GettyGuide

J. Paul Getty Trust

About this app

With Getty’s official app, you’ll discover unique perspectives on art and enjoy an immersive experience of exhibitions and outdoor spaces.

Let GettyGuide® be your personal tour guide during your visit. Listen to original, thematic audio tours that offer intimate experiences of the Getty’s two locations, and of the can’t-miss art, with commentary from diverse voices.
 
At the Getty Center, stroll the one-of-a-kind Central Garden while hearing from a museum curator, landscape architect, mindfulness expert, and gardeners about this ever-changing space. Or try Mood Journeys, a feature that allows visitors to navigate hand-picked destinations and activities, according to a feeling you’d like to explore.

At the Getty Villa, be transported 2,000 years into the past to experience the sounds and stories of life in an ancient Roman country house.

You’ll find all the information you need to plan your day at the Getty Center or Getty Villa, including events and exhibitions currently on view, and where to eat and shop.

App features include:
• Audio tours and playlists of exhibitions, art, architecture, and gardens
• “Explore on your own” feature for on-demand audio about hundreds of works of art
• “Mood Journeys” feature, to inspire visitors to experience Getty locations and works of art in a unique way, with short activities designed to explore moods or feelings
• Exhibitions and events happening today
• Location-aware map to navigate Getty sites
• Dining and shopping information
• List and map of where to eat and shop
• 10 language options for key content in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, and Brazilian Portuguese

Ratings and reviews

Great app, really enhanced my experience. Highly recommend it. Remember to bring your earbuds or headphones, though you can listen through the phone. Also, if you go multiple days, close the app and reopen when you go back. The app may pick up where you left off previously, rather than continue in a different part of the museum.

Definitely added to the experience of looking at the exhibits by providing interesting tidbits of history. I found it most useful with wireless earbuds

Can't search for a specific piece of art in the collection. If I put in a number , it would tell me some of which art was near. Doesn't describe any of the exhibits or where they are in the museum. Waste of time

What’s new

Updates in version 3.4.1:
• Adjustment to “audio nearby” and “more in this gallery” audio stop results
• Better performance and bug housekeeping

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