Description
The records
comprise press clippings about the J. Paul Getty Trust, J. Paul Getty Museum, other
trust programs, and Getty family and associates, 1954-2022 (bulk 1983-2022) and undated.
The records contain analog and digital files and document the extent to which the Getty
was covered by various news and media outlets.
Background
The J. Paul Getty Trust's origins date to 1953, when J. Paul Getty established the J.
Paul Getty Museum as a California charitable trust to house his growing art collections.
Originally a small, private institution located in Mr. Getty's ranch house in Malibu,
the museum moved to the newly constructed Villa on grounds adjacent to the ranch house
in 1974. When most of Mr. Getty's personal estate passed to the trust in 1982, the
trustees decided that, given the size of the endowment, it should make a greater
contribution to the visual arts and humanities than the museum could alone. Out of this
resolve grew an expanded commitment to the arts in the general areas of scholarship,
conservation, and education. This took the shape of new programs including the Center
for the History of Arts and Humanities (GCHAH), Art History Information Program (AHIP),
Conservation Institute (GCI), Grant Program, and Center for Education in the Arts
(GCEA). Smaller programs include the Museum Management Institute (MMI), a joint venture
with the Art Museum Association of America, and the Program for Art on Film, a joint
venture with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1983 the trust's corporate name was
changed from the J. Paul Getty Museum to the J. Paul Getty Trust to reflect its broader
scope, with the museum becoming an operating program of the trust. On December 16, 1997,
the Getty Center, a new unified facility housing all Getty programs, was opened in
Brentwood, CA.