J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States
The J. Paul Getty Museum is an art museum in Los Angeles, California, founded by the oil magnate J. Paul Getty and operated as part of the J. Paul Getty Trust. It is presented at two sites: the Getty Center in the Brentwood area, designed by architect Richard Meier and opened in 1997, and the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, modelled on an ancient Roman country house.
The Getty Center displays European paintings, drawings, sculpture, decorative arts and photography, while the Getty Villa is devoted to the art and antiquities of ancient Greece, Rome and Etruria. The museum is one of the most visited art museums in the United States and admission is free.