Map & Guide to the Getty Villa ENGLISH Information Desk 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 Galleries closed temporarily* Galleries closed temporarily* MUSEUM ENTRANCE EAST STAIR Galleries closed CXV Galleries closed temporarily* 115 temporarily* *Gallery closures subject to change 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 CCVI CCV CCIII 206 205 203 CCIV 204 CCI CCVII 201a CCII 207 202 CCVIII CCI 208 201b EAST STAIR CCXVII 217 CCIX CCI 209 201c CCXI CCXIII Galleries CCX 211 213 210 closed temporarily* *Gallery closures subject to change 201A, Roman Mosaics Across 202– the Empire 205 201 Upper Peristyle 206 Collecting Antiquities 207 Later Roman Sculpture 208 209 Early Roman Sculpture 210 Roman Egypt 211 The Roman Villa 213 Achilles Sarcophagus 217 The Villa at Boscoreale Limited Time! ROMAN HOLIDAYS This spring and summer, discover the sights—and smells!—of ancient Rome, offer your prayers to Venus, read your future in a sheep’s liver, and enjoy live musical and comedy performances by the historically hysterical Troubadour Theater Company. Enjoy Roman Holidays on weekends from April 1 through September 3. Festivities are free! 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. THE GREEKS Though divided into distinctive city-states, the Greeks defined themselves by their common language, culture, and religion. In addition to settling main- land Greece and the Aegean Islands, they established colonies around the Mediterranean and the Black seas. The conquests of Alexander the Great spread Greek culture eastward to India. By 30 BC, Rome had absorbed the last of the Greek kingdoms. The Greeks are credited with developing democracy, philosophy, theater, and athletics. THE ETRUSCANS The Etruscans occupied the central part of the Italian peninsula in a confed- eration of hill towns. This area was rich with agricultural and mineral resources and perfectly situated for trade and cultural exchange. In a land of abundant metal ores, the Etruscans became expert metalworkers, fashioning lavish jewelry, decorative reliefs, and cast figures. The Etruscans were avid stu- dents of Greek culture, which they adopted and made their own. THE ROMANS From humble origins as a small city-state in central Italy, Rome expanded into an empire that reached from Britain to the Near East. The Romans built upon elements of Greek culture to create distinctive traditions of art, architecture, law, philosophy, and literature. Their legacy, which includes Christianity—the official religion of the empire by the end of the fourth century—continues today. Cultures of the Ancient Mediterranean World Mediterranean Ancient the of Cultures Architecture and Gardens The Getty Villa is modeled after the Villa dei Papiri, a Roman country house in Herculaneum buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in a.d. 79. Because most of the Villa dei Papiri remains unexcavated, many of the Getty Villa’s architectural details are based on elements drawn from other ancient Roman homes in the towns of Pompeii, Herculaneum, and Stabiae. Atrium East Garden Herb Garden The Atrium was the main public In the East Garden, the colorful Most Roman houses had both formal room in a Roman house. The ceiling fountain with shells and theater and household gardens. The Herb compluvium, open to light and air, masks is a replica of an ancient Garden is planted with species from allowed rainwater to fall into the fountain in the House of the Large the Mediterranean—fruit trees, impluvium, where it was channeled Fountain at Pompeii. flowering shrubs, and herbs used for to an underground cistern. cooking and medicine. General Information 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. FREE WI-FI Join network GettyLink for free Wi-Fi during your visit. One Getty. N Two Locations.® 405 THE GETTY CENTER THE GETTY VILLA 10 PACIFIC OCEAN Questions and Comments Call: (310) 440-7300 English or Spanish; relay service calls welcome (310) 440-7305 TTY line for deaf or hearing impaired E-mail: [email protected] For additional information, visit www.getty.edu. 6/8 point The J. Paul Getty Trust © 2017 J. Paul Getty Trust January 2017.