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Illustrated with 250 reproductions of works of art, this book presents the history of the Getty Museum, its renowned antiquities collections, and its growth from a small museum in a ranch house in Malibu to its first home in a building designed to replicate the Villa dei Papiri, an ancient Roman villa partially uncovered in Herculaneum.

The Getty Villa in Malibu includes the only museum in the United States devoted solely to classical antiquities. This guide describes the history of the site and J Paul Getty's decision to house his growing collections in a structure based on an ancient Roman villa. It concludes with a description of the installation of the collections.

This volume contains articles on objects in the antiquities collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The texts are in English, German and Italian.