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

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

Accessibility Programs
Calm Morning: Earth Month + Dolphin Tale 2
Join us for sensory-friendly gallery exploration and a family workshop inspired by the accessible screening of Dolphin Tale 2 (2014).
Kids & Families

Workshops
Drop-In Workshop for Families: Earth Month Mini Set Designs
Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to celebrate Earth Month and create miniature sets by upcycling discarded materials!
Teens

Workshops
Drop-in Workshop for Teens: Sustainability in Costume Design
Join Academy Museum educators for drop-in workshop activities for teens.
We meet on the third Friday of every month to learn, create, and be inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and film screenings.
Workshops include various activities such as artmaking, experimenting with moviemaking equipment, and learning the elements of filmmaking!
Workshops are designed for teens ages 14 and up.
All workshops are free with museum admission and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Snacks will be provided. Museum admission is free for youth ages 17 and under with advance reservation.
If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org
Conversations

Conversations
Enter the Matrix: Conversation with Lyndon Barrois Sr. and Lilly Wachowski with The Matrix Revolutions in 35mm
Join visual and VFX artist Lyndon Barrois Sr. and filmmaker Lilly Wachowski for a conversation on the Matrix trilogy, its legacy of visual effects, world building, and storytelling in the cyberpunk genre. Followed by a screening of The Matrix Revolutions (2003) in 35mm

Conversations
Gallery Spotlight: Exhibitions for Cinema
Join the Academy Museum in conversation with Executive Vice President of Exhibitions, Shraddha Aryal and Vice President of Curatorial Affairs, Doris Berger as they highlight the museum’s current and past exhibitions.

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.

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

Oscars
The Oscars® Experience + Oscar Program
Take the stage, accept your award, and take home a piece of Oscars history.

Special Events
Academy Museum x Cinephile: Movie Trivia Night
Join us for another exciting evening of movie trivia with our friends from Cinephile on Sunday, April 13, from 4:30pm to 7pm.
For Museum Members Only. Tickets will go on sale beginning March 31. Not a member? Join today.
Tickets are $10 for museum members and $20 for member guests.
Complimentary wine, beer, and snacks will be provided.
If you can’t join us for the event, the Cinephile card game is available for purchase at the Academy Museum Store. Make any night trivia night!
Cinephile Game Night is the ultimate trivia night for film nerds, movie geeks, and cinephiles. Featuring a mix of movie trivia and other cinephile games like Six Degrees, Filmography, and Movie-Actor, Cinephile Game Night is a trivia night like no other. Since 2019, Cinephile has brought their one-of-a-kind live events to the New York Film Festival, Fantastic Fest, Museum of the Moving Image, Alamo Drafthouse, and more.
Notice of Filming: This event will be photographed for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. By entering the premises, you consent to being photographed, filmed, or otherwise recorded and grant the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures permission to use the photographs and/or audiovisual recordings in which visitors appear for archival, documentary, publicity, advertising, or other purposes.
If you do not wish to be photographed, recorded, or appear under these conditions, please inform an Academy Museum staff member following the completion of the event.
Thank you for your cooperation.

Special Events
May the 4th Celebration: Exploring the Galaxy 2025
Is The Force strong with you? Join the Academy Museum as we explore the galaxy for a Star Wars-inspired May the 4th Celebration!

Summits/Symposia
Careers in Film Summit 2025
Mark your calendars and join the Academy Museum on April 5–6, 2025, for the Careers in Film Summit. This event is a free annual program that raises awareness about the range of film-related industry job pathways for students from under-resourced communities and those interested in pursuing filmmaking as a career.

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.

Tours
Oscars Tours: Through the Decades
Join museum educators Wednesdays through Sundays for 30-minute tours of the Academy Award History gallery and Oscars gallery.

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

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

Tours
Curator’s View Tours: Encounters
Join curatorial staff and explore the Inventing Worlds and Characters: Encounters gallery.

Accessibility Programs
Calm Morning: Earth Month + Dolphin Tale 2
Join us for sensory-friendly gallery exploration and a family workshop inspired by the accessible screening of Dolphin Tale 2 (2014).

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

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.

Workshops
Animation & Me: Drop-in and Draw
Unleash your inner animator! Draw along to animation art pulled from the Academy's extensive film collection with special guest animators and museum educators in the Animation & Me 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: Earth Month Mini Set Designs
Join us in the Shirley Temple Education Studio to celebrate Earth Month and create miniature sets by upcycling discarded materials!

Workshops
Drop-in Workshop for Teens: Sustainability in Costume Design
Join Academy Museum educators for drop-in workshop activities for teens.
We meet on the third Friday of every month to learn, create, and be inspired by the museum’s exhibitions and film screenings.
Workshops include various activities such as artmaking, experimenting with moviemaking equipment, and learning the elements of filmmaking!
Workshops are designed for teens ages 14 and up.
All workshops are free with museum admission and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Snacks will be provided. Museum admission is free for youth ages 17 and under with advance reservation.
If you have any questions or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org

Workshops
Drop-in Tactile Filmmaking Workshop: Earth Day Edition
Join us outside for an exciting Earth Day-inspired Drop-in Tactile Filmmaking Workshop where we’ll use the power of the sun to make photographic images!