Additional Context: The Getty Villa which is on the border of Malibu and Pacific Palisades was the structure that was threatened by fire directly. This article is about the Getty Center which lies in Brentwood and fires did not reach it.<p>Center: 1200 Getty Center Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90049<p>Villa: 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
Very interesting to see the thought put into it. And given the cultural and historic significance, they’re literally irreplaceable. Must be a fun exercise in incident management and prevention.<p>I found this interesting too - <a href="https://www.getty.edu/news/the-hidden-engineering-protecting-getty-art-from-earthquakes/" rel="nofollow">https://www.getty.edu/news/the-hidden-engineering-protecting...</a><p>An article about their approach to earthquake protection.<p>In both cases it looks like they’re leading these sorts of engineering developments.
There’s a museum built a few years ago in regional Australia that was also designed with bushfire resistance in mind.<p><a href="https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-culture/2022/06/underground-art-museum-protects-works-from-natural-disaster/" rel="nofollow">https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/history-cultu...</a>
I guess it is too expensive to have a fm-200 based fire suppression system? They say they have sprinklers as a last resort but I’m guessing it would destroy most of the art if you needed to use them.
Curious that an oil barron set aside resources to protect his own loot from his oil profits. Yes having these holdings availible to the public is cool and helps us. I was fond of their brand as they had a large presence in South Jersey. Getty had affordable gas that seemed to burn well in my college car in the late 1980's.