Academy Museum of Motion Pictures
Museum · Mid-Wilshire ·
Film museum celebrating movie history with iconic props, costumes & exhibits
Film museum celebrating movie history with iconic props, costumes & exhibits
"A Renzo Piano–designed cathedral devoted to movie history and moviemaking, created by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The collection includes iconic objects such as the Jaws shark, Dorothy’s ruby slippers, and R2-D2; permanent and temporary exhibitions explore the art of moviemaking, director spotlights, avant-garde filmmakers, the history of Black cinema, and the museum also hosts a film screening series." - Travel + Leisure Editors
"After a long delay, the city now has a new motion-picture museum on Wilshire Boulevard that held a pre-opening gala last week and is open to the public; the museum’s debut includes a prominent ground-floor restaurant, and visitors can enter the cafe area from the museum lobby or the patio alongside Fairfax." - Farley Elliott
"Long-awaited and almost ready to roar to life, the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures at 6067 Wilshire Boulevard will bring an opulent new dining option to the Miracle Mile corridor and is partnering with Bill Chait and Wolfgang Puck Catering to house Fanny’s and support on-site event catering." - Farley Elliott
"At the years-in-the-making museum on Wilshire, I'm seeing that its dining plan centers on a major new restaurant: operator Bill Chait and Wolfgang Puck’s catering arm are collaborating on a 10,000-square-foot, two-floor space that will include traditional sit-down dining, a lounge, and a market; the venue will be named Fanny’s and is expected to offer breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, with an opening planned for late September, though formal staff announcements and the specific cuisine have not yet been revealed." - Farley Elliott
"The six-story, 300,000-square-foot Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will touch down on La La Land’s Miracle Mile in 2020. Its all-star cast includes Pritzker Prize-winning architecture firm Renzo Piano Building Workshop, which was charged with remaking the historic Saban Building at Wilshire and Fairfax, and Rick Carter, an Oscar-winning production designer (Jurassic Park, Avatar, Star Wars IX) driving the exhibition blueprints. The museum collection includes more than 12 million photographs, 80,000 screenplays, 61,000 movie posters, and some 2,500 collectible objects. Among them: the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz (1939), David Bowie’s Jareth ensemble from Labyrinth (1986), and life masks of Grace Kelly and Clark Gable."