The Rig That Changed Hollywood

To celebrate Women’s History Month, we highlight two recent costume acquisitions that illuminate the early career of a remarkable feminist and equal-rights icon.

Dressing for Success: On the Basis of Sex

Black Silent Film Then and Now

The Dinosaur Input Device from Jurassic Park

Making Digital Dinosaurs

Twenty-five years ago, Pixar released Toy Story (1995), the first completely computer-animated movie.

Toy Story 3D Zoetrope

Awarded an Oscar® for Costume Design, Bram Stoker’s Dracula launched Eiko Ishioka’s career as a costume designer.

Bram Stoker’s Dracula: Eiko Ishioka and Francis Ford Coppola

Before the Rise of Motion Pictures

Phantasmagoria

Peter Ellenshaw’s Matte Painting for Spartacus

Preserving a Vanishing Art

The Art of Moviemaking: Spike Lee

Impact/Reflection: Black Lives Matter

A new multi-season audio series that examines the myriad of stories of our cinematic history inspired by the museum’s galleries

Academy Museum Podcast

The rich history of Black participation in American cinema from its beginnings to just beyond the civil rights movement

Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971

In Los Angeles, film history is local history. Expand the Academy Museum experience beyond our gallery walls, and take a self-guided tour of LA based on our exhibitions and collections.

Hollywood Past & Present

A three-level exhibition presenting the diverse, international, and complex stories of moviemakers and the works they create.

Stories of Cinema

Discover some of the most exciting and important items from the Academy’s collection, which include more than 12 million photographs, 190,000 film and video assets, 80,000 screenplays, 61,000 posters, and 104,000 pieces of production art.

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Academy Museum Podcast

Academy Museum Podcast

Regeneration: Black Cinema 1898–1971

Hollywood Past & Present

Stories of Cinema

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