The Getty Center at Night

Saturday night I loaded up my car with friends and headed to the Getty after dark. Entrance to the museum is always free but parking is $15, which they waive every Saturday evening after 5:00 P.M.. A word to the wise: do not even think about getting there at 4:57 and expect to get in for free because you won't. They'll make you come back at five on the dot.We had to circle the block for a minute or two before we could come back, at which time, seemingly out of nowhere, there was a long line of cars to get in.Obviously, those people had done it before and knew what was up.

That being said, the Getty at night is awesome. The views! Absolutely worth going just for that. Gorgeous. I thought because it was Saturday evening it wouldn't be so packed, and while it's not as bad as visiting in the day, it is still considerably busy. I was there specifically for the Rembrandt and His Pupils Drawings exhibit and that, more than any other areas in the museum I visited that evening, was packed.

So, go. Enjoy an evening at a museum for free. Take a good camera, dress warmly (if visiting any other time than in the summer) because it gets chilly up there, and for God's sake do not show up before 5:00 P.M.!

  

Sunset at the Getty

 

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