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North Parking Tour Meeting Place Picnic Area

Auditorium Museum Pick-up Desk

East Garden

Inner Peristyle Cafe Floor 2 Museum Store Herb Garden Floor 1 Outer Peristyle Outdoor Theater

Path to Museum Tour Bus Drop-Off

Visitor Drop-Off Entry Pavilion and Central Parking

South Parking

Stairs Information Desk GettyGuide® Enhance your gallery experience with Elevator Designated Smoking Area a GettyGuide Multimedia Player, available at the Coat Check in the Auditorium lobby. Coat Check Parking

Restrooms Bus Stop

Family Restrooms Accessible Route Floor 1

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115 Museum Theater View a twelve-minute film about the collection started by J. Paul Getty; the architecture that inspired the design of the Getty Villa; and the Getty’s ongoing work to preserve antiquities. Floor 2

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206 Collecting Antiquities

207 Later Roman Sculpture

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209 Early Roman Sculpture

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211 The Roman Villa

213 Achilles Sarcophagus

217 The Villa at Boscoreale Limited Time! ROMAN HOLIDAYS

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The Getty Villa is Being Reimagined... Please excuse some temporary gallery closures as well as restricted access to the Outer Peristyle. The Getty Villa is undergoing exciting changes, including a reinstallation of the collection, new loans of objects from other ancient cultures, and the expansion of exhibition and family spaces, all of which will be complete in Spring 2018. For updates, please visit www.getty.edu/villa2018. Meanwhile, we invite you to enjoy our many open galleries and special programs. to anunderground cistern. impluvium, whereitwaschanneled allowed rainwater tofallintothe compluvium, opentolightand air, room inaRoman house.Theceiling The Atriumwasthemainpublic Atrium of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae. aredetails on elements based drawn from other ancient Roman homes towns inthe of Villa the dei Papiri remains unexcavated, many of Villa’s Getty the architectural Herculaneum by buried eruption the of Mount Vesuvius ina.d. most 79.Because GettyThe afteris modeled theVilla deiVilla Papiri, a Roman in house country Cultures of the Ancient Mediterranean World Fountain atPompeii. fountain intheHouse oftheLarge masks isareplica ofanancient fountain withshells andtheater In theEastGarden,colorful East Garden century—continues today. Christianity—the officialreligionoftheempirebyendfourth architecture, law,philosophy,andliterature.Theirlegacy,whichincludes built uponelementsofGreekculturetocreatedistinctivetraditionsart, into anempirethatreachedfromBritaintotheNearEast.TheRomans From humbleoriginsasasmallcity-stateincentralItaly,Romeexpanded THE ROMANS resources and eration ofhilltowns.Thisareawasrichwithagriculturalandmineral The EtruscansoccupiedthecentralpartofItalianpeninsulainaconfed- THE ETRUSCANS spread GreekcultureeastwardtoIndia.By30 Mediterranean andtheBlackseas.TheconquestsofAlexanderGreat land GreeceandtheAegeanIslands,the their commonlanguage,culture,andreligion.Inadditiontosettlingmain- Though dividedintodistinctivecity-states,theGreeksdefinedthemselvesby THE GREEKS lavish democracy, philosophy,theater,andathletics. last oftheGreekkingdoms.TheGreeksarecreditedwithdeveloping dents abundant of Greekculture,whichtheyadoptedandmadetheirown. jewelry, decorativereliefs,andcastfigures.TheEtruscanswereavidstu- metal ores,theEtruscansbecameexpertmetalworkers, perfectly situatedfortrade cooking and medicine. flowering shrubs, and herbsusedfor the Mediterranean—fruit trees, Garden isplanted withspeciesfrom and householdgardens. TheHerb Most Romanhouseshadbothformal Herb Garden y establishedcoloniesaroundthe and culturalexchange.Inaland bc , Romehadabsorbedthe fashioning fashioning

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BAG AND COAT CHECK Accessibility All bags may be subject to security inspection. Back- packs, umbrellas, bags, purses, and packages larger WHEELCHAIRS AND STROLLERS than 11 x 17 x 8 inches must be checked at the parcel Available without charge on a first-come, first-served basis check in the Entry Pavilion. For convenience, a coat in the Entry Pavilion. check is located in the Museum. RESTROOMS PHOTOGRAPHY All restrooms include accessible facilities. Most include Photography and video using handheld devices and baby-changing tables. The family restroom includes a existing light are welcome outdoors and in the permanent breast-feeding area and a private facility in which you can collection galleries (please check at the entrances of assist a companion. changing exhibitions for any restrictions). Selfie sticks SERVICE ANIMALS are welcome outdoors only. Tripods, monopods, and Service animals, such as a guide dog for the blind, are drones are not permitted. Photographs and videos are for welcome at the Getty Villa. personal use only and may not be sold. Professional shoots, including wedding and modeling, are not permitted. The TELEPHONES Getty reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to withhold Accessible pay phones with amplified volume and a TTY are and/or withdraw permission to photograph or videotape located throughout the site. on its premises. Visit getty.edu/villaphotopolicy for more ASSISTED LISTENING DEVICES information. Available for tours at the Tour Meeting Place and for GALLERY TIPS public programs in the Auditorium and at the Information Help preserve art for the future, please do not touch the Desk in the Museum. works of art. SIGN-LANGUAGE INTERPRETATION Food and drink are not permitted in the galleries. Available ten days in advance by calling (310) 440-7300 or Please refrain from cell phone conversations and the use of (310) 440-7305 TTY. speakerphones, and set ringers to silent. OPEN CAPTIONING SMOKING Open captioning in English is provided for the Museum Smoking and e-cigarette smoking are only permitted in Theater film and for videos throughout the galleries. designated outdoor areas.

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