Getty Center and Villa Close to Support Emergency Efforts against Coronavirus

The Getty Center and Getty Villa locations including the Getty Library will close to the public, including all readers, beginning this Saturday, March 14, until further notice as the region works to minimize the spread of the coronavirus COVID-19.

Given the fluidity and uncertainty of the current crisis, we cannot determine the duration of the closure at this time.

We will update the library blog as we have new information. For general information regarding the Getty Center and Getty Villa locations check this Iris blog post.

Getty Locations Remain Open, with Precautions in Place to Respond to the Coronavirus

For up-to-date information regarding Getty’s response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) please visit the Getty website.

The website will be updated with new information as it becomes available.

Please contact Reference with any questions, by calling 310-440-7390 or emailing Reference@getty.edu.

Holiday Closure Dates

The Research Library will close at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 24 and will remain closed until Monday, January 6.

Library services and staff, including Circulation, Reference, Interlibrary Loan, and the Special Collections Reading Room, will not be available.

Plan ahead: Library materials located at the Library Annex, Storage, or the Villa will not be retrieved during this time. The last paging time will be at 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 23.

Extended Readers may still use the library during the closure, with the exception of December 25 and January 1. (On December 24 and 31, Extended Readers will need to leave by 4:00 p.m. when the site closes for the day.

The library will resume regular service hours on Monday, January 6.

Happy Holidays!

Research Library Thanksgiving Closure Dates

The Research Library will close at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27, and will reopen at 9:30 a.m. Monday, December 2.

Library services and staff, including Circulation, Reference, ILL and the Special Collections Reading Room, will not be available.

The library will be closed to all readers on Thursday, November 28. However, Extended Readers may still use the library until 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 27, all day on Friday, November 29, and throughout the weekend.

Happy Thanksgiving!