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.

Inspired by the accessible screening Zootopia, and the family-friendly mysteries of our summer matinee series, families can learn about Foley art and create their own in our sound mixing rooms.

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

Our Education team helps families explore character traits, style details, and other elements of an unforgettable cinema personality.

Inspired by the accessible screening Zootopia, and the family-friendly mysteries of our summer matinee series, families can learn about Foley art and create their own in our sound mixing rooms.

Calling all creatures of the night: Join the Academy Museum for a fang-tastic day exploring the vampire, the most famous creature of the dark, with special-effects demos, thrilling tours, monster appearances, and more.

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.

Teens learn the importance of movement, design, and patience while making their own stop-motion animation films.

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.

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.

Experience LA's golden hour high above the city on the Academy Museum’s Dolby Family Terrace, with a refreshing Fanny’s cocktail in hand, on Saturday afternoons.

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.

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

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.

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

Help celebrate our fifth anniversary with a day of free fun, including a movie, a workshop, and access to all of our galleries and exhibitions.

Calling all creatures of the night: Join the Academy Museum for a fang-tastic day exploring the vampire, the most famous creature of the dark, with special-effects demos, thrilling tours, monster appearances, and more.

Celebrate Halloween at the Academy Museum with a goth-themed after-hours party: cocktails, tarot readings, a special guest, and a screening of The Craft (1996).

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.

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

Museum educators offer a deep dive into the fascinating history of the Hollywood studio system.

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.

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.

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.

Our Education team helps families explore character traits, style details, and other elements of an unforgettable cinema personality.

Teens learn the importance of movement, design, and patience while making their own stop-motion animation films.

Inspired by the accessible screening Zootopia, and the family-friendly mysteries of our summer matinee series, families can learn about Foley art and create their own in our sound mixing rooms.