The Getty Research Institute (GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California, is "dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts". 

A program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, GRI maintains a research library, organizes exhibitions and other events, sponsors a residential scholars program, publishes books, and produces electronic databases (Getty Publications). 

The GRI was originally called the "Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities", and was first discussed in 1983. Located in Santa Monica, its first director (beginning in 1985) was Kurt W. Forster. GRI's library had 30,000 volumes in 1983, but grew to 450,000 volumes by 1986. 

In a statement upon his departure in 1992, Forster summarized his tenure as "Beginning with the rudiments of a small museum library... the center grew... to become one of the nation's preeminent research centers for arts and culture...". In 1994, Salvatore Settis, a professor of the history of classical art and archeology in Italy, became the director of the Center. By 1996, the Center's name had been changed to "Getty Research Institute for the History of Art and the Humanities", and by 1999 it was known simply as "Getty Research Institute". 

Among GRI's special projects was "L.A. as Subject: The Transformative Culture of Los Angeles Communities" conducted between 1995 and 1999, whose purposes included "enhanc[ing] existing resources and develop new resources that support new research scholarship on LA and also encourag[ing] the preservation, conservation, and display of local material culture".
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(GRI), located at the Getty Center in Los Angeles, California
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dedicated to furthering knowledge and advancing understanding of the visual arts
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he GRI was originally called the "Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities",
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The GRI was originally called the "Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities",
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Located in Santa Monica
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"Getty Center for the History of Art and the Humanities", and was first discussed in 1983
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 its first director (beginning in 1985) was Kurt W. Forster.
Kurt W. Forster.
its first director (beginning in 1985) was Kurt W. Forster. 
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upon his departure in 1992, Forster summarized his tenure
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GRI's library had 30,000 volumes in 1983
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grew to 450,000 volumes by 1986. 
the J. Paul Getty Trust
A program of the J. Paul Getty Trust, 
research library
GRI maintains a research library
Salvatore Settis
In 1994, Salvatore Settis, a professor of the history of classical art and archeology in Italy, became the director 
professor of the history of classical art and archeology
Salvatore Settis, a professor of the history of classical art and archeology in Italy
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Salvatore Settis, a professor of the history of classical art and archeology in Italy
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by 1999 it was known simply as "Getty Research Institute". 