Getty Villa
Art Museum · Pacific Palisades, California
A recreation of a Roman country house — the Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum, buried by Vesuvius in 79 AD — built above the Pacific in Malibu to hold J. Paul Getty's antiquities. Around 44,000 Greek, Roman and Etruscan objects sit in a building with peristyle gardens, mosaic floors and herbs grown from Roman sources. Admission is free.
17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, California, 90272, United States
Typically Wed-Mon 10 AM - 5 PM. Closed Tuesdays. Free, timed reservation required.