Learning & Education

The Academy Museum offers a wide range of film-centered activities, programs, tours, and educational opportunities for learners of all ages and fosters a space to learn, grow, and create.

Accessibility Programs

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Accessibility Programs

Visual Description Tours

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. 

ASL Interpreted Tours

Accessibility Programs

ASL Interpreted Tours

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.

Calm Morning: Elemental

Accessibility Programs

Calm Morning: Elemental

Join us for sensory-friendly gallery exploration and a family workshop inspired by the accessible screening of Elemental (2023).

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In-Gallery

Academy Awards History Gallery Visual Description Tours

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

Kids & Families

Color in Motion Gallery with cameras

Workshops

Drop-in Workshop for Families: Color in Motion and Experimental Film

Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to create art inspired by experimental film!

Drag Story Hour with Pickle and Friends!

Special Events

Drag Story Hour with Pickle and Friends!

Join us for Drag Story Hour in our Academy Museum Store!

Drop-In Workshop for Families: Puppetry and Pride

Workshops

Drop-In Workshop for Families: Puppetry and Pride

Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to create your own prideful puppet! 

Teens

Man standing in front of poster wall in Cyberpunk exhibition

Workshops

Drop-in Workshop for Teens: Futurism Worldbuilding

Join us for a futurism worldbuilding workshop in the Shirley Temple Education Studio.

For Teens

Study the Past, Create the Future! Teen Short Film Challenge

The Academy Museum Teen Council presents the Study the Past, Create the Future! Teen Short Film Challenge, celebrating the creativity of teen filmmakers in Los Angeles. Teens ages 14–18 are welcome to work together to submit short films inspired by their favorite directors by June 20, 2025, for a possibility to be showcased at the museum!

Hollywood's Unofficial Film Corps: American Jewish Moviemakers and the War Effort Book Signing and Conversation

Book Signings

Hollywood's Unofficial Film Corps: American Jewish Moviemakers and the War Effort Book Signing and Conversation

Author Michael Berkowitz will be signing and discussing his book Hollywood's Unofficial Film Corps: American Jewish Moviemakers and the War Effort

Gallery Spotlight: Cyberpunk with Alex Rivera

In-Gallery

Gallery Spotlight: Cyberpunk with Alex Rivera

Explore the cyberpunk world with writer/director Alex Rivera as he discusses the genre, its themes, and content.

The Sugarland Express with Goldie Hawn
Special Guest

Conversations

The Sugarland Express with Goldie Hawn

The Academy Museum welcomes Academy Award winning actress Goldie Hawn to our David Geffen Theater for a conversation and screening of The Sugarland Express (1974) in Dolby Vision

Dolby Vision

Women Behind the Makeup and Monsters! 

Conversations

Women Behind the Makeup and Monsters! 

Join the Academy Museum for a conversation with acclaimed women makeup artists.    

Gallery Conversation: Costuming Black History with Sharen Davis

Conversations

Gallery Conversation: Costuming Black History with Sharen Davis

Complimentary with general museum admission, a Gallery Conversation features filmmakers, artists, and professions in engaging conversations about gallery related content.

Gallery Spotlight: Cinematic Effects with Shane P. Mahan 

Conversations

Gallery Spotlight: Cinematic Effects with Shane P. Mahan 

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

Writing Once Upon a Time

Conversations

Writing Once Upon a Time

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. 

Member Appreciation Day

Special Events

Member Appreciation Day

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

Hollywood's Unofficial Film Corps: American Jewish Moviemakers and the War Effort Book Signing and Conversation

Book Signings

Hollywood's Unofficial Film Corps: American Jewish Moviemakers and the War Effort Book Signing and Conversation

Author Michael Berkowitz will be signing and discussing his book Hollywood's Unofficial Film Corps: American Jewish Moviemakers and the War Effort

Member Previews | Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

Special Events

Member Previews | Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

Join us for exclusive member previews of Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer on Thursday, May 22, from 10am to 6pm. 

Drag Story Hour with Pickle and Friends!

Special Events

Drag Story Hour with Pickle and Friends!

Join us for Drag Story Hour in our Academy Museum Store!

Puppets and Pride with Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Special Events

Puppets and Pride with Bob Baker Marionette Theater

Enjoy performances of Bob Baker Marionette Theater’s Puppets and Pride show!

In-Gallery Programs

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Tours

Color in Motion Tours

Join museum educators Wednesday through Sunday for 45-minute guided tours of the Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema exhibition.

Person giving a tour in the Academy Museum

Accessibility Programs

Visual Description Tours

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. 

ASL Interpreted Tours

Accessibility Programs

ASL Interpreted Tours

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.

Highlights Tours: Bong Joon Ho

Tours

Highlights Tours: Bong Joon Ho

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

Gallery Spotlight: Cyberpunk with Alex Rivera

In-Gallery

Gallery Spotlight: Cyberpunk with Alex Rivera

Explore the cyberpunk world with writer/director Alex Rivera as he discusses the genre, its themes, and content.

Curator's View Tours: Designing to Music

Tours

Curator's View Tours: Designing to Music

Join curatorial staff and explore the Identity galleries.

Member Previews | Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

Special Events

Member Previews | Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer

Join us for exclusive member previews of Barbie to Anna Karenina: The Cinematic Worlds of Sarah Greenwood and Katie Spencer on Thursday, May 22, from 10am to 6pm. 

Calm Morning: Elemental

Accessibility Programs

Calm Morning: Elemental

Join us for sensory-friendly gallery exploration and a family workshop inspired by the accessible screening of Elemental (2023).

Highlights Tours: Barbie to Anna Karenina

Tours

Highlights Tours: Barbie to Anna Karenina

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

Curator's View Tour: Color as Character

Tours

Curator's View Tour: Color as Character

Join curatorial staff and explore the Color as Character gallery. 

Person giving a tour in the Academy Museum

In-Gallery

Academy Awards History Gallery Visual Description Tours

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

Tours

School Visits

The Academy Museum of Motion Pictures invites you and your students to learn, discuss, and celebrate cinema through a school visit to the museum. School visits including school tours and self-guided group explorations

Drop-in Tactile Filmmaking Workshop

Workshops

Drop-in Tactile Filmmaking Workshop

Join us for an exciting Drop-in Tactile Filmmaking Workshop, drawing inspiration from our new exhibition, Color in Motion: Chromatic Explorations of Cinema.

Color in Motion Gallery with cameras

Workshops

Drop-in Workshop for Families: Color in Motion and Experimental Film

Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to create art inspired by experimental film!

Man standing in front of poster wall in Cyberpunk exhibition

Workshops

Drop-in Workshop for Teens: Futurism Worldbuilding

Join us for a futurism worldbuilding workshop in the Shirley Temple Education Studio.

Drop-In Workshop for Families: Puppetry and Pride

Workshops

Drop-In Workshop for Families: Puppetry and Pride

Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to create your own prideful puppet! 

Fellowship Opportunities