[u-89]

There first time I was in LA I wasn't sure where the Getty was but I had a general idea and figured when I got close enough someone could give me directions. You would be surprised what the man on the street doesn't know about his own town. When I finally got there I found it was the museum's day off.

[BunnySlippers]

There first time I was in LA I wasn't sure where the Getty was but I had a general idea and figured when I got close enough someone could give me directions. You would be surprised what the man on the street doesn't know about his own town. When I finally got there I found it was the museum's day off.

What a shame. LA is a BIG place. The Getty Villa has been closed for a few years now ... so is the Griffith Park Observatory (of Rebel Without A Cause" fame). The new Getty is open and is just outside the window of my office here in Brentwood. The Villa will open again but I'm not sure yet whether it will contain the antiquities which are numerous. When it reopens it will be the Getty Conservation Institute. But it a totally awesome building ... just unbelieveable. It was an almost exact replica of the villa at Herculeneum which was destroyed during the eruption at Pompei. Many of the floors, walls and tiny multiple galleries are paneled with marble from quarries that were long ago closed ... J. Paul paid to open them up again. Second best: Get a book at the library about the building. :)