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The Hollywood Sign

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Fanny's Restaurant

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 945-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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Museum educators lead 30-minute guided tours exploring the career of Hollywood icon Marilyn Monroe. Through her films, costumes and more, this exhibition, titled <a href="https://www.academymuseum.org/exhibitions/marilyn-monroe-hollywood-icon">Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon</a>, 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 <a href="mailto: museumeducation@oscars.org">museumeducation@oscars.org</a>.

Monroe Close Up Tour

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Close-Up Tours: Marilyn Monroe

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

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Close-up Tours: Hollywoodland

For Kids and Families

The first motion picture produced by Nickelodeon is also Bronwen Hughes’s feature film directorial debut, starring Michelle Trachtenberg as a 12-year-old Harriet Welsch, who devotes her time spying on everyone and recording her discreet detective work in a “PRIVATE” notebook. When those secrets get exposed, Harriet finds her entire class against her, including her two best friends. This sweet drama boldly and candidly surveys the bittersweet pre-teen years as an exploration of self, complementing the confusion that marks this transitional phase with Harriet’s unapologetic, cheeky spirit, letting her fight her own battles and attain redemption.

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Screenings

Harriet the Spy in 35mm

Journalist, author, and disability advocate Kristen Lopez signs copies of her book, Popcorn Disabilities: The Highs and Lows of Disabled Representation in the Movies.

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Book Signings

Popcorn Disabilities Conversation and Book Signing with Kristen Lopez

Ready to roll? The Skate Hunnies are bringing a night of skating, music and more to the Academy Museum. And it&#39;s free.

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Special Events

Skate Hunnies Party on Wheels at the Academy Museum

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

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Workshops

Drop-in Workshop for Families: Character Design

American Sign Language (ASL) tours of select galleries are always offered at noon on the same day as our <a href="https://www.academymuseum.org/programs/series/calm-mornings">monthly Calm Morning</a> 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 <a href="mailto:museumeducation@oscars.org">museumeducation@oscars.org</a>.

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Accessibility Programs

ASL Interpreted Tours

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, on Saturday afternoons.

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Sips on the Terrace

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 <a href="mailto:museumeducation@oscars.org">museumeducation@oscars.org</a>.

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Visual Description Tours

Visual Description Tours

In Paul Verhoeven’s stylish, psychological-erotic thriller, author Gerard (Jeroen Krabbé), begins a romantic affair with Christine (Renée Soutendijk), an enigmatic widow from literary society, only to become obsessed with her lover, Herman (Thom Hoffman). While continuing the affair in hopes of getting closer to Herman, Gerard is plagued by ominous visions, fueling paranoid thoughts about Christine plotting murder. Based on the novel by celebrated Dutch author Gerard Reve, The 4th Man was Verhoeven’s final film shot in Dutch before directing English-language and Hollywood productions. It was the Netherlands’ official submission for International Feature Film at the 56th Academy Awards, and, upon its release in the US, gave American audiences a taste of Verhoeven’s unabashed take on sex, violence, and religion.

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The 4th Man in 35mm

In person: Academy Governor Howard A. Rodman

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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 <a href="https://www.academymuseum.org/exhibitions/marilyn-monroe-hollywood-icon">Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon</a>, 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 <a href="mailto: museumeducation@oscars.org">museumeducation@oscars.org</a>.

Marilyn Close Up Tour

Close-Up Tours: Marilyn Monroe (En Español)

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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