservators for years. Getty aims to change that

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  1. Celebrate Earth Month at Getty

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    Getty invites visitors to honor Mother Earth through poetry in the garden, mindful gallery tours, collage workshops and more

    Mar 18, 2026

  2. Making the Buddha Head from Merv Whole Again

    A large face emerges from stone in an excavation site as a man wearing a suit stands beside it.

    A collaboration between the Getty Museum and the State Museum of Turkmenistan

    Mar 11, 2026

  3. Getty, LACMA, MOCA, Hammer Museum, and Hauser & Wirth Announce Collective Commitment to Climate Action

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    This marks the first time Los Angeles art institutions have jointly committed to such efforts

    Mar 9, 2026

  4. Explore the Faces of Ancient Roman Egypt in Getty’s New Volume on Mummy Portraits

    Mummy Portraits of Roman Egypt, Volume 2: Emerging Research from the APPEAR Project book cover

    This open-access publication brings together global expertise and groundbreaking research to scholars and the public worldwide

    Feb 9, 2026

  5. For the Record

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    By fostering collaboration between art conservation and archival science—two historically distinct fields—practitioners can better protect cultural heritage

    Jan 28, 2026

  6. What About the Carbon Footprint of Exhibitions?

    Silhouette of a person posing in front of mirrored green mountains and waterfalls.

    A Getty-led report brings the climate impact of exhibitions into focus

    Jan 14, 2026

  7. Getty’s PST ART Releases Largest-Ever Dataset on Climate Impact of Exhibition-Making

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    Arts organizations across Southern California measured exhibition emissions and waste for the nation’s largest art event

    Nov 18, 2025

  8. Saving Lost Feminist Video Letters

    Back of a person facing a wall of video screens and other technological equipment

    A Getty conservator preserves rare pieces of guerrilla media

    Nov 4, 2025

  9. Dab a Little 3,000-Year-Old Greek Civilization on Your Wrist

    A man in glasses holds a scent strip near several floating bottles of perfume, appearing to evaluate the fragrances.

    Perfumer Michael Nordstrand distilled ancient Pylos into two scents for the Getty Villa Museum. One ingredient was originally raked from goats’ beards in Crete

    Oct 6, 2025

  10. Would You Survive a Medieval Road Trip?

    A game kiosk in front of a background that reads "Follow the Pilgrimage Road"

    Getty’s new computer game time-travels to the 14th century (and the 1980s)

    Sep 30, 2025