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The Getty Center, in Los Angeles, California, is a campus of the Getty Museum and other programs of the Getty Trust. The $1.3 billion Center opened to the public on December 16, 1997〔(The Getty Center: Reflecting on 10 Years. )〕 and is well known for its architecture, gardens, and views overlooking Los Angeles. The Center sits atop a hill connected to a visitors' parking garage at the bottom of the hill by a three-car, cable-pulled hovertrain funicular. Located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, the Center is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum and draws 1.3 million visitors annually. (The other location is the Getty Villa in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.) The Center branch of the Museum features pre-20th-century European paintings, drawings, illuminated manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts; and 19th- and 20th-century American, Asian, and European photographs.〔(About the J. Paul Getty Museum. ) Retrieved November 23, 2013.〕 In addition, the Museum’s collection at the Center includes outdoor sculpture displayed on terraces and in gardens and the large Central Garden designed by Robert Irwin. Among the artworks on display is the Vincent Van Gogh painting ''Irises''. Designed by architect Richard Meier, the campus also houses the Getty Research Institute (GRI), the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation, and the J. Paul Getty Trust. The Center's design included special provisions to address concerns regarding earthquakes and fires. ==Location and history== Originally, the Getty Museum started in J. Paul Getty's house located in Pacific Palisades in 1954. He expanded the house with a museum wing. In the 1970s, Getty built a replica of an Italian villa on his home's property to better house his collection, which opened in 1974. After Getty's death in 1976, the entire property was turned over to the Getty Trust for museum purposes. However, the collection outgrew the site, which has since been renamed the Getty Villa, and management sought a location more accessible to Los Angeles. The purchase of the land upon which the Center is located, a campus of on a site in the Santa Monica Mountains above Interstate 405, surrounded by kept in a natural state, was announced in 1983.〔Moody, Lori. In the home stretch - half-finished Getty Center nearing landmark status. ''Daily News of Los Angeles'', April 18, 1995.〕 The site cost $25 million. The top of the hill is above I-405, high enough that on a clear day it is possible to see not only the Los Angeles skyline but also the San Bernardino Mountains, and San Gabriel Mountains to the east as well as the Pacific Ocean to the west.〔Morgenstern, Joe. Getty opens mammoth hilltop center to public. ''Wall Street Journal'' (Eastern edition), December 16, 1997.〕〔Hardy, Terri. Covering all angles - "preview" a coveted assignment. ''Daily News of Los Angeles'', December 10, 1997.〕 In 1984, Richard Meier was chosen to be the architect of the Center.〔Miller, Daryl H. Meier: centering on a landmark. ''Daily News of Los Angeles'', December 20, 1987.〕 After an extensive conditional-use permit process,〔 construction by the Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Company began in August 1989.〔Construction under way on Getty Center. ''Los Angeles Times'', August 13, 1989.〕 The construction was significantly delayed, with the planned completion date moved from 1988 to 1995 (as of 1990).〔Muchnic, Suzanne. Catching up with the Getty Center. Art: A look at the $350-million Getty Center in Brentwood as it moves toward a 1995 completion date. ''Los Angeles Times'', October 22, 1990.〕 By 1995, however, the campus was described as only "more than halfway complete".〔 The Center ultimately opened to the public on December 16, 1997.〔〔Sullivan, Deborah. Getty's message to the world: Come on in! ''Daily News of Los Angeles'', December 17, 1997.〕 Although the total project cost was estimated to be $350 million as of 1990,〔 it was later estimated to be $1.3 billion.〔Muchnic, Suzanne. Five years of the Getty; Isolated? Elitist? L.A. makes the Getty its own in surprising ways. ''Los Angeles Times'', December 15, 2002.〕 After the Center opened, the villa closed for extensive renovations and reopened on January 28, 2006, to focus on the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=About the Museum )〕 Currently, the Museum displays collections at both the Getty Center and the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades. In 2005, after a series of articles in the ''Los Angeles Times'' about the spending practices of the Getty Trust and its then-president Dr. Barry Munitz, the California Attorney General conducted an investigation of the Getty Trust and found that no laws had been broken. The trust agreed to appoint an outside monitor to review future expenditures.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Report of the Attorney General's Investigation of the J. Paul Getty Trust )〕 The Getty Trust experienced financial difficulties in 2008 and 2009 and cut 205 of 1,487 budgeted staff positions to reduce expenses. Although the Getty Trust endowment reached $6.4 billion in 2007, it dropped to $4.5 billion in 2009. The endowment rebounded to $6.2 billion by 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Getty Center」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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