Getty Conservation Institute (GCI)

New Project Launches to Identify, Protect, and Celebrate L.A.’s Black Heritage

The African American Historic Places Project is a partnership between Getty and The City of Los Angeles

Discover new ways to explore L.A. on your socially distanced walks

Julie Jaskol | March 4, 2021

Why are cultural monuments important, and how to do you catalog them in a city as big as Los Angeles?

Ancient cultural heritage must be protected

James Cuno | November 19, 2020

How is the coronavirus pandemic affecting the conservation of cultural heritage sites? The Getty Conservation Institute’s Susan Macdonald reports.

Susan Macdonald | November 10, 2020

Looking back on a David Alfaro Siqueiros mural in Los Angeles that was almost lost to time.

Alexandria Sivak | October 28, 2020

A little critter takes a big journey through one of the Mediterranean’s most important historical sites

A new Getty internship program addresses the lack of diversity in the field

Alexandria Sivak | September 1, 2020

See the story of a decade-long project to preserve a beloved church.

Getty’s six-year initiative has reshaped modern architecture conservation around the world and given professionals new skills.

The Getty Conservation Institute has spent years puzzling over how to preserve plastics of all kinds

8 innovations that defined the decade in the arts.

Caitlin Shamberg | December 20, 2019