Angela Sanchez of LatinX in Animation and Austin Faber of Black N’ Animated discuss the past, present, and future of their communities’ voices in animated film.

Costume designer and Academy member Tracy Tynan gives a 30-minute tour unveiling the art of costume design in films and the process of creating a character’s identity. The tour showcases the way the three leading men in Jaws (1975) highlighted their personas through their distinct costumes. Stay for a brief Q&A with Tynan after the tour.

Hollywoodland: Jewish Founders and the Making of a Movie Capital explores the impact of the predominantly Jewish filmmakers who played a key role in establishing the American film studio system, transforming Los Angeles into a global epicenter of cinema.

Beth Kean, CEO of Holocaust Museum LA, and Warren Sherk, director of special collections of the Margaret Herrick Library, discuss the museum’s first permanent exhibition, highlighting new objects that showcase notable Oscar wins and the origins of motion picture history.

Moderated by Rachel Rosenfeld, associate director, Academy Collections Acquisitions.

About Gallery Spotlights

Gallery Spotlights feature special guests who bring fresh insights to our exhibitions. Join us for revealing monthly conversations connecting the objects in our galleries to the art and history of moviemaking.

If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org.

In person: authors Joshua John Miller and Mark A. Fortin

Ready to roll? The Skate Hunnies are bringing a night of skating, music and more to the Academy Museum. And it's free.

Production designer, director, and Academy member Joe Alves gives a 30-minute tour, diving into the creativity of the production design of Jaws (1975). The tour also explores the many elements that went into his vision for this the Oscar®-winning film from Universal Pictures.

Stay for a brief Q&A with Alves after the tour.

Design and create your own puppet with a unique look and personality to highlight the themes of love and embracing each other’s differences.

Come celebrate Pride month with the Academy Museum Education team and a show by the Bob Baker Marionette Theater.

Puppets and Pride marionette shows celebrate love, self-acceptance, and community through a musical marionette lineup performing a confection of medleys from LGBTQ+ icons, queer history, and more.

If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org.

Pickle the Drag Queen and a fellow artist conduct a workshop covering the elements and history of drag, and invite teens to learn a cornerstone of the art: Voguing.

Learn a short history of digital video editing and practice making a found-footage film using professional editing tools and copyright-free resources during this fun and immersive workshop. Open to participants ages 15 and up.

Academy member and makeup artist Tym Shutchai Buacharern appears in our dynamic and colorful Identity gallery to explore the art and science of cinema makeup. See how a makeup artist can transform an actor into a character, a hero into a villain, and more.

Stay for a brief Q&A with Buacharern after the tour.

Production sound mixer and Academy Governor Peter Devlin gives a 30-minute tour examining the art and science of sound mixing in film. He also explores the sounds of the adventure classic Jaws (1975), from its realistic and natural sounds to its unforgettable score.

Stay for a brief Q&A with Devlin after the tour.

In celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the history-making civil rights law introduced in July 1990, the Academy Museum presents a day of short films, tours, and a live performance, all to bring awareness to disability, representation, and accessibility in Film.

The program is free with your general admission ticket. Access to the screening, tours, and performance is included.

Schedule

10am-5pm | Disabilities, Representation, and Film Sensory Session | LL1, TMT Lobby

• Explore moviemaking at the Academy Museum through a drop-in, sensory-friendly experience. Examine movie props and other objects through touch as well as a speaker that allows visitors to feel mechanical vibrations from sound.

11am | Short films by neurodivergent filmmakers | Accessible screening | David Geffen Theater

• Three short films by neurodivergent filmmakers from the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge and Marvels of Media. Screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers. A sensory-friendly screening with open captions, dimmed lights, and lower volume for neurodivergent viewers. Free with general admission.

Noon | ASL Interpreted Tour | Studio Ghibli’s PONYO | L2, Wanda Gallery

• A museum educator and ASL interpreter lead a tour of Studio Ghibli’s PONYO exhibition. Free with general admission.

2pm | Visual Description Tour | Studio Ghibli’s PONYO | L2, Wanda Gallery

• A museum educator hosts a visual description tour of Studio Ghibli’s PONYO exhibition. Free with general admission.

3pm | Live performance | TBD | L1, Sidney Poitier Grand Lobby

• Join us for a live performance by members of the disabled community. General admission ticket not required.

Journalist, author, and disability advocate Kristen Lopez signs copies of her book, Popcorn Disabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies.

Visual effects supervisor and Academy Governor Andrew Roberts gives a 30-minute tour, revealing the ways visual effects can create or enhance on-screen creatures. The tour also features visual-effects creatures in notable Bong Joon Ho films: The Host (2006) and Mickey 17 (2025).

Stay for a brief Q&A with Roberts after the tour.

Three-time Academy Award winner Ve Neill (Ed Wood, 1994 and Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993) explores the secrets behind Hollywood’s most memorable character looks. She also highlights the design of dark and macabre characters from Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), currently on display in the Identity gallery.