American Sign Language (ASL) tours of select galleries are always offered at noon on the same day as our monthly Calm Morning program and accommodative Family Matinee film screening. Join a museum educator and ASL interpreter to experience cinema’s wide-ranging contributions to the world.

If you are interested in learning more, please email us at museumeducation@oscars.org.

On the last Friday of every month at 2pm, a museum educator offers a visual description tour in a select exhibition.

This 30-minute verbal overview, crafted for visitors who are blind or low vision, is a way of using words to represent the visual world, helping people form mental images of what they cannot see. All are welcome to join this gallery conversation. 

If you are interested in learning more, or would like to book an individual visual description tour, please email us at museumeducation@oscars.org.

Create your own watercolor backgrounds inspired by the The Boy and the Heron, screening the same day in our Ted Mann Theater.

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

Film composer, music producer and Academy Governor Richard Gibbs shares the highlights of his illustrious career.

The composer of such feature films as Say Anything (1989), Dr. Doolittle (1998), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and Queen of the Damned (2002) takes us behind the scenes of his musical journey.

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

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.

Spend your evenings with us at the Academy Museum. Visit after 4:30pm and get a discount on museum admission for the last 90 minutes.

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.

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon will celebrate the visionary actor and image-maker, examining the many facets of how she created and shaped her public persona in the context of the classical Hollywood studio system. 

The exhibition will present hundreds of original objects, including posters, portraits, photographs, production documents, letters, and rarely seen personal materials—many of which will be on display for the first time. Major highlights include two costumes by Orry-Kelly from Some Like it Hot (1959), and the rarely exhibited, famous pink dress by William Travilla from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).

Museum members are invited to an exclusive preview on Saturday, May 30 from 10am to 6pm. Members can purchase guest tickets alongside their complimentary admission tickets. The exhibition opens to the public Sunday, May 31. 

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon is curated by Associate Curator Sophia Serrano, with the support of Curatorial Assistant Simran Bhalla.

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.

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.

The Academy Museum opens its doors to soccer fans of all ages for a free program packed with food, family-friendly activities, and more.

Not a follower of fútbol? Museum admission is also free; take a lap around our premiere installations, including Jaws: The Exhibition, Studio Ghibli's PONYO, Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer, and the iconic ruby slippers in our Identity gallery.

And watch this space: We'll soon announce three films celebrating The Beautiful Game, only for Fútbol Free Day. All screenings are in 35mm, and all are free.

Best of all, you don't need to reserve a ticket in advance. Simply show up and let us welcome you.

Film composer, music producer and Academy Governor Richard Gibbs shares the highlights of his illustrious career.

The composer of such feature films as Say Anything (1989), Dr. Doolittle (1998), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) and Queen of the Damned (2002) takes us behind the scenes of his musical journey.

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.

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.

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

Join museum educators Thursdays through Sundays for 30-minute guided tours of the Jaws: The Exhibition.

American Sign Language (ASL) tours of select galleries are always offered at noon on the same day as our monthly Calm Morning program and accommodative Family Matinee film screening. Join a museum educator and ASL interpreter to experience cinema’s wide-ranging contributions to the world.

If you are interested in learning more, please email us at museumeducation@oscars.org.

On the last Friday of every month at 2pm, a museum educator offers a visual description tour in a select exhibition.

This 30-minute verbal overview, crafted for visitors who are blind or low vision, is a way of using words to represent the visual world, helping people form mental images of what they cannot see. All are welcome to join this gallery conversation. 

If you are interested in learning more, or would like to book an individual visual description tour, please email us at museumeducation@oscars.org.

Join museum educators on the first Saturday of the month for a 30-minute guided Spanish-language tour of the Jaws: The Exhibition.

Join educators as they highlight the Director’s Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho exhibition.

Explore the art of screenwriting with a live presentation by a museum curator.

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.

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon will celebrate the visionary actor and image-maker, examining the many facets of how she created and shaped her public persona in the context of the classical Hollywood studio system. 

The exhibition will present hundreds of original objects, including posters, portraits, photographs, production documents, letters, and rarely seen personal materials—many of which will be on display for the first time. Major highlights include two costumes by Orry-Kelly from Some Like it Hot (1959), and the rarely exhibited, famous pink dress by William Travilla from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).

Museum members are invited to an exclusive preview on Saturday, May 30 from 10am to 6pm. Members can purchase guest tickets alongside their complimentary admission tickets. The exhibition opens to the public Sunday, May 31. 

Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon is curated by Associate Curator Sophia Serrano, with the support of Curatorial Assistant Simran Bhalla.

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.

Museum educators lead 30-minute guided tours exploring the career of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. Through her films, costumes and more, this exhibition, titled Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon, uncovers the woman behind the carefully crafted image.

Tour guides use voice amplifiers to enhance sound accessibility.

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

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.

Bilingual museum educators lead 30-minute guided tours exploring the career of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. Through her films, costumes and more, this exhibition, titled Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon, uncovers the woman behind the carefully crafted image.

Tour guides use voice amplifiers to enhance sound accessibility.

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

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.

Take inspiration from some of the tastiest moments in Studio Ghibli films during this fun family workshop.

Not sure what a film editor does? A good one can change the entire emotional impact of a movie, affecting everything from pacing to the story beats themselves. In our latest workshop, teens can learn all about post-production editing in filmmaking, exploring how editors work with directors to bring together a solid vision. Our Education team also goes over the basics of editing software.

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

About Drop-in Workshops for Teens

On the third Friday of every month, our Education team opens our learning space to teens, encouraging them to discover our exhibitions and screenings, explore the museum, hang out, and get creative.

This Mental Health Awareness Month, take an opportunity to slow down, be present, and channel your creativity.

Create your own watercolor backgrounds inspired by the The Boy and the Heron, screening the same day in our Ted Mann Theater.

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

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.