Getty Villa, Intact Despite Palisades Fire’s Fury, Yet To Reopen

A new exhibit on ancient Thrace as well as the 40,000 antiquities of the museum’s permanent collection are all safe, but the larger Getty Center will likely reopen first.

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Two firefighters stand next to a smoldering house burnt down by the Palisades Fire in the hill next to the Getty Villa Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025 at Pacific Palisades, California. AP/Etienne Laurent

PACIFIC PALISADES, California  — The billowing smoke over the western reaches of the great city of Los Angeles may be gone, but as Senator Klobuchar reminded Americans on Monday, the fires here were fierce and will not be easily forgotten.

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