BRENTWOOD >> The Getty Center has been given the all clear after a bomb threat forced the museum to close early on Tuesday afternoon.

Visitors and staff were told to evacuate the popular museum after a “threatening phone call” was received about 2:50 p.m., according to Officer Tony Im of the Los Angeles Police Department.

“Somebody stated, “There is a bomb. Get out,’” Im said.

LAPD officers responded to the facility at 1200 Getty Center Dr., in the Sepulveda Pass area of Brentwood, and a bomb squad was later activated, police said.

The museum said in a statement that it closed early on the advice of police.

“We are working closely with the LAPD, which in an abundance of caution has asked us to close the Getty Center early and begin moving visitors from the site,” the statement said.

Three hours later, no bomb was found and the LAPD operation ended.

“(LAPD) has concluded its investigation of the threat received this afternoon,” the museum tweeted at 5:54 p.m.,adding, “The Getty Center will open as usual at 10am Wednesday.”

According to the Getty Center website, each year nearly 2 million people visit the sprawling facility located in the hills above the 405 Freeway.