The Getty Villa remained standing as fires razed homes around it. Getty staff have been doing simple yard work all year that homeowners should follow.

The museum, part of the J. Paul Getty Trust, is home to the organization's collection of Ancient Greek and Roman art. Other cultural centers in the area were also threatened by the fire, which had burned more than 2,900 acres as of Wednesday morning and was moving quickly.

As videos and images circulated of flames and smoke from an explosive wildfire approaching the Getty Villa museum in Los Angeles, art lovers worried the facility's world class collection of antiques and ancient artifacts would be burnt to a crisp.

Both the Getty Center and Getty Villa remain safe from the Palisades Fire, and we continue to monitor the situation closely. Getty Center in Brentwood will likely remain closed until Monday, January 20, and the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades is closed until further notice. pic.twitter.com/CLIE4yRiuO

A video of the grounds of a private estate in flames during the Palisades wildfire in Los Angeles has been miscaptioned as showing the nearby Getty Villa in social media posts, some of which also baselessly link the art institution to child trafficking and satanism.

Flames from one of the wildfires raging across the Los Angeles region reached the grounds of the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades on Tuesday (7 January) but only affected vegetation on the campus. The museum,

The iconic Eames House, Getty Villa, and other Los Angeles landmarks are at risk of destruction following a series of fires that have ravaged Southern California since Tuesday. As of publication time,

The Getty Villa remains safe and stable in light of the Palisades Fire, but it’s closed until further notice. Though some trees and vegetation on the property burned, the building and ...

Under siege by Los Angeles wildfires ... of hilltop acres surrounding the Getty’s two campuses: the older Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades, which arrays antiquities in a space designed ...

Editor's Note: This story has been corrected to remove an image that falsely identified the Villa de Leon as the Getty Villa. One of Los Angeles' most prized gems is at risk from the raging ...

The Brentwood Getty Center was put under an evacuation ... Part of the University of California, Los Angeles is also located in the area. As of Saturday afternoon, the fire has burned more than ...

The Getty Villa activated its emergency operations center at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, and within two hours, the fast-moving blaze had reached the grounds. Here's how the staff, museum and precious art were kept safe.