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The original Getty Villa is located on the Pacific Coast Hwy, and modeled after the Villa dei Papiri, a Roman country house in Herculaneum buried by the eruption of Mount Vesurius in 79AD. Most of the Villa dei Papiri remains unexcavated, many of the villa’s architectural details are based on elements drawn from other ancient Roman homes in the towns of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae.

Since 1945 J. Paul Getty purchases a 64 acres in Malibu. He opens the original museum in his home to exhibit his collection, of the Greek and Roman antiquities in 1954. In 1968, Getty re-creates the first Roman country house, the Villa dei Papiri, on this property to exhibit his collection of the art. In 1997, the new J Paul Getty Museum opens to the public, and becomes one of the southern California’s cultural landmarks, the new location is located nearby Fwy 101.

This gallery presents the Outer Garden
Formal gardens like the Outer Peristyle offered a peaceful place for conversation and contemplation. Bronze replicas of statues found at the Villa dei Papiri are placed in their ancient findspots.


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