This handbook addresses three areas of concern for the museum administrator concerning the protection of historic buildings, monuments, and archaeological sites located in seismic areas. It proposes ...

Your gift to Getty in support of the LA Arts Community Fire Relief Fund is fully tax-deductible. If you would like to discuss a major gift to the fund, please contact Emily Cregg, Senior Development ...

A kind of encyclopedia of animals, the bestiary was among the most popular illuminated texts in northern Europe during the Middle Ages (about 500–1500). Because medieval Christians understood every ...

The sixteen essays in this volume reflect a wide range of research concerning methods for metals conservation, particularly in respect to ancient and historic objects. The variety of issues discussed ...

The Villa dei Papiri was a sumptuous private residence on the Bay of Naples, just outside the Roman town of Herculaneum. Deeply buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, it was rediscovered ...

Petra, Angkor, Copan, Venice, Lascaux, Easter Island—all are examples of irreplaceable cultural heritage built in stone and now slowly disappearing. In 1996 the Getty Conservation Institute published ...

The lesson plan and downloadable materials on this page are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Students will learn about medieval manuscripts and artistic ...

The nude—the unclothed or partially clothed human body—has been featured in European art for millennia. After 1400, with the waning of the Middle Ages, artists depicted nudes as increasingly ...

The function of the painted wooden object ranges from the practical to the profound. These objects may perform utilitarian tasks, convey artistic whimsy, connote noble aspirations, and embody the ...

These symposium proceedings mark the culmination of the first phase of the Getty Conservation Institute's collaborative project with the State Bureau of Cultural Relics of the People's Republic of ...

Artist names may include names and appellations for any person or group of people (i.e., manufactory, workshop, firm, or other group of people working together) involved in the design, creation, or ...

Tuesday–Friday, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Saturday, 10:00 a.m.–9:00 p.m. Sunday, 10:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. The peoples of ancient Mexico used polished obsidian mirrors, or tezcatl, as instruments of divination.