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Explore the Academy Museum Store for a curated collection of exclusive merchandise celebrating the Academy Awards.

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Academy Museum Store

An immersive simulation in which you can finally accept that Oscar—and take a video home to prove it.

The Oscars Experience

The Oscars® Experience

A 952-seat, grand presentation space for film premieres, public programs, live performances, and special events.

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David Geffen Theater

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Steven Spielberg’s second feature film as a director set the standard for edge-of-your-seat suspense and quickly became a cultural phenomenon. When the seaside community of Amity Island finds itself under attack by a dangerous great white shark, the town’s chief of police (Roy Scheider), a young marine biologist (Richard Dreyfuss), and a grizzled shark hunter (Robert Shaw) embark on a desperate quest to destroy the beast before it strikes again. A box office record-breaker as well as a Best Picture nominee, Jaws earned Oscars for its film editing, sound, and John Williams’s thrilling score. On the occasion of <a href="/exhibitions/jaws">Jaws: The Exhibition</a>—the largest mounted exhibition ever organized around Spielberg’s film, opening to coincide with its 50th anniversary—this screening is your chance to experience the movie on the big screen before diving into the exhibition, the museum’s first-ever of this scale focused exclusively on a single film. Featuring scene breakdowns, interactive experiences, behind-the-scenes stories, and over 200 original objects, many never before put on public display, the exhibition will follow the structure of the film, taking visitors from the opening credits to its gripping conclusion. Programmed and note by K.J. Relth-Miller.Jaws: The Exhibition is curated by Jenny He, senior exhibitions curator, and Emily Rauber Rodriguez, assistant curator, with Alexandra James Salichs, curatorial assistant, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures.

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Jaws in 4K

Experience LA&#39;s golden hour high above the city on the Academy Museum’s Dolby Family Terrace, with a refreshing Fanny’s cocktail in hand, every Saturday afternoon.

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Sips on the Terrace

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.

Last Looks Fall

Last Looks at the Academy Museum

Kids and Families

Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to explore the art of musicals.

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Drop-in Workshop for Families: Musicals

In this mixed reality (MR) experience, visitors use a virtual reality (VR) headset to encounter elements of our world mixed with a whole new virtual environment inspired by the Blade Runner movies.

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Cyberpunk: A Virtual Production Experience

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

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Close-Up Tours: Bong Joon Ho

Join educators as they highlight galleries within the Stories of Cinema exhibition.

Let museum educators take you on a Close-Up tour of our signature exhibition.

Close-Up Tours: Stories of Cinema

Close-Up Tours: Stories of Cinema

Joan Crawford earned the Best Actress Oscar for her heartfelt portrayal of a woman trying to run a business and raise two daughters while coping with the unsatisfactory men in her life, with Eve Arden and Ann Blyth nominated for their supporting roles. The film received six Oscar nominations including Best Picture. Ranald MacDougall’s nominated screenplay added thriller elements not present in the original novel by noir legend James M. Cain (Double Indemnity).

Joan Crawford earned the Best Actress Oscar for her heartfelt portrayal of a woman trying to run a business and raise two daughters while coping with the unsatisfactory men in her life.

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Mildred Pierce in 35mm

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.

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Accessibility Programs

Visual Description 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. <a href="https://www.academymuseum.org/exhibitions/stories-of-cinema-1">Stories of Cinema</a> 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.

ASL Interpreted Tour

ASL Interpreted Tours

Every Sunday, Fanny&#39;s features a rotating selection of Korean specials inspired by and in conjunction with Director&#39;s Inspiration: Bong Joon Ho, the Academy Museum&#39;s first exhibition honoring the Oscar-winning filmmaker.

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