With extended evening hours during the weekend, it’s easier than ever to take advantage of the “Pay Once, Park Twice” program, which offers same-day parking at both the Getty Center and Getty Villa for one fee. Best of all, admission to both sites and activities is free.
Getty Center
Get up-close and personal with a single work of art in the Getty Museum’s collection in a half-hour gallery experience in Family Art Stops, offered Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, July 1–August 30, at 11:30am Or explore the art of camouflage through color, pattern, and shape using paintings from the Museum’s collection as inspiration in Art Lab: Creature Camouflage, July 14–16, August 4–6, and August 12–13 from 11:00am to 3:00pm Participants will use collage to craft their own creatures, and then design a habitat in which their creations may blend in or stand out.
In August, the Getty Center’s Central Garden fills with music on the weekends starting at 4:00pm with Garden Concerts for Kids, a free outdoor music series for kids and their families featuring some of the best children’s music artists from across the nation. Musicians this year include Grammy award-winner José-Luis Orozco, Saturday and Sunday, August 6 and 7, the family band, Mista Cookie Jar & The Chocolate Chips, Saturday and Sunday, August 13 and 14, and Renee & Friends, who will be joined by a lineup of exciting soon-to-be-announced “friends,” Saturday and Sunday, August 20 and 21.
Visit the Family Room, open all day long for drop-in, hands-on activities highlighting objects in the Getty Museum’s collection. And take advantage of GettyGuide® family audio tours on iPod Touches, and Art Detective Cards.
Getty Villa
At the Getty Villa, travel back to the age of mythical monsters and heroes in Art Odyssey for Families. This 45-minute program combines a tour in the Museum’s galleries with hands-on activities, Saturdays, July 2, 16 and 30, and August 13 and 27, at 11:45am.
ArtQuest!: Building Patterns / Shape × Shape offers a day of creating patterns and imagery with just a few basic shapes. Inspired by the exhibition Roman Mosaics across the Empire and the tile work found throughout the Getty Villa, participants will help “wrap” the Villa’s Outer Peristyle Garden with their own ephemeral paper mosaic creations. Friday—Monday, July 8–11 and Friday—Monday, July 29—August 1 from 11:00am–3:00pm During Family Drawing Hour: Monsters and Superheroes family members can use their imagination to create characters inspired by gods, heroes, and monsters of Greek mythology, or sketch from ancient images of these characters in statues and pottery. These one-hour family-friendly gallery tours and hands-on drawing activities take place July 9 and 23, August 6 and 20, and September 3, at 11:00am.
The Villa also offers the GettyGuide® Family Audio Tour on iPod Touches and self-guided Art Detective Cards. The Family Forum is open all day for drop-in, hands-on play and engagement for young and old.