Getty Villa

Is That Available as an e-Book? Scrolling through an Ancient Text

An ancient depiction of a classroom and the mysterious marked letters on a scroll; but what do these letters mean?

David Saunders | July 31, 2013

A five-ton steel wheel has craned into the Getty Villa for this fall’s outdoor theater production.

What does it take create live theater?

Valerie Tu | July 15, 2013

Prometheus gave humans fire, and for that he was punished for all of eternity. His story is brought to life in the Villa’s outdoor theater this fall.

Kim Sadler | July 1, 2013

Who is the Mozia Charioteer?

A tribute to the talented men and woman of the Getty Villa's Grounds and Gardens crew.

An eye-to-eye encounter with a young buck at the Getty Villa.

Stunning by day and by night, the Outer Peristyle is also a backdrop for a dramatic duck love story.

Waltzing hummingbirds captured in a fleeting second by accident.

Ovid's Ars Amatoria serves up the rules of ancient Roman dating and sex—some hilarious, some mildly horrifying.

The real ancient world of Greece and Rome was colorful, human, and messy.

The designer of the Sicily exhibition at the Getty Villa reveals the challenges of displaying small, double-sided, intricate objects—coins.

Elie Glyn | April 5, 2013