Three rotating galleries highlighting movies and moviemakers that have made significant contributions to cinema

Casablanca

Significant Movies and Moviemakers

A rare opportunity for visitors to encounter the iconic golden statuette up close

Oscar® statuette presented to Charles Rosher for Cinematography on Sunrise (1927). Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Photo by Joshua White, JWPictures/ ©Academy Museum Foundation

Oscar® statuette presented to Charles Rosher for Cinematography on Sunrise (1927)

Oscars

An illustrated timeline of the glamorous—and sometimes complicated—history of the Academy Awards

Louis Gossett Jr. backstage at the 1982 (55th) Academy Awards with his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (AN OFFICER AND A GENTLEMAN). Photo by Long Photography. Academy Awards show photographs, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Louis Gossett Jr. at the 1982 (55th) Academy Awards

Academy Awards History

Explores one of global cinema's most radical and transformative artists, her films, and her influences

Agnès Varda on the set of Lon Bonheur

Director's Inspiration: Agnès  Varda

Screenplays and storyboards show how cinema is first born on paper

Saul Bass Papers, Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science

 Storyboards by Saul Bass for the shower scene in PSYCHO (USA, 1960)

Story

Features a wide array of original objects, offering an exciting glimpse at the process of making a masterpiece

The Godfather 

The Art of Moviemaking: THE GODFATHER

Exploring the relationship between casting and acting, as well as the evolution of a performance from script to screen

Performance (TEST IMAGE)

Performance

Learn how onscreen imagery is created by production designers, set decorators, location managers, and cinematographers

Ellen Kuras, Visual History Project, 2017

Ellen Kuras

Image

Explores the world of sound in the movies

Foley Artist -Boulder Roll

Sound

A vibrant array of costumes and how they help shape character

PC: ©Academy Museum Foundation, Photo by: Owen Kolasinski 

Identity-Costume Design May 2024

Identity: Costume Design

Displays hair and makeup designs, props, and stories showing its critical role in creating character

Identity gallery, Stories  of Cinema 2, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Photo by Joshua White, JWPictures/©Academy Museum Foundation


Identity gallery, Stories  of Cinema 2

Identity: Makeup and Hairstyling

How movies help shape public awareness, spotlight inequities, and ignite conversations

(Left to right: E. Roger Mitchell, Wendell Pierce, Omar Dorsey, John Lavelle, Stephan James, Kent Faulcon, David Oyelowo, Lorraine Toussaint, Ava DuVernay, André Holland, Tessa Thompson, and Colman Domingo.) Ray Tamarra/GC Images/Getty Images

The cast and director of SELMA (UK/USA, 2014) call for police reform on the occasion of the film's New York premiere, December 14, 2014. 

Impact/Reflection

On View

Spike Lee

Director's Inspiration: Spike Lee

Still from film of Dorothy and her friends on the yellow brick road leading to the Emerald City. THE WIZARD OF OZ and all related characters and elements © & ™ Turner Entertainment Co.

THE WIZARD OF OZ

The Art of Moviemaking: THE WIZARD OF OZ

Past Galleries

An exhibition that presents the diverse, international, and complex stories of moviemakers, the works they create, and the impact their art has on the world

Identity gallery, Stories of Cinema 2, Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Photo by Joshua White, JWPictures/©Academy Museum Foundation
