J. Paul Getty Museum

art museum in Los Angeles, California
Organization art_museum Q731126
J. Paul Getty Museum
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Summary

J. Paul Getty Museum is an art museum[1]. It ranks in the top 0.84% of art museum entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,907 views/month, #14 of 1,666).[2]

Key Facts

  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Los Angeles[3]
  • Country: United States[4]
  • Instance of: publishing house[5]
  • Architect: Richard Meier[6]
  • Founder: J. Paul Getty[7]
  • Named after: J. Paul Getty[8]
  • Headquarters location: Los Angeles[9]
  • Location: Los Angeles[10]
  • Commons category: J. Paul Getty Museum[11]
  • Has part(s): Getty Center[12], Getty Villa[13]
  • Inception: 1974[14]
  • Parent organization or unit: J. Paul Getty Trust[15]
  • Official website: http://www.getty.edu/museum/[16]
  • Topic's main category: Category:J. Paul Getty Museum[17]
  • Director / manager: Timothy Potts[18]
  • Visitors per year: 2,039,226[19], 2,023,467[20]
  • Phone number: +1 (310) 440-7300[21]
  • Official blog URL: https://blogs.getty.edu/iris/tags/j-paul-getty-museum/[22]
  • Commons Institution page: Getty Center[23]
  • Date of official opening: 1974[24]
  • Main Wikidata property: P2432[25], P2582[26], P12040[27]
  • Native label: J. Paul Getty Museum[28]
  • Owner of: Waiting[29], A Woman Preparing Bread and Butter for a Boy[30], Portrait of Madame Brunet[31]

Why It Matters

J. Paul Getty Museum has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] It is known by 38 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . GRID. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . getty.edu. getty.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. britannica.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . getty.edu. Retrieved . getty.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . blogs.getty.edu. blogs.getty.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Visitor Figures 2015. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . The Art Newspaper. Retrieved . museus.gov.br. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . getty.edu. getty.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 11w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Q32954
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q32954, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  2. 20w ago · Mondo · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    On focus list of wikimedia project → Q139789860
    Api endpoint url → https://data.getty.edu/museum/collection/docs/
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Architect: Richard Meier"
  3. 20w ago · Beat Estermann · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Director / manager → Timothy Potts, John Walsh
    Significant event → ['Q697327', 'Q8016240']
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1|2 */ Online catalog url: https://www.getty.edu/art/collection/"
  4. 22w ago · LAP959 · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Director / manager → Timothy Potts, John Walsh
    Tabakalera id → 63016
    Local thumb → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Director / manager: Deborah Gribbon"
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