Playground for the human spirit: experiencing the new Getty Center

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The Getty Center, located in Santa Monica, CA, provides a variety of visual experiences for guests. The $1 billion structure houses all of the Getty Trust divisions, and includes artworks such as Greek sculpture, landscaping and photographs. The Center also includes a library with volumes on art history and humanities. Although no longer acquiring antiquities, Center officials will return artifacts if evidence of origin can be proved.

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Getty Villa reopens

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The Getty Villa Museum in Malibu, California that is architecturally renovated to repair historical inaccuracies in the building is described. The galleries on the upper floor have images and implements of human existence like large symmetrical rooms that portray 'women and children in antiquity' and 'men in antiquity'.

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Maya sculpture museum reopens

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A description of the two-story square Copan Sculpture Museum that houses the Rosalila temple and has sculptures and artifacts belonging to the Mayan dynasty is presented. Information about its reopening after renovation is also highlighted.

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