Month: December 2017

This year the Research Library will be closed starting at 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, December 21, and during the following holiday period:

December 22 – January 1

Extended Readers may still use the library during the closure, with the exception of December 25 and January 1. However, library services and staff, including Circulation, Reference, and the Special Collections Reading Room, will not be available.

The library will resume regular hours on Tuesday, January 2.

Happy Holidays!

Photo caption: Christmas Eve dinner, Billy and Olga Kluver’s home, 69 Appletree Row, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, Shunk-Kender, 1970-1971. Harry Shunk and Shunk-Kender photographs, 1957-1987. The Getty Research Institute, 2014.R.20

We are delighted to announce that the Getty Center and Villa will reopen for staff, visitors and school groups tomorrow, Friday, December 8, 2017. For hours and visitor information, visit www.getty.edu.

We are deeply grateful to the law enforcement and fire service personnel who worked so heroically to contain the Skirball fire. We are grateful as well for the work of Getty emergency staff.

We continue to be concerned for our neighbors across the freeway as they deal with the consequences of this fire.

Due to nearby fires, The Getty Center will remain closed to visitors tomorrow, Thursday December 7.

Requests for Library Annex books will not be fulfilled tomorrow.

The Fire Department has asked us to close the Getty Villa as well to support emergency operations in the area.

The Getty Center is closed to the public today, December 6, due to smoke from fires in the region.

Requests for Library Annex books will not be fulfilled today.

The Getty Center is closed to the public today, December 5, due to smoke from fires in the region.

Requests for Library Annex books will not be fulfilled today.