The J. Paul Getty Museum (Getty)

The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs. The collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum on display in the galleries at the Getty Center includes example... Read more

The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs.

The collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum on display in the galleries at the Getty Center includes examples of pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts; and 19th- and 20th-century American and European photographs.

A small selection of Greek and Roman antiquities can be seen in the Classical Connections gallery in the North Pavilion.

Contemporary and modern sculpture is featured throughout the grounds. Martin Puryear’s site-specific sculpture That Profile (1999), commissioned by the Getty, is located on the Arrival Plaza. The Getty Center also features artist Robert Irwin’s Central Garden, designed specifically for the Getty Center. See Gardens for more information.

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Galleries
The galleries at the Getty Center are housed in the Museum’s five exhibition pavilions, plus the Getty Research Institute Exhibition Gallery.

The North Pavilion presents Classical Connections, a small selection of antiquities, as well as paintings and sculpture dating up to 1600 and decorative arts dating up to 1650.

The East Pavilion features primarily 17th-century Baroque art, including Dutch, French, Flemish, and Spanish paintings as well as sculpture and Italian decorative arts dating from 1600 to 1800.

The South Pavilion houses 18th-century paintings and the majority of the Museum’s European decorative arts collection, complete with elaborately furnished paneled rooms, dating up to 1800.

The West Pavilion features sculpture and Italian decorative arts of the 1700s through 1900, as well as 19th-century paintings.