Artlog

The Getty Villa houses the J. Paul Getty Museum’s collection of approximately 44,000 Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities. Over 1,200 works are on view in 23 galleries devoted to the permanent collection, with five additional galleries for changing exhibitions.

With objects dating from 6,500 B.C. to A.D. 400, the collection contains monumental sculptures as well as artifacts of everyday life such as vases, coins, sculpture, and jewelry. Some of the objects, including a mummy, have never been on view.

The galleries are arranged by theme and include Gods and Goddesses, Dionysos and the Theater, and Stories of the Trojan War, among others. This approach enables visitors to view the artworks in the context of their use in classical societies, encouraging a deeper understanding of the ancient world.

Specially designed spaces house treasures such as silver, Cycladic figures, and marble and glass vessels. A gallery is even dedicated to portrayals of griffins, winged mythological beasts with the head of an eagle and the body of a lion.

On Floor 2, a special climate-controlled room features the Statue of a Victorious Youth, also known as the Getty Bronze. This graceful sculpture of an Olympic victor is one of the few life-sized Greek bronzes to have survived to modern times.