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The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, California, is a campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust. The $1.3 billion center opened to the public on December 16, 1997, [ 2 ] and is well known for its architecture, gardens, and views overlooking Los Angeles.
The National Gallery is an art museum in Trafalgar Square in the City of Westminster, in Central London, England. Founded in 1824, it houses a collection of more than 2,300 paintings dating from the mid-13th century to 1900 [2]. [note 1] The current director of the National Gallery is Gabriele Finaldi.
National Gallery (Berlin), Germany, two of whose components are: Alte Nationalgalerie (Old National Gallery), Berlin; Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery), Berlin; National Gallery (Athens), Greece (alternatively, the National Art Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum) National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
The National Gallery of Art is an art museum in Washington, D.C., United States, located on the National Mall, between 3rd and 9th Streets, at Constitution Avenue NW. Open to the public and free of charge, the museum was privately established in 1937 for the American people by a joint resolution of the United States Congress.
The Getty Center Tram is a 0.75-mile (1.21 km) people mover system that serves the Getty Center in Los Angeles. It runs two cable-driven hovertrains each consisting of three Otis Hovair vehicles. [ 1 ]
The J. Paul Getty Museum, commonly referred to as the Getty, is an art museum in Los Angeles, California housed on two campuses: the Getty Center and Getty Villa. [1] It is operated by the J. Paul Getty Trust , the world's wealthiest art institution.
The entrance to the Getty Villa sets the tone of entering an archaeological dig. In 1954, oil tycoon J. Paul Getty opened a gallery adjacent to his home in Pacific Palisades. [3] [4] [5] Quickly running out of room, he built a second museum, the Getty Villa, on the property down the hill from the original gallery.
A joint purchase of Joshua Reynolds' heralded "Portrait of 'Mai,'" between London's National Portrait Gallery and the Getty, was at first nixed.