| The Getty Center Los Angeles | | | | display. A sophisticated system of |
| | | | programmable window louvers allows many works |
| Since opening, the Getty Center has quickly | | | | to be displayed in the natural light they |
| assumed its place as the city's cultural | | | | were created in, for the first time in the |
| acropolis and international mecca. It is the | | | | modern era. |
| most frequently visited for the museum | | | | |
| galleries displaying collector J. Paul | | | | Visitors park at the base of the hill and |
| Getty's enormous art collection. Always known | | | | ascend via a cable-driven electric tram. On |
| for antiquities, expanded galleries now allow | | | | clear days, the sensation is of being in the |
| the display of Impressionist paintings, | | | | clouds, gazing across Los Angeles and the |
| truckloads of glimmering French furnitures | | | | Pacific Ocean. You get can your GettyGuides - |
| and decorative arts, fine illuminated | | | | a hand held multimedia system that looks like |
| manuscripts, contemporary photography, and | | | | an iPod - at the information desk. The device |
| previously over-looked graphic arts. The area | | | | tracks your location and provides various |
| that is open to this public consists of 5 | | | | ready-to-go tours. You can get more in-depth |
| 2-storey pavilions set around an open | | | | info on specific works. The 45-minute |
| courtyard, and each gallery within is | | | | human-led architectural tours are also worth |
| specially designed to complement the works on | | | | looking into. |