Research & Conservation

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Resources for research and conservation of art and cultural heritage

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Art and Research Collections

Museum and library collections

  1. Art Collection

    6,000 years of art at two museum locations

  2. Getty Library

    Books, archives, and services

  3. Open Content

    100,000+ artwork images for any purpose

  4. Special Collections

    Highlights of our archival holdings

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K–12 Teaching

Resources for art education

  1. Lesson Plans

    1,000+ resources to bring art to the classroom

  2. School Visits

    Schedule and prepare for your visit to the Getty Center or Villa

  3. Youth Development

    Internships and summer programs for teens

  4. Family Activities

    Museum programs for all ages

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Research Databases

Conservation and art history references

  1. Conservation Abstracts

    Decades of research, searchable online

  2. Vocabularies

    Multilingual thesauri of artists, artworks, and places

  3. Provenance

    Ownership history of European artworks

  4. Art History Texts

    100,000+ digitized books from world libraries

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Software and APIs

Open-source tools supported by Getty

  1. Free Datasets

    Growing library of Getty data and code

  2. Digital Publishing

    Framework for web and e-books

  3. Image Tools

    International standard for image access

  4. Data Management Platform

    Software for heritage management

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Internships and Grants

  1. Getty Marrow Undergraduate Internships

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    Paid summer internships for undergraduate students who are underrepresented in the arts

    Undergraduate Internships

  2. Graduate Internships

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    Yearlong training and work experience at Getty

    Graduate Student Internships

  3. Residential Fellowships

    Grants for scholars to undertake research at the Getty Center and Villa

    All Residential Grants

  4. Grants to Institutions

    Funding for art history, conservation, and museums

Featured Publications

All Resources

  1. Books and Journals

    Print and digital books published by Getty

  2. Collection Materials

    Getty’s art and archival holdings

  3. Conservation Resources

    Tools for art and heritage conservation

  4. Getty Vocabularies

    Thesauri for cataloguing and research

  5. Grant Reports

    Findings from Getty Foundation grants

  6. K–12 Education

    Free resources for classroom and home use

  7. Library Resources

    Online and on-site services from Getty Library