Getty Research Institute
organization with archives and databases for art history and provenance research
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Summary
Getty Research Institute is an organization[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (280 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Member of: Digital Library Federation[3], International Confederation of Architectural Museums[4], Europa Nostra[5]
- Country: United States[6]
- Instance of: research institute[7]
- Founder: J. Paul Getty[8]
- Item operated: Provenance Index Databases[9]
- Headquarters location: Los Angeles[10]
- Location: Getty Center[11]
- Part of: Getty Center[12]
- Commons category: Getty Research Institute[13]
- Has part(s): Getty Research Institute Library[14], Getty Vocabulary Program[15]
- Inception: 1985[16]
- Parent organization or unit: J. Paul Getty Trust[17]
- Official website: http://www.getty.edu/research/[18]
- Described at URL: https://openlibrary.org/publishers/Getty_Research_Institute[19]
- Director / manager: Mary Miller[20]
- Commons Institution page: Getty Research Institute[21]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikiproject Wikidata use[22]
- Has works in the collection: J. Paul Getty Museum[23]
- Social media followers: 7510[24], 9270[25], 10,300[26], 11,600[27]
Why It Matters
Getty Research Institute has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]
Works attributed to it include Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names[30], a thesaurus[31], founded in 1997[32].