The Getty Center closes to the public on March 15, 2027, and plans to reopen in spring 2028. Getty confirmed the date again in a May 28, 2026 modernization update. Two major exhibitions on its calendar have not opened yet. Wright of Derby opens November 24 and Paul R. Williams opens December 15, and both close with two others on Sunday, March 14, the last public day.
For those who live just down the hill, that leaves two dates to plan around. One is this Sunday. The other is the stretch around the holidays.
The campus is smaller right now
The Getty is already short on gallery space. Its Building Getty's Future page lists the North Pavilion, the South Pavilion, and the East Pavilion's plaza-level galleries as closed for renovation. The work includes replacing 80 air-handling units across all the pavilions with more efficient electrical systems, plus new restrooms and better wayfinding.
With fewer permanent-collection rooms open, the temporary exhibitions do more of the work on any visit. Their schedule is what turns this season into a countdown with several deadlines.
The first deadline is Sunday
Three exhibitions close on October 18, six days from today. They are Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions, Lost. Found. Returned., and Stendahl's World: Marketing Ancient Mexico and Modern Art in Los Angeles. The weekend before they close is unusually full.
- Tuesday, October 13: Lost, Found, and Beyond: Provenance at America's Museums with Victoria Reed, a talk that pairs naturally with the closing provenance show.
- Saturday, October 17: Family Festival: LA and Mexico in Focus, 10am to 5pm, with performances, storytelling, music, and workshops.
- Sunday, October 18: On Photography: Patssi Valdez & Christina Fernandez, at the Center and online, on the last day for all three closing exhibitions.
Another installation leaves next month. Charles Ross: Spectrum 14 has been on view since September 2024 and closes November 29.
Openings and closings overlap
Lined up by closing date, the exhibition listings show summer shows ending while new ones are still opening.
| Exhibition | Opens | Closes |
|---|---|---|
| Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions | Jul 14, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
| Lost. Found. Returned. | Jun 23, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
| Stendahl's World | Jun 23, 2026 | Oct 18, 2026 |
| Charles Ross: Spectrum 14 | Sep 10, 2024 | Nov 29, 2026 |
| Instante/revelación: Moments in Mexican Photography | Sep 1, 2026 | Jan 3, 2027 |
| Every Minute Is History: Five Views of Los Angeles | Sep 1, 2026 | Jan 3, 2027 |
| The Holy Family at Home | Sep 22, 2026 | Jan 10, 2027 |
| Reggie Burrows Hodges: A Theater of Passions | Oct 20, 2026 | Feb 28, 2027 |
| The Making of a Medieval Manuscript | Aug 4, 2026 | Mar 14, 2027 |
| Joshua Reynolds's Portrait of Mai and 18th-Century Portraiture | Sep 15, 2026 | Mar 14, 2027 |
| A Light in the Dark: Joseph Wright of Derby | Nov 24, 2026 | Mar 14, 2027 |
| Paul R. Williams: Architecture Across the Color Line | Dec 15, 2026 | Mar 14, 2027 |
Four of the twelve end on the closing weekend. Wright of Derby opens with fewer than 16 weeks left before the Center goes dark, and the Paul R. Williams exhibition gets about 13. In its April announcement, Getty described the Williams material as recently acquired archive materials of "quintessential Los Angeles architect Paul R. Williams." Putting a newly acquired archive of a Los Angeles architect on view right before a long closure reads as a closing statement.
The sixteen days when the fall lineup overlaps
The table also shows a short overlap. From Tuesday, December 15, when the Williams exhibition opens, through Sunday, January 3, when the two photography shows close, all eight temporary exhibitions from Instante/revelación through Paul R. Williams are on view together. This is the only stretch when the two late openings share the galleries with the fall shows.
The Center is closed every Monday and also closes on Christmas Day and New Year's Day. It closes early on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. Across those three weeks, that leaves 16 open days, and two of them end early.
After January 3 the lineup shrinks in steps. The Holy Family at Home closes January 10, and Reggie Burrows Hodges closes February 28. From March 1 to March 14, the Center is down to its final four exhibitions. Getty's calendar also has a gap. It lists dated on-site programs only through December 12, apart from a January 7 curator tour of the Holy Family exhibition. Nothing dated appears yet for the final two months, and no farewell or last-chance event has been posted. More programs may be added. As of today, the closing weeks have the shows but no events.
Dated programs between now and January
The program calendar fills in the fall. The events below are listed at the Center:
- October 27: A Painterly Pursuit with Reggie Burrows Hodges, a week after his installation opens.
- November 3 and December 9: curator tours of the Mexican photography exhibition. November 5, December 3, and January 7: curator tours of The Holy Family at Home.
- November 7: When the Holy Family Went Viral.
- November 8, November 22, and December 13: the bilingual Images and Imagination: Collage Workshop and Artist-at-Work: Serigraphy.
- November 14: Canto de Todes: A Performance and Conversation with Dorian Wood.
- November 22: two Getty Supper Club evenings, The Literary Gourmet and La Belle Époque.
- December 12: Non-Consenting Collaborators with Gala Porras Kim.
The Breathe Tour and Mindful Moment in the Museum run on Fridays. Tours are free, but entry to the Center still requires a timed reservation. The two summer series, Off the 405 and Garden Concerts for Kids, have no dates listed before the closure.
Saturday evening is the cheapest visit
Admission is free, but every visit needs a timed-entry reservation. The Center is open Tuesday through Friday and Sunday from 10am to 6:30pm, and Saturday from 10am to 9pm. It is closed Mondays. Parking costs $25 per car, drops to $15 after 3pm and $10 after 6pm, and is free on Saturdays after 6pm. So the three Saturday-evening hours are the only time all week when a visit costs nothing at all.
That also makes a Saturday visit easy to pair with dinner on Barrington. Terroni Brentwood at 155 S. Barrington Place serves Southern Italian food all day, and Brentwood News reported it was taking reservations when it opened this summer. For an earlier start, Layla Bagels opened on June 30 at 908 S. Barrington Avenue. On San Vicente, Eater LA covered the February opening of Perse, a Persian restaurant focused on regional Iranian cooking, at 11677 San Vicente Boulevard. The food hall at Neighborly, 11754 San Vicente, has been open since April 2.
Where Getty goes after March 14
The Getty Villa stays open through the closure with a full schedule of exhibitions and programs. It will also add a gallery of paintings from the Center's collection. Getty also plans a new programming space on Sepulveda Boulevard, in a building now being renovated across from the Center. The space will host special programs during the closure and stay in use as a program space after the Center reopens. No opening date or street address has been announced.
When the Center returns, Getty plans upgrades to the tram, a redesigned arrival area, a renovated Welcome Hall with a new cafe and bookstore, and cell service and Wi-Fi across the campus. In the April announcement, Getty president and CEO Katherine E. Fleming said, "We look forward to welcoming visitors back in spring 2028, in time to celebrate the Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles." Until then, the last day to see this lineup is Sunday, March 14, 2027.
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