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The J. Paul Getty Trust is a not-for-profit institution, educational in purpose and character, that focuses on the visual arts in all of their dimensions. As of 2011 the Trust supports and oversees four programs: the J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Foundation, the Getty Conservation Institute, and the Getty Research Institute. The J. Paul Getty Trust and Getty programs serve a varied audience from two locations: the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Getty Villa near Malibu, California.

The origins of the J. Paul Getty Trust 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 near Malibu, the museum moved to the newly-constructed Getty Villa in 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 areas of scholarship, conservation, and education. This took the shape of new programs including the Center for the History of Arts and Humanities, Art History Information Institute, Conservation Institute, and Center for Education in the Arts, as well as smaller programs such as the Museum Management Institute and the Program for Art on Film. In 1983 the Trust's 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.

Due to expanded operations and limited space at the original J. Paul Getty Museum in Pacific Palisades, near Malibu, the various programs of the J. Paul Getty Trust were located at different sites throughout the Los Angeles basin during the 1980s and early 1990s. The Trust's vision was to bring together most of their programs at a single site. A roughly 750-acre property in Brentwood (west Los Angeles) was purchased by the Trust in 1983 and the Getty Center was built to house the Trust, its newly created programs, and an additional space for the Museum. While the Getty's collection of antiquities remained at the Villa, the rest of the collections were moved to the new and much larger facility at the Center.

From the description of Inventory of Getty publications, 1954-2011. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 755039335

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creatorOf Cándida Smith, Richard. Interviews with art historians, 1991-2002. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Documentation of the installation of Taste at the Restaurant at the Getty Center, 1997 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Museum. Director's Office. John Walsh's records, 1973-1985, undated Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. Institutional file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
creatorOf Held, Julius Samuel, 1905-. Interviews with art historians, 1991-2002. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Getty, J. Paul (Jean Paul), 1892-1976. J. Paul Getty family collected papers, 1880s-1989, and undated, bulk 1911-1977. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Reports submitted to the Getty Foundation by recipients of conservation grants, 1985-2009 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. Concert of wills : Getty film project production materials. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Records, 1951-1999, undated (bulk 1984-1997) Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Mary Hyde Eccles papers, 1853-2005, (bulk) 1939-2003. Houghton Library
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Museum. Villa Program Coordination. Getty Villa event recordings 2006- <2011 > Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Art Education History Archives project, 1998-1999 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Press relations records, 1954-2007 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Getty Research Institute. Steve Lanzarotta records, 1983-2001 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. Artworks : Getty film project production materials. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. Inventory of Getty publications, 1954-2011. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Getty Villa event recordings, 2006-2012 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn J. Paul Getty Trust. Board of Trustees. Records, 1953-2000. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Getty Trust Publications. Records, 1975-1999. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Getty Research Institute. Public event recordings, 2002- <2011 > Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty Villa planning and construction documentation. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn RecorDIM project records, 1994-2007 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities. Records of facilities at 401 Wilshire, 1980-1994, undated. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. Documentation of the Installation of Taste at the Restaurant at the Getty Center, 1997. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. [Design competition sketchbooks for the Getty Villa Renovation]. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Interviews with art historians, 1991-2002 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. Press relations records, 1954-2007 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. [Annual reports], 1986- Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis, IUPUI
referencedIn J. Paul Getty Trust : vertical file. Centre canadien d'architecture, | Canadian Centre for Architecture | CCA
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. Artworks : Getty film project production materials, 1981-1997 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Stephen M. Dobbs records, 1984-1989, undated (bulk 1987-1989) Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Museum. Dept. of Public Information and Visitor Services. Records, 1973-1981, 1984-1991, undated. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Program for Art on Film (New York, N.Y.). Records, 1951-1999, undated, bulk 1984-1997 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Getty Education Institute for the Arts. Event and publication images, 1985-1997. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn J. Paul Getty Museum. Dept. of Manuscripts. Photographs of unpacking the Ludwig Collection, 1983. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Getty Foundation. Reports submitted to the Getty Foundation by recipients of conservation grants, 1985-2009 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Museum. Getty Villa construction records, 1960, 1964, 1968-1986, undated, (bulk 1971-1974) Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Inventory of Getty publications, 1954-2011 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Event and publication images, 1985-1997 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. Getty center orientation film. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Steve Lanzarotta records, 1983-2001 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Museum. Administration records, 1950-1986, undated. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. Records and archives administrative records, 1980-1990. Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Photographs of unpacking the Ludwig Collection, 1983 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Getty Conservation Institute. Field Projects Division. RecorDIM project records, 1994-2007 Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Getty Center for Education in the Arts. Stephen M. Dobbs records, 1984-1989, undated, (bulk 1987-1989) Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Records, 1975-1999 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Records of facilities at 401 Wilshire, 1980-1994, undated Getty Research Institute
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Museum. Director's Office. Director Stephen Garrett's records, 1954-1985, undated (bulk 1969-1982). Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Getty Information Institute. Records, 1991-1999. Getty Research Institute
creatorOf Records and archives administrative records, 1980-1990 Getty Research Institute
referencedIn Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Office of the Director. Peter C. Marzio, Correspondence Files, 1982-2002. Hirsch Library Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
creatorOf J. Paul Getty Trust. Trustee and consultant records of Otto Wittmann 1953, 1974-1990, undated, (bulk 1978-1990). Getty Research Institute
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