In July George and I were in Rome and visited the Borghese Museum, Obviously our Getty is not the Borghese but it houses a very impressive collection and is in our own backyard!  My mom is in town for Thanksgiving and we managed to take in a visit to the Getty Museum and Villa. 

Getty was an antiquities collector, (don’t expect renaissance paintings).  His vision was to house his collection in a replica of a Roman Country House.   If you have visitors arriving for the holidays, or just an afternoon off, this is a lovely outing.



Parking is $15.00 but museum entry is free, wouldn’t you think with the condition of our state’s economy someone might look into charging an entrance fee?  We left my home a few minutes after 9 AM, had a lovely lunch in Malibu after and I was back to work by 3:00 PM.