Discover cherished works in museum exhibitions through carefully curated walkthroughs with experienced guides. 

Watch a live painting demonstration by a Studio Ghibli artist and see how the makers of the Ponyo (2008), The Boy and the Heron (2023), and other beloved films create such beautifully crafted scenery. Studio Ghibli background artist and Yoichi Nishikawa, known as “the painter of clouds,” speaks with Academy Museum Senior Exhibitions Curator Jessica Niebel before offering a rare, in-person look at his watercolor technique.

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

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

Salute the next generation of Los Angeles filmmakers at the Academy Museum. The Academy Museum Tea Room hosts a screening of short films selected by the museum’s Teen Council, who challenged their peers to create a short film highlighting an aspect in their community they feel passionate about, or that they feel needs attention.

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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.

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.