Talk:Getty Center

Imbalance
This article talks almost entirely about the architecture of the center. Only a few lines describe the collection, even though it is one of the most impressive art collections in the world. I've moved the collection to the top of the article, so that readers will still see what they expect to see in an entry about a museum, but with practically the entire article taken up by grueling detail on the architecture and nothing else, they'll still be disappointed. Agateller 02:35, 5 March 2007 (UTC)

Controversy
Should there perhaps be any mention of the legal trouble one of their fomer directors is in with the Italian government?

What it is made of
The sentance Much of the buildings and grounds is made of travertine, and the rest is white marble. leads you to beleive it is only travertine and marble. Some of it is other materials. I don't know what they are, so how could we rephrase this? Howabout1 Talk to me! 20:17, July 31, 2005 (UTC)
 * I would (and will if it hasn't already been done) break it up into two sentences (as this one grammatically speaking probably should be.Theshibboleth 10:34, 17 August 2005 (UTC)

Tram and More Photos
I've eliminated the part of the article that says the tram is there because of the height of the building. I know somewhere there is a quote from the architect stating that the tram is meant to lift the visitor out of the rest of the world and into the other world of the Getty. Also it should probably be noted that there exist at least two roads that are used by museum personnel and (presumably) trucks with supplies. Also, some people choose to forgo the tram and walk up to the Getty.

Unrelatedly, I live acroos the 405 from the Getty and hopefully will soon upload some photos from a distance. There's a hiking trail that allows for some pretty good views. Theshibboleth 09:36, 19 August 2005 (UTC)


 * I believe the tram also was required as part of the site approval, as the powers-that-be didn't want scores of cars driving up and down the hill. I believe local residents pushed for this. David Hoag 07:13, 13 September 2005 (UTC)

Page Title
The title of the page is Getty Centre, but if you search on Wikipedia for this, you don't find anything. The page is called Getty Museum.


 * Both Getty Centre and Getty Museum redirect to Getty Center. Bytebear 23:33, 30 December 2006 (UTC)


 * Since "Getty Museum" is not synonymous with "Getty Center," I redirected "Getty Museum" to J. Paul Getty Museum. ArtPhotoLover (talk) 09:16, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Proposal to Move Two Sections to Another Article
"Getty Center" and "Getty Museum" are not synonymous. The J. Paul Getty Museum has two locations: one is part of Getty Center, and one is at Getty Villa. The Getty Center (on a hilltop) has buildings other than the Getty Museum, like the Getty Research Institute.

I think the sections "Getty Museum Collection" and "The controversies with Italy and Greece" should be moved over to the article J. Paul Getty Museum since they do not apply to the "Getty Center" specifically. Any objections? ArtPhotoLover (talk) 04:50, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

Parking Fees
Someone needs to source and figure out the parking fees. The article had said as of April the fee was $15 but today I went and the fee was $10 but a sign said it would rise to $15 July 1st. Kurt (talk) 02:37, 25 June 2009 (UTC)

Algebra
This building is the cover for the Holt Algebra 2 book. look here(http://images.alibris.com/isbn/9780030358296.gif) yep...

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Image selection
The image selection for this page is adequate for a GA, but the Getty Center has such fascinating architecture, we really ought to be able to do better. There ought to be photospheres, featured images at sunset, the whole works. I looked through the current selection, and there are some decent pics that might offer marginal improvement, so throwing those out here, but we'll probably ultimately need new ones.

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