Learning & Education

On the last Friday of every month, a Visual Description Tour within the museum’s Stories of Cinema exhibition, or additional galleries, will be offered at 2pm to align with our ongoing Stories of Cinema Drop-In Tours, which are offered every Friday from 1pm to 3pm.  

An educator will provide a verbal overview for visitors who are blind or low vision. Visual Description is a way of using words to represent the visual world, of helping people form mental images of what they cannot see. All are welcome to join this gallery conversation. 

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

Join museum educators every Friday for 30-minute Visual Description Tours of the Academy Awards History gallery. 

Join us for sensory-friendly gallery exploration and a family workshop inspired by the accessible screening of The Good Dinosaur (2015).

July’s Drop-in Workshop for Families is inspired by the Family Matinee Series’ theme of summer camp! Families can create their own Claymation animation depicting a story about camping.

To create Claymation, filmmakers create movement with each frame by using armatures and clay. Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to create your own Claymation stop-motion animation!

Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio on the museum’s Lower Level at the times provided.

Check back soon for upcoming workshop themes!

We encourage visitors to attend our weekly Family Matinees film series. A separate admission ticket is required.

The Education team invites families to join museum educators every month to be inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and screenings to create, learn, and have fun. If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org.

Join us for a creature design and storyboarding workshop inspired by director Bong Joon Ho in the Shirley Temple Education Studio.

Join us for a conversation with co-directors Jim Lebrecht and Nicole Newnham, followed by a screening of the Academy Award-nominated documentary Crip Camp (2020).

Complimentary with general museum admission, the Gallery Spotlight Series is a monthly conversation with featured guests.  

Join the Academy Museum for a conversation exploring the elements of an excellent script, the process of developing compelling leads, and drawing from the stories that inspire them. 

Prepare for the screening of Solaris (2002) with a conversation and demonstration from the film score’s composer, Cliff Martinez.

Join us for Member Appreciation Days, held on the first Sunday of every month from 5:30 to 8pm. 

Experience summer’s golden hour high above the city on the Academy Museum’s Dolby Family Terrace, with live DJ sets and a refreshing Fanny’s cocktail in hand, every Saturday afternoon this summer.

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

Join us for movie trivia at the Academy Museum. The night’s theme is action and adventure films! For museum members only.

On the last Friday of every month, a Visual Description Tour within the museum’s Stories of Cinema exhibition, or additional galleries, will be offered at 2pm to align with our ongoing Stories of Cinema Drop-In Tours, which are offered every Friday from 1pm to 3pm.  

An educator will provide a verbal overview for visitors who are blind or low vision. Visual Description is a way of using words to represent the visual world, of helping people form mental images of what they cannot see. All are welcome to join this gallery conversation. 

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

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

Join educators as they highlight the Barbie to Anna Karenina exhibition.  

Join museum educators on Saturday afternoons to highlight the early history of film and pre-cinematic objects. 

Join museum educators every Friday for 30-minute Visual Description Tours of the Academy Awards History gallery. 

Join us for sensory-friendly gallery exploration and a family workshop inspired by the accessible screening of The Good Dinosaur (2015).

Join curatorial staff and explore the Cyberpunk: Envisioning Possible Futures Through Cinema exhibition.

July’s Drop-in Workshop for Families is inspired by the Family Matinee Series’ theme of summer camp! Families can create their own Claymation animation depicting a story about camping.

To create Claymation, filmmakers create movement with each frame by using armatures and clay. Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to create your own Claymation stop-motion animation!

Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio on the museum’s Lower Level at the times provided.

Check back soon for upcoming workshop themes!

We encourage visitors to attend our weekly Family Matinees film series. A separate admission ticket is required.

The Education team invites families to join museum educators every month to be inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and screenings to create, learn, and have fun. If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org.

Join us for a creature design and storyboarding workshop inspired by director Bong Joon Ho in the Shirley Temple Education Studio.

Through a lecture and hands-on experience, learn about the brief history and significance of 16mm film while exploring fun facts and film examples. Together in groups, you will learn how to splice and edit together a found footage film using 16mm celluloid film clips and traditional tools and materials. This workshop is for ages 15 and up.