For the first time since the tragic Palisades fire in January, the Getty Villa reopened on Friday. Additionally, the museum will launch a new display after almost six months without visitors. Since the Palisades fire ravaged the neighborhood on January 7, the Villa has been closed. The grounds of the museum were damaged in the fire, but the museum itself was unaffected. Since then, workers have been trying to fix the grounds’ damage as soon as they can. More than 230 pieces of Messenian art and antiques are on display at the Villa’s newest exhibit, The Kingdom of Pylos, which opened to celebrate the reopening. In the United States, many of the pieces are being viewed for the first time. It was anticipated that Friday’s reopening would draw large crowds. The Villa will only be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Friday through Monday.
1. On Friday, the first day the museum has reopened since the Palisades fire in January, a visitor snaps a picture at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades.2. Following the Palisades fire in January of last year, the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades reopens.3. For the first time since the Palisades fire, the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades reopens.
On the day the museum reopens after the Palisades fire last January, Peter and Bambi Carlton of Columbus, Ohio, pose for a picture with their kids Olivia and Drew, on the left, at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades.
Visitors on the day of the museum’s reopening at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades.
