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
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.

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.

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

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

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!

Special Events
Drag Story Hour with Pickle and Friends!
Join us for Drag Story Hour in our Academy Museum Store!

Workshops
Drop-In Workshop for Families: Puppetry and Pride
Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to create your own prideful puppet!
Teens

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!

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

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.

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

Conversations
Women Behind the Makeup and Monsters!
Join the Academy Museum for a conversation with acclaimed women makeup artists.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Special Events
Drag Story Hour with Pickle and Friends!
Join us for Drag Story Hour in our Academy Museum Store!

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Tours
Curator's View Tours: Designing to Music
Join curatorial staff and explore the Identity galleries.

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.

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

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

Tours
Curator's View Tour: Color as Character
Join curatorial staff and explore the Color as Character gallery.

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.

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.

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!

Workshops
Drop-in Workshop for Teens: Futurism Worldbuilding
Join us for a futurism worldbuilding workshop in the Shirley Temple Education Studio.

Workshops
Drop-In Workshop for Families: Puppetry and Pride
Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to create your own prideful puppet!