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Getty Museum to Return Illegally Excavated Items to Italy

August 11, 2022
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LOS ANGELES—The Getty Museum announced Aug. 11 that it will return several items to Italy after determining that they were illegally excavated. The items include “Orpheus and the Sirens,” a group of life-size terracotta figures. Four other items—a colossal marble head of a divinity and a stone mold for casting pendants from the second century…

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Getty Center to Reopen Today Following Extended COVID Closure

May 25, 2021
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LOS ANGELES—The sprawling Getty Center museum campus in Brentwood will reopen at limited capacity today, one month after its sister Getty Villa complex in Pacific Palisades. “We are delighted to welcome visitors back to the iconic Getty Center, one of Los Angeles’ most visited cultural destinations,” said Timothy Potts, director of the J. Paul Getty…

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